In broadcasting, the watershed is the time of day after which programming with content deemed suitable only for mature or adult audiences is permitted.
In the same way that a geological watershed divides two drainage basins, a broadcasting watershed serves as a dividing line in a schedule between family-oriented content, and content deemed suitable only for a more mature audience, such as programs containing objectionable content; this can include graphic violence, strong language, and sexual content, or strong references to those themes, even if they are not shown explicitly. The transition to more adult material must not be unduly abrupt and the strongest material should appear later in the evening.[1]
In some countries, watersheds are enforced by broadcasting laws. Cultural differences around the world allow those watershed times to vary. For instance, in Australia, the watershed time is 19:30 (7:30 p.m.), and in Italy it is 22:30 (10:30 p.m.). In some countries, the schedule is divided into multiple periods with progressively fewer restrictions. In addition, some countries are more lenient towards subscription television and radio or pay-per-view channels than towards free-to-air channels.
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- Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
- Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
Music
- Watershed Music Festival, an annual country music event in George, Washington, US
Bands
- Watershed (American band), rock band active since 1987
- Watershed (South African band), pop-rock band active since 1998
Works
- Watershed (Grant McLennan album), the debut solo album by Grant McLennan
- Watershed (k.d. lang album), the fifth solo studio album by k.d. lang
- Watershed (Opeth album), the ninth full-length studio album by Opeth
- "The Watershed", a song by Mark Hollis, from his eponymous album Mark Hollis
- "Watershed", a song on the album Nomads Indians Saints by the Indigo Girls
- "Wattershed", a song by Foo Fighters on their 1995 eponymous debut album
- Watershed, a 2022 oratorio based on the murder of George Duncan in Adelaide, South Australia
Places
- Watershed, Bristol, an arts and media venue in England
- Watershed College, a boarding school in Zimbabwe
- Watershed Distillery, Columbus, Ohio, US
- Watershed High School, Richfield, Minnesota, US
- Watershed mine, Far North Queensland, Australia
- Watershed Park,a large wooded public park in Olympia, Washington
- Watershed Trail, a ex-rail footpath from Roxana to Edwardsville in Illinois, US
Science and technology
- Watershed area (medical), an area with overlapping blood supply
- Watershed stroke, a stroke in a brain watershed
- Watershed (image processing), algorithms used in image processing
- Watershed LRS, a Learning Record Store and Learning Analytics Platform
Television and radio
- Watershed (broadcasting), a time of day when adult programming begins
See also
- Watershed district (disambiguation)
- Watersheddings, the site of a rugby league stadium
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