History Main / TooSexyForThisTimeSlot

* When Tokyo MX replayed the first season of ''LightNovel/{{KonoSuba}}'' (previously a late-night series) in a Sunday morning timeslot, a particularly fanservice-heavy episode (episode 9) was skipped in favor of a web radio show.

Where this becomes ironic is that if the kids watching are young enough for this trope to be problematic, they [[ChildrenAreInnocent likely won't notice]] a starlet's cleavage in the first place until [[StreisandEffect their parents complain about it]]. In any case, this reaction is generally the reason for {{Watershed}} and UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor laws.

Where this becomes ironic is that if the kids watching are young enough for this trope to be problematic, they [[ChildrenAreInnocent likely won't notice]] a pop starlet's cleavage in the first place until [[StreisandEffect their parents complain about it]]. In any case, this reaction is generally the reason for {{Watershed}} and UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor laws.

* The low-cut dress that Music/KatyPerry wore in [[SesameStreetCred her appearance]] on ''Series/SesameStreet'' caused enough outcry that her segment was pulled from airing on television, instead having to settle for becoming an internet phenomenon. This trope was likely enforced in a later episode when the famously-busty Creator/SofiaVergara appeared wearing the most modest church blouse she could find.

Where this becomes ironic is that if the kids watching are young enough for this trope to be problematic, they [[ChildrenAreInnocent likely won't notice]] a pop starlet's breasts in the first place until [[StreisandEffect their parents complain about it]]. In any case, this reaction is generally the reason for {{Watershed}} and UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor laws.

Where this becomes ironic is that if the kids watching are young enough for this trope to be problematic, they [[ChildrenAreInnocent likely won't notice]] a pop starlet's cleavage in the first place until [[StreisandEffect their parents complain about it]]. In any case, this reaction is generally the reason for {{Watershed}} and UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor laws.

* The low-cut dress that Music/KatyPerry wore in [[SesameStreetCred her appearance]] on ''Series/SesameStreet'' caused enough outcry that her segment was pulled from airing on television, instead having to settle for becoming an internet phenomenon. This trope was likely enforced when the famously-busty Creator/SofiaVergara appeared in a later episode, wearing the most modest church blouse she could find.

This reaction is generally the reason for {{Watershed}} and UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor laws.

* The low-cut dress that Music/KatyPerry wore in [[SesameStreetCred her appearance]] on ''Series/SesameStreet'' caused enough outcry that her segment was pulled from airing on television, instead having to settle for becoming an internet phenomenon.

* The English dub of the fifteenth episode of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed a scene]] showing [[TheChick Zoe]] [[{{Fanservice}} in a red bikini]]. However, it's mostly for the word "sexy" being in the scene in GratuitousEnglish; we see ''all'' the other swimsuits she tried on, and even the scene where she is nearly walked in on while undressing (we see it from the inside; she stops when she hears a noise ''just'' before her shirt was about to show some {{Underboob|s}}. This episode arguably had the highest "''how'' did that get left in?" quotient of the franchise. (In fact, most serious contenders for that award are in that season. It was most likely because Creator/{{Disney}}, which had acquired dub rights via their buyout of Creator/SabanEntertainment, couldn't give less of a crap about it, shunting it from Fox Kids to the renamed [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]], and their block on Creator/{{UPN}} stations which had been a spinoff of ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' with little promotion.)

* [[RareMaleExample Another case]] from ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'', which throws a 13-year-old boy to a ShowerScene that shows his nude silhouette from head to toe.

* Although ''Series/DoctorWho'' has a ''long'' tradition of casting gorgeous female companions as [[ParentService "something for the dads"]], Karen Gillan as Amy Pond attracted some short-lived opprobrium for being [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7554825/Viewers-think-new-Doctor-Who-is-too-sexy.html too sexy]]. It all seemed to start with the miniskirted Police costume (literally a costume - in-universe, she's a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissogram#Variants kissogram]]) she wore in her first appearance. How has the production team addressed this issue? [[TakeThat They put her back in the same costume for the Christmas Special]]. Possibly in the spirit of equal opportunity, they also put Arthur Darvill back in his Roman Soldier get-up. Why? Um, they were in the honeymoon suite...

* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' had an incident of this occur when the premiere of the season four episode "An Innocent Man" aired right after ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'' and opened up on protagonist Olivia fantasizing about having sex with two different men. The Parents Television Council compared the incident to "a peep show in the middle of a playground" and actually estimated how long it would take a parent to change the channel compared to the twenty-six seconds between the first sexy shot and the last shot of Charlie Brown (which seems a bit obsessive, but hey, who are we to judge?).

* The ending sequence to the ''VideoGame/PriPara'' anime was complained about by Japanese parents; particularly due to a female character in a Marilyn Monroe homage being deemed too sexy for a Friday morning kids' cartoon. The original and the new version can be seen [[https://twitter.com/trshmst/status/634944461156421633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw here]].

