Brotherly boot not too violent for TV, says CBSC

OTTAWA - A promo spot for a kids program that showed one brother kicking another is not too violent for television, the CBSC has ruled. The 15 second spot aired on January 27, 2008 on YTV in promotion of Naked Brothers Band, a scripted program about two real-life brothers who form a pop band. In the spot, one brother is shown dressed in a chicken suit and clowning around in front of the other brother, to the amusement of others. He falls down – and is then kicked by his brother. The CBSC received a complaint from a viewer who...