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[[Image:Pridevision coarse language disclaimer.jpg|thumb|It's midnight. We can start ()$#@* swearing now.]]
In UK broadcast law, '''watershed''' is the time after which "adult" content, i.e. programs with a lot of intense violence, coarse language, 'naughty' bits, etc. can be shown. The [[Separated by a Common Language|same concept]] is named '''safe harbor''' in US FCC regulations. (It's like they're ''trying'' to make you need to get up and go to the bathroom – or perhaps the loo – with all this hydraulic terminology.)
Usually 9 PM in the UK, the US and Canada. Somewhere between 8.30 and 9.30 pm in Australia. In Japan, which has more liberal views on acceptable content to begin with, the "[[Otaku O'Clock|Otaku Hour]]" starts at "25 o'clock" (1 AM). In Germany that would be 10 p.m. for movies free for age 16+ and midnight for 18+.
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