TV Censorship (PT66)

Alex and Nick discuss the evolution of censorship on TV and the involvement of "standards & practices". What is considered censorship in television? How is sensitive content categorized? What are differences in TV censorship across the world? How have sensibilities changed across the years? When can standards & practices influence TV writing? Plus, we answer our very first voicemail. The Paper Team bleeps itself... SHOWNOTES Content Paper Scraps: Rolling submissions and visa questions (00:49) 1 - How is television regulated? (03:56) 2 - Evolution of sensibilities on TV (20:46) 3 - Differences in censorship around some countries (33:20) 4 - TV writing solutions to standards & practices (40:16) Resources and Next Week On (51:14) Links Send a voicemail to TV Calling and Paper Team "Immigrants: We Get the TV Job Done!" (PT56) Broadcast Standards and Practices Miller test "F$%& Censorship" (2x05 - The Chris Gethard Show) (Video) Safe Harbor Law Telecommunications Act of 1996 V-chip "He's a Crowd" (5x12 - L.A. Law) Lesbian kiss episode "Rejoined" (4x06 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) "On Losing Patience for Women Kissing" - The Mary Sue Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel American Crime (TV series) ReBoot Resources "This Business of Television" – Howard Blumenthal This episode brought to you by Tracking Board's Launch Pad Writing Competitions Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a Launch Pad Competition Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode. If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]