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Klingons have to be violent after 9 p.m., says CBSC


OTTAWA – If you’re going to show Klingons relieving Federation pilots of certain organs, it’s got to be done after 9 p.m., the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council reminded Bell Media today.The council received a complaint about an episode of Star Trek: Discovery which aired on Space on October 15, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. While there were viewer advisories, the CBSC found a breach of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics and Violence Code for broadcasting graphic violence and the f-word before 9:00 p.m. – and for failing to put a classification icon on the program.The new series...