History WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids / LiveActionTV

** Liopleurodon, which makes {{Jaws}} look like a sardine

* This led to the sad story of ''Series/{{Angel}}'''s botched terrestrial broadcast in the UK. Channel4 bought ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and decided to broadcast the first season at six in the evening, because, you know, anything with magic in it is obviously teatime fare for kids. Despite extremely heavy censorship cuts, this still led to a formal reprimand from the [[CensorshipBureau Broadcasting Standards Council]]. The last few episodes of the first season, and the whole second season, were consequently shown after midnight with little or no publicity. The third season was bought instead by ChannelFive, who treated it equally badly.

* This led to the sad story of Series/{{Angel}}'s botched terrestrial broadcast in the UK. Channel4 bought ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and decided to broadcast the first season at six in the evening, because, you know, anything with magic in it is obviously teatime fare for kids. Despite extremely heavy censorship cuts, this still led to a formal reprimand from the [[CensorshipBureau Broadcasting Standards Council]]. The last few episodes of the first season, and the whole second season, were consequently shown after midnight with little or no publicity. The third season was bought instead by ChannelFive, who treated it equally badly.

** The fact that the series often uses Disney's adaptions of fairy tales as a base (i.e. Gaston's not even in the original ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'') really does not help. That and the fact the series uses fairy tales currently untouched by Disney (''Literature/HanselAndGretel''?) is a bit of a MindScrew.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' doesn't shy away from showing vampires and demons being stabbed or decapitated, human victims lying gruesomely dead, and has a significant amount of sexual content Nevertheless, there are 7-year-olds whose parents have allowed them to watch it.

* ''WonderShowzen''. It was originally to be titled ''Kids' Show'', [[ExecutiveMeddling but they were forced to change it]] [[ViewersAreMorons because the network feared people would take it literally.]]. The theme song starts:

** The fact that the series often uses Disney's adaptions of fairy tales as a base (i.e. Gaston's not even the original ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'') really does not help. That and the fact the series uses fairy tales currently untouched by Disney (''Literature/HanselAndGretel''?) is a bit of a MindScrew.

[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids.StarTrek Star Trek has its own page.]]

* ''BlueBloods'' used this trope InUniverse at one point. Henry and Frank were going to take Danny's kids (roughly eight years old) to a Broadway musical, but Henry misplaced the tickets. When they found them, Erin noted they'd "dodged a bullet" as she put it: the musical was ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''.

** [[NightmareFuel Liopleurodon]], which makes {{Jaws}} look like a sardine

** [[EatsBabies Several Allosaurs murdering some baby Diplodocus]]

** [[NightmareFuel Entelodonts]]...

* DinosaurPlanet is a nice little show about dinosaurs, right? Nice, if you mean being buried alive by a sandstorm, brutal Protoceratops murdering, plenty of {{gorn}}, [[GiantWallOfWateryDeath a megatsunami that kills everyone in the area but one]], a Maiasaura with an injured leg slowly dying of his wounds, [[KillEmAll everyone in that episode dying of a horrific volcanic explosion]], a Saltasaurus nesting site being drowned, and an Aucasaurus crushed to death

** Violence

** Several scary moments

** ABCFamily also airs reruns of ''Series/That70sShow'' which has many references to sex and implies marijuana usage with the kids in the circle. Granted, it has both written and spoken warnings along the lines of "The following material may be inappropriate for younger viewers" before each episode.

** The fact that the series often uses Disney's adaptions of fairy tales as a base (i.e. Gaston's not even the original ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'') really does not help. That and the fact the series uses fairy tales currently untouched by Disney (''Literature/HanselAndGretel''?) is a bit of a MindScrew.

* According to Lisa Kudrow, she has met kids claiming that their parents let them watch ''{{Friends}}''. While ''Friends'' is not particularly vulgar by modern standards, there are still way too many storylines revolving around sex to consider it appropriate for younger viewers.

