Viewers to M-Net over Homeland: 'DStv your age restriction of 16 and time schedule is completely inappropriate.'

As I suspected would happen for more than 2 months ever since I noticed it first on a schedule and told M-Net about it, there is now a flood of M-Net subscribers responding about the pay TV broadcaster's odd decision to schedule the brilliant yet explicit drama Homeland on Wednesdays at 20:30.

The show is great, but Homeland's 20:30 timeslot I consider to be completely inappropriate for this show.

Compared to the dramas M-Net shows on other weekdays at 20:30 such as normal family fare NCIS Los Angeles and The Lying Game, its very clear that Homeland in terms of its graphic content is completely different to all the other series in this hour. Explicit shows such as Shameless, Californication and Game of Thrones are all shows much later - the group in which Homeland belongs.

But M-Net told me the pay broadcaster has a dedicated team of people who watches everything before its broadcast and they know exactly what they're showing.

There is of course also the nudity in the show M-Net didn't warn viewers about in the promos and the "N" which was oddly enough not indicated in promos.

Next week's episode of course features some Homeland masturbation.

Here is how just viewers are responding to Homeland on M-Net, and it's very telling of exactly what I thought would happen if a show such as this goes out in a 20:30 timeslot:

Giuliana Bland (@GiulesB65)   @DStv your age restriction of 16 and time schedule for tv programme #homeland is completely inappropriate. Please change it.

Lefty Mokoena (@Ntate_Mokoena)
18/04/2012 21:09
Yho! #Homeland too graphic!!

Riz Aziz (@Riz_F1) 18/04/2012 20:47 Oh.......Kay. Just switched channel. S.E.X scenes in #homeland not suitable as my 4 Angels started looking at the ceiling when it came on!!!

Lerato (@Lerato_L_) 18/04/2012 21:07 Most traumatic sex scene ever. #homeland

taa madyara (@TaaOreezy)
18/04/2012 21:08
Yoh come on #Homeland..sex scene jus wen ma granma walks in.......AKWARD

Lesego Mahape (@LeeLeeMillie) 18/04/2012 21:14 That awkward moment when a hectic sex scene comes on when u watchin tv with the parentals..thanks #Homeland #trynafindsomewheretoplacemyeyes

Lefty Mokoena (@Ntate_Mokoena)
25/04/2012 20:55
Parents send your kids to bed! #Homeland is not that kind of a party!!

I have asked M-Net again for a comment or a response about the show now that viewers are responding in this way. As soon as, or if, M-Net responds, I will bring it.

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