TV3 ordered to apologise for foul-mouthed cartoon show

DMC

I'm quoting from the Indo, for a change....

Does the kid watch too much TV? Probably so....
and I thought that that language was the norm in Finglas
Also , the board might pick up the language, but fair play to the Indo, they printed every word!!!

from: http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=695870&issue_id=6945

TV3 ordered to apologise for foul-mouthed cartoon show

TV3 is to make a public apology for broadcasting a cartoon with foul language at 9.10am on a Sunday morning.

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has asked for the apology following a formal complaint from a young Dublin mother whose three-year-old son watched the programme.

The television station has admitted that the episode of 'Daria', which used words like "bollocks" and "wanker" was "clearly unsuitable for children".

Donna McCann from Finglas watched the beginning of the programme with her son Liam on October 21 last.

"I thought it was alright and I went out to the kitchen to make his breakfast. I heard him use a bad word and I actually went in and gave him a tap on the hand saying it was bold.

"He roared crying. I sat down to watch the TV with him and when I heard the foul language again and I realised it wasn't his fault. Then I had to try and explain that to him.

"I don't let him watch 'The Simpson's' or programmes with violence. I wouldn't let him watch cartoons on MTV because most of them are adult but I didn't expect it at that hour of the morning on TV3.

Donna says her three-year-old now uses the word "bollocks" all the time. "The programme is out of the way but I'm still left with the consequences.

"I've tried everything but I can't stop him. He uses the word and smiles. I see people looking at me as if to say 'what kind of a parent is she'?"

The cartoon, made by MTV, follows teenager 'Daria', her stressed out, career-fixated parents and her cute and popular younger sister.

In the episode 'Depth takes a Holiday' the word "bollocks" was used three times and characters also used the words "tosser", "pissed off", "****", "bastard" and "bleedin".

There was an adult sexual storyline running through the programme when Daria's parents Jake and Helen were put under a love spell by being shot with a cupid dart.

TV 3 said the particular programme had been "tagged" as unsuitable for child viewing but through "human error" it had "slipped through" and been broadcast early on a Sunday morning.

The station would be taking the appropriate action. It had not yet been decided if the apology would be broadcast or printed.

The spokeswoman said it was the first time any complaint had been made about the station to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and there was only one complaint about that episode of 'Daria'.

She also explained they would not be showing any further episodes of Daria since their contract to show the series had run out.

Clodagh Sheehy

Puca

Its a pity about this, bit of bad press,
The station itself has given RTE a godd kick in the ass, and guess what RTE have failed to respond

kiffer

at first i read 910pm and thought ... whats the problem ... why was the child up that late... but then i realised my mistake ...
its a standard error ... when ever something is a cartoon some people automaticaly asume that its ok for kids.
I recall this happening a few times when I was younger with manga stuff.

DMC

Originally posted by Puca
Its a pity about this, bit of bad press,
The station itself has given RTE a godd kick in the ass, and guess what RTE have failed to respond

Mind you, RTÉ did go one better. I remember seeing a sex scene in a film one Saturday morning a couple of years ago.

10:15am.

The full mattress mambo.

And that wasn't the first time, either. There were reports that it happened before!

Genghis

Originally posted by DamoDMC


Mind you, RTÉ did go one better. I remember seeing a sex scene in a film one Saturday morning a couple of years ago.

10:15am.

The full mattress mambo.

And that wasn't the first time, either. There were reports that it happened before!

We're not talking about the repeats of Open House here are we?

dmeehan

i remember seeing Revenge of the Nerds on TCC before during the afternoon, and that has an 18's cert

The Gopher

I didnt think Americans said bollocks and wanker;)Except for married with children.They used the fact peggy was from wanker county for the amusement of the European audience.If you watch the show none of the audience notices what wanker maens.