* Canadian networks such as YTV and Teletoon also seem to carry the same misconceptions as suggestive cartoons, a couple of violent anime, and shows targeted for older teens often run rampid or get scattered into the mix of stuff that's supposed to be for kids.

* ''{{Glee}}'', largely thanks to the popularity of [[HighSchoolMusical a movie with a very similar premise]] that actually ''was'' for kids. Except ''Glee'' has: jokes about oral sex; dancing which borders on dry humping; sex between teenagers and older, married adults; the president of the celibacy club getting pregnant; boys complaining about "erupting early" and an adult former student corrupting kids by giving them pornography, alcohol and lessons in stealing. And that's all within the first 5 episodes.

* Many people assume that because Kermit, Fozzie, and the rest of TheMuppets have been family friendly for the past couple of decades, that the original [[TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]] is also a children's show.
** This applied even back when the show originally aired. JimHenson had a very hard time selling the show to U.S. studio heads who couldn't see puppets as anything but for kids.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYUedgFHSA The same is true for Truth]] who have come to [[http://www.muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/truth-commercial-muppets-smoking.29554/ the logical conclusion]] that ''TheMuppetMovie'' was a StealthCigaretteCommercial for kids.

* ''CrankYankers'' has some well-known comedians make prank calls to various businesses, and reenacting the call on camera using muppet style puppets. One call had a woman prank a hardware store with an extended conversation about the "big tubes of caulk." Very much not for children.

** It's a given that regular SuperSentai can have stuff that some may consider pushes the envelope especially those outside Japan. As far as violence goes this is no more violent then the regular series. Aside from episode 3 which was definitely not for kids the series didn't push it that much further than SuperSentai with the occasional cleavage shot or even face in cleavage shot, some brief nudity, and other sexual overtone being the biggest thing that made this a series not for kids.
* ''{{Degrassi}}'' gets this too, despite the fact that it's usually rated TV-14 and has characters dealing with a plethora of (mostly non child-friendly) challenges, such as eating disorders, peer pressure, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, school shootings, rape, etc.

** The fact that the series often uses Disney's adaptions of fairy tales as a base (i.e. Gaston's not even the original ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'') really does not help. That and the fact the series uses fairy tales currently untouched by Disney (HanselAndGretel?) is a bit of a MindScrew.
* ''{{Glee}}'' in its early days got this in droves. Many people thought it was ''HighSchoolMusical'': TheSeries, without realizing that characters freely swear and the show tackles several heavy issues like drug use, infidelity, teen pregnancy, losing one's virginity, homophobia, etc. It doesn't help that ''Glee'' covers are often played on Radio Disney, or that much of its marketing is made to appeal to the tween crowd.

** The fact that the series often uses Disney's adaptions of fairy tales as a base (i.e. Gaston's not even the original ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'') really does not help. That and the fact the series uses fairy tales currently untouched by Disney (HanselAndGretel?) is a bit of a MindScrew.

* The short-lived television series ''{{Probe}}'' accidentally sparked a bit of outrage with this trope. In one episode, misanthropic genius Austin tells his secretary that he knew SantaClaus was a myth at the age of seven (he had set up a motion-controlled camera pointed at the chimney). Since the show was appearing during a family-friendly hour, there were young viewers ambushed by this revelation, resulting in complaints from MoralGuardians.

* Considering this article NOTHING beats the Dutch children's program TheoEnThea (1985-1989). This controversial kids' show talked about topics that sensible parents might consider to be unsuitable for young children, such as prostitution, drug abuse, sexual harassment,...Despite all objections the show was both a hit with kids and adults alike!

** ''UltramanLeo'' was not your usual UltraSeries show, the show begins with [[spoiler:Ultraseven having his leg brutally broken and being confined to human form]] and [[ItGotWorse it gets worse from there]], going into KillEmAll territory by the end.