* ''Series/DancingOnIce''. Holly Willoughby (a former underwear model and [[ParentService children's TV presenter]]) is co-presenter here and got some complaints after turning up for a number of shows in [NavelDeepNeckline outfits with such low-cuts they raches her stomach]]. In response to complaints, a later dress was apparently more demure, until she [[SexyBacklessOutfit turned around]].

* ''Series/DancingOnIce''. Holly Willoughby (a former underwear model and [[ParentService children's TV presenter]]) is co-presenter here and got some complaints after turning up for a number of shows in [[AbsoluteCleavage very low-cut outfits]]. In response to complaints, a later dress was apparently more demure, until she [[SexyBacklessOutfit turned around]].

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* This trope is likely a factor in why ''Series/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' gave the main character's SuperPoweredAlterEgo a ''much'' less {{stripperiffic}} costume than the original 80s cartoon.

* [[RareMaleExample Another case]] from ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'', which throws a 13-year-old boy to a ShowerScene that shows his nude silhouette from head to toe.

* ''Series/{{Tinsel}}''. The audience weren't too happy about all the romantic scenes between Angela Dede and her [[JailBait boytoy]] [[LikesOlderWomen Emil]].

* The English dub of the fifteenth episode of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed a scene]] showing [[TheChick Zoe]] [[{{Fanservice}} in a red bikini]]. However, it's mostly for the word "sexy" being in the scene in GratuitousEnglish; we see ''all'' the other swimsuits she tried on, and even the scene where she is nearly walked in on while undressing (we see it from the inside; she stops when she hears a noise ''just'' before her shirt was about to show some {{Underboob|s}}. This episode arguably had the highest "''how'' did that get [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar left in]]?" quotient of the franchise. (In fact, most serious contenders for that award are in that season. It was most likely because Creator/{{Disney}}, which had acquired dub rights via their buyout of Creator/SabanEntertainment, couldn't give less of a crap about it, shunting it from Fox Kids to the renamed [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]], and their block on Creator/{{UPN}} stations which had been a spinoff of ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' with little promotion.)

** Then they did the UsefulNotes/ComicRelief special, Space/Time, which is about 14 minutes of just GettingCrapPastTheRadar, with a good five minutes of the characters discussing Amy's skirt, with Amy flirting with [[ScrewYourself her future self]] to boot.

* The anime for ''[[Manga/SaikinImoutoNoYousuGaChottoOkashiindaGa Recently, my sister is unusual.]]'' went through this, originally airing at 10:30 p.m. (which, unlike in other countries where this is past the watershed, is an hour many junior high and high school kids just getting out of CramSchool in Japan watch TV during). A media watchdog group took attention to a few risque scenes (particularly one where Hiyori tries to masturbate in Mitsuki's body) and made a public complaint, and the show was moved to 2:00 a.m. shortly after.

* ''Anime/BlueGender'' was originally meant to be played on Toonami (back when it was a daytime pre-teen/teen block), but was moved to Adult Swim because, even after the heavy censorship, Toonami found a handful of episodes too risque. This left Adult Swim viewers with a hackjob that seemed like it belonged on some sort of middle-ground block (even 'what the hell' was edited out).
* The English dub of the fifteenth episode of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed a scene]] showing [[{{TheChick}} Zoe]] [[{{Fanservice}} in a red bikini]]. However, it's mostly for the word "sexy" being in the scene in GratuitousEnglish; we see ''all'' the other swimsuits she tried on, and even the scene where she is nearly walked in on while undressing (we see it from the inside; she stops when she hears a noise ''just'' before her shirt was about to show some {{Underboob|s}}. This episode arguably had the highest "''how'' did that get [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar left in]]?" quotient of the franchise. (In fact, most serious contenders for that award are in that season. It was most likely because Creator/{{Disney}}, which had acquired dub rights via their buyout of Creator/SabanEntertainment, couldn't give less of a crap about it, shunting it from Fox Kids to the renamed [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]], and their block on Creator/{{UPN}} stations which had been a spinoff of ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' with little promotion.)
* [[RareMaleExample Another case]] from ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'', which throws a 13 year old boy to a ShowerScene that shows his nude silhouette from head to toe.
* The anime for ''[[Manga/SaikinImoutoNoYousuGaChottoOkashiindaGa Recently, my sister is unusual.]]'' went through this, originally airing at 10:30 p.m. (which, unlike in other countries where this is past the watershed, is an hour many junior high and high school kids just getting out of cram school in Japan watch TV during). A media watchdog group took attention to a few risque scenes (particularly one where Hiyori tries to masturbate in Mitsuki's body) and made a public complaint, and the show was moved to 2:00 a.m. shortly after.

* {{Moral Guardian|s}} Jack Thompson got notoriously annoyed at the fact that a game pitched for a T-rating, ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', could have the option of [[GayOption making the protagonist bisexual]], constituting hardcore gay porn- in a children's game.

