Wednesday, April 16, 2008

What is next? Banning the Family Guy? The best show on TV? "Regulators first kicked "The Simpsons" off Venezuela's daytime airwaves. Now they're threatening to punish the station that showed it during a time slot approved for children. The National Telecommunications Commission said Tuesday night that the channel Televen could face a fine, be taken off the air for three days or be forced to show programs chosen by the agency in place of regular programming. The channel yanked the animated series off the air earlier this month after the regulatory agency said showing it each day at 11 a.m. — a time slot approved for all viewers — violated regulations to protect children."