** The fact that the series often uses Disney's adaptions of fairy tales as a base (i.e. Gaston's not even the original BeautyAndTheBeast) really does not help. That and the fact the series uses fairy tales currently untouched by Disney (HanselAndGretel?) is a bit of a MindScrew.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': It's not ''that'' extreme of an example, but just because it's about fairy tales and has many characters that were in Disney movies does not mean that it's for the same age group (besides, the fairy tales and its characters didn't become all cutesy and G-rated ''until'' Disney adapted them). The series contains things like violence, bloodshed ([[BloodlessCarnage though often not as much as would be expected]]), a character who is unknowingly a werewolf [[IAmAHumanitarian turning into a wolf and eating the man she's in love with]], implied rape as well as a definite (though never ''exactly'' stated) example of a SexSlave, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mild language]].

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' doesn't shy away from showing vampires and demons being stabbed or decapitated, human victims lying gruesomely dead, and has a significant amount of sexual content Nevertheless, there are 7-year-olds whose parents have allowed them to watch it.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': It's not ''that'' extreme of an example, but just because it's about fairy tales and has many characters that were in Disney movies does not mean that it's for the same age group (besides, the fairy tales and its characters didn't become all cutesy and G-rated ''until'' Disney adapted them). The series contains things like violence, bloodshed ([[BloodlessCarnage though often not as much as would be expected]]), a character who is unknowingly a werewolf [[IAmAHumanitarian turning into a wolf and eating the man she's in love with]], implied rape as well as a definite (though never ''exactly'' stated) example of a SexSlave, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mild language]].

** Related to this is the fact that certain female socialites and/or reality stars who are seen as opulent and "famous for being famous," such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Snooki, etc., are frequently criticized by other media for being "bad role models" for girls. Never mind that the shows they've appeared on were never aimed at children young enough to be harmfully influenced by their antics, and it's not like these celebrities try to pass themselves off as role models anyway.
* UncleBuck: Oh look, it's a show where the main character is done by the guy who voiced Aloysius Pig on GarfieldAndFriends and Widow Hutchison on RockosModernLife! Wrong! It's a show for adults with a lot of things children should not know about.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': It's not ''that'' extreme of an example, but just because it's about fairy tales and has many characters that were in Disney movies does not mean that it's for the same age group. The series contains things like violence, bloodshed ([[BloodlessCarnage though often not as much as would be expected]]), a character who is unknowingly a werewolf [[IAmAHumanitarian turning into a wolf and eating the man she's in love with]], implied rape as well as a definite (though never ''exactly'' stated) example of a SexSlave, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mild language]].

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series were generally aired during a family-viewing time (i.e. after five but before nine). Can't speak for the other series, but with ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' throwing out several episodes dealing with heads blowing up, heads being blown ''off'', human laboratory experiments, bloody death scenes, psychological and physical torture (that were advised on by the folks at Amnesty International) and let's not forget the Borg ... you have to wonder whether this was always a good idea.
** Also, there's [[TheCaptain Picard]] [[spoiler: getting a sword through the heart]], getting trapped as a [[BrainUploading program of pure information]] inside the ship's computers [[spoiler:[[CloningBlues only to be erased in favor of another copy of himself taken just a few seconds ago]] [[UnreliableNarrator according to Troi]]]], [[SapientShip Barkley merging with the]] ''[[SapientShip Enterprise]]'', [[TokenEvilTeammate Troi]] getting [[spoiler: {{mind rape}}d at least twice]], [[spoiler: [[CreatorsPet Wesley]] nearly killing his mom at least twice (once on the Holodeck, another time in a collapsing pocket universe), following through on someone else and being fired for it]], land developers committing [[spoiler: [[MoralMyopia genocide against native sentient grains of photovoltaic sand]]]], [[TheLancer Riker]] getting {{clon|ingBlues}}ed and his clone [[WhatYouAreInTheDark joining the Maquis]]. Anytime [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Worf]] [[BigScrewedUpFamily deals with anything about his own]] ProudWarriorRace, [[BloodKnight he suffers greatly for it]], [[spoiler: [[ItGetsWorse and his spine breaks twice]]]] [[DoomMagnet just to prove the]] [[BadAss Badassery]] of the episode's FriendToAllLivingThings. [[spoiler:[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Someone even tried to suck]] [[TheMedic Dr. Crusher's]] LifeForce [[AWizardDidIt or whatever]]]]. [[GeniusBruiser Data]] is often [[YouCallThatAWound damaged, only to casually continue]], once even to the point of [[spoiler: being decapitated for 400 years]]. Data is also [[MoralityDial easily brainwashed]], [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman put on trial for disassembly]], and [[LatexPerfection impersonated]] by his EvilTwin. The only one that relatively escapes this is Geordi laForge, until [[spoiler: a brainwashed Data puts nano-cortical fibers into his forehead in preparation for BrainUploading]].
** On a "[[KillItWithFire lighter]] [[spoiler:[[Manga/DeathNote Death]]]] [[IncrediblyLamePun note]]", [[TheLancer Riker]] tries to [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre "lance"]] just about everything that is [[BoldlyComing remotely female, alien and humanoid]]. Just having [[MrExposition Deanna Troi]] [[AuthorOnBoard onboard]] in her capacity as a therapist is unusual for a Star Trek series. [[TheCaptain Picard]] also travels back in time and [[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem his now much younger best friend Martha demands to be "lanced" and he does so, alienating her]].
** And in TOS alone there's plenty of this. How about the episode "The Paradise Syndrome" where [[spoiler: Kirk gets married to a woman, gets her pregnant, and then she gets stoned to death. On camera.]] Yeah.
** In the opening moments of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9,]] we saw Jennifer Sisko, trapped under debris, dead or dying, the room burning around her as her husband desperately tried to reach her. By season five, they were including scenes of Starfleet officers dying from gruesome injuries. And then there's the Dominion War...
** In a similar vein, Enterprise's "Unexpected" is also about [[BlackComedyRape rape as a joke]]. It falls somewhere between date rape and child molestation. Sure Trip's an adult, but the lizard lady's dialog just screams "I've got candy in my van". Calling her sexing up of Trip "a game we play" when he doesn't know what's happening.
** Lets not forget ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'''s "The Siege of AR-558" which features the Dominion's shock troops attempting to [[spoiler: reclaim a communications outpost that had been seized months earlier by the Federation.]] The Defiant shows up to provide supplies at first, but the crew remains behind when [[spoiler: The Jem'Hadar sneak attack Nog and they realize a siege is inevitable. He winds up losing a leg due to that and what follows is a quite violent fight against a horde of shock troops, all while classy jazz music plays, thanks to Bashir having a recording of Vic Fontaine singing.]]
** Then there are [[TheVirus The Borg]] and [[ItGotWorse Species 8472]]. The former feature BodyHorror, YouWillBeAssimilated and FateWorseThanDeath. The latter are OmnicidalManiac race that makes hills out of severed Borg heads for breakfast and [[EarthShatteringKaboom blows up planets for dinner]] [[spoiler: It's more complicated but this was in the show]] They '''also''' feature BodyHorror and FateWorseThanDeath, though in ways '''different''' from the Borg. Did we mention they both feature NightmareFuel?

* UncleBuck: Oh look, it's a show featuring the guy who did Aloysius Pig on GarfieldAndFriends and Widow Hutchison on RockosModernLife! Wrong! It's a show for adults with a lot of things children should not know about.

** given that regular SuperSentai can have stuff that some may consider pushes the envelope. As far as violence goes this is no more violent then the regular series. Aside from episode 3 which was definitely not for kids the series didn't push it much further than SuperSentai with the occasional cleavage shot or even face in cleavage shot, some brief nudity, and other sexual overtones.