* The English dub of the fifteenth episode of ''Anime/{{Digimon Frontier}}'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed a scene]] showing [[{{TheChick}} Zoe]] [[{{Fanservice}} in a red bikini]]. However, it's mostly for the word "sexy" being in the scene in GratuitousEnglish; we see ''all'' the other swimsuits she tried on, and even the scene where she is nearly walked in on while undressing (we see it from the inside; she stops when she hears a noise ''just'' before her shirt was about to show some {{Underboob|s}}. This episode arguably had the highest "''how'' did that get [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar left in]]?" quotient of the franchise. (In fact, most serious contenders for that award are in that season. It was most likely because Creator/{{Disney}}, which had acquired dub rights via their buyout of Creator/SabanEntertainment, couldn't give less of a crap about it, shunting it from Fox Kids to the renamed [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]], and their block on Creator/{{UPN}} stations which had been a spinoff of ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' with little promotion.)
* [[RareMaleExample Another case]] from Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters, which throws a 13 year old boy to a ShowerScene that shows his nude silhouette from head to toe.

* The anime for ''[[Manga/SaikinImoutoNoYousuGaChottoOkashiindaGa Recently, my sister is unusual.]]'' went through this, originally airing at 10:30 p.m. (which, unlike in other countries where this is past the watershed, is an hour many junior high and high school kids just getting out of cram school in Japan watch TV during). A media watchdog group took attention to a few risque scenes (particularly one where Hiyori tries to masturbate in Mitsuki's body) and made a public complaint, and the show was moved to 2:00 a.m. shortly after.

* The ending sequence to the ''VideoGame/PriPara'' anime was complained about by Japanese parents; particularly due to a female character in a Marilyn Monroe homage being deemed too sexy for a Friday morning kids' cartoon. The original and the new version can be seen [[https://twitter.com/trshmst/status/634944461156421633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw here]].

* When ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' was rebroadcast on NHK in 2012, a scene in which Nadia's bare breasts were exposed had her nipples airbrushed out for this exact reason, despite the content being fine for the same timeslot in 1990.

* When Tokyo MX replayed the first season of ''LightNovel/{{KonoSuba}}'' (previously a late-night series) in a Sunday morning timeslot, a particularly fanservice-heavy episode (episode 9) was skipped in favor of a web radio show.

* The Marvel {{Elseworld}} comic miniseries ''ComicBook/XMenPhoenixLegacyOfFire'' was bumped up from the normal Marvel imprint to the "adult content" Marvel MAX line for the last two of its three issues, after the first issue drew complaints over its very high level of sexualised {{Fanservice}} content.

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* The English dub of the fifteenth episode of ''Anime/{{Digimon Frontier}}'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed a scene]] showing [[{{TheChick}} Zoe]] [[{{Fanservice}} in a red bikini]]. However, it's mostly for the word "sexy" being in the scene in GratuitousEnglish; we see ''all'' the other swimsuits she tried on, and even the scene where she is nearly walked in on while undressing (we see it from the inside; she stops when she hears a noise ''just'' before her shirt was about to show some {{Underboob|s}}. This episode arguably had the highest "''how'' did that get [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar left in]]?" quotient of the franchise. (In fact, most serious contenders for that award are in that season.)

* ''DancingOnIce''. Holly Willoughby (a former underwear model and [[ParentService children's TV presenter]]) is co-presenter here and got some complaints after turning up for a number of shows in [[AbsoluteCleavage very low-cut outfits]]. In response to complaints, a later dress was apparently more demure, until she [[SexyBacklessOutfit turned around]].
* ''{{Cavegirl}}'' got some complaints for having the main character in a milder form of the "{{fur bikini}}"- in a Creator/{{CBBC}} show.

* In a print media example, the Marvel {{Elseworld}} comic miniseries ''ComicBook/XMenPhoenixLegacyOfFire'' was bumped up from the normal Marvel imprint to the "adult content" Marvel MAX line for the last two of its three issues, after the first issue drew complaints over its very high level of sexualised {{Fanservice}} content.
* Inverted with the ''David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special'' which was made to be a genuinely kid-friendly, played straight, holiday cartoon special, but when NBC wouldn't give it an appropriate slot, was aired at 11:30 PM in the first half-hour of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s regular slot (which had previously been scheduled to be a rerun that week).

* ''{{Tinsel}}''. The audience weren't too happy about all the romantic scenes between Angela Dede and her [[JailBait boytoy]] [[LikesOlderWomen Emil]].

* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' had an incident of this occur when the premiere of the season four episode "An Innocent Man" aired right after ''ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'' and opened up on protagonist Olivia fantasizing about having sex with two different men. The Parents Television Council compared the incident to "a peep show in the middle of a playground" and actually estimated how long it would take a parent to change the channel compared to the twenty-six seconds between the first sexy shot and the last shot of Charlie Brown (which seems a bit obsessive, but hey, who are we to judge?).

* Inverted with the ''David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special'' which was made to be a kid-friendly, played straight holiday cartoon special but when NBC wouldn't give it one, aired at 11:30 PM in the first half-hour of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s regular one (which had been scheduled to be a rerun anyway).

Sometimes, {{Fanservice}} gets a bad reaction from certain members of the audience (often MoralGuardians), mainly because ''children can see it''. Shock and horror! YourMileageMayVary on what is age-appropriate for children's television, or television programs in network time-slots that have traditionally or once been the preserve of "family-friendly" television programs.