"Buffy Goes Too Far For The British"
Explicit Content A Problem In Early Time Slot

Source: TV Guide
Transcribed by: Pamela
Date: 03.17.01


Is Buffy the Vampire Slayer too hot for the United Kingdom? Yes, says the Broadcasting Standards Commission, a government watchdog group that issued a warning to BBCTwo, the network that carries the hit WB series in England. The BSC cited a Buffy episode, which aired at 6:45 P.M., that it deemed sexually explicit. The episode "exceeded acceptable boundaries for broadcast at a time when young people could be watching," said the BSC. British TV is generally more permissive than it's American counterpart, but programs of a graphic nature are usually shown after 9 P.M. Buffy was not moved to another slot. A spokesperson for Twentieth Century Fox, which produces Buffy, declined comment.

 

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