to think this Simpson is totally inappropriate?

[Bogeyface]

Brand new one tonight, advertised as being on after Yonderland so gives the impression of it being suitable for family viewing. It was on a 7 o'clock on a Sunday after all.

And its all about 50 Shades of Grey type sex! Homer builds a sex dungeon, the vicar and his wife are in a sex shop......totally wrong for that time of night surely?

I hate that they sometimes do this. Most of the episodes are ok but once in a while they chuck one that is totally inappropriate and should be on after the watershed!

WIBU to complain about it?

I found it funny.

Homers snuggle dungoen lol

why not just turn it off?

It's on quite early but surely after twenty-odd seasons people should know that whilst it is a cartoon, it's not a kids show?

It's never been a kids show, yet Sky keep marketing it as part of their 'family friendly' section. I wonder if anyone at Sky actually vets the Simpsons? I've seen some pretty risque episodes - I've stopped my dc watching it now that my ex isn't around. They don't miss it.

why not just turn it off?

I did. But I just dont think it should be on in the first place. I have often thought that it should be on much later than it is anyway, but the kids like it and as I say, most of the time it is ok.

I really don't think its for children. I didn't used to let my ds watch it about 15 years ago, so its been around long enough.
My dd has asked about it a few times, I just tell her its unsuitable, she is 9.

It's never been a kids show, yet Sky keep marketing it as part of their 'family friendly' section

Exactly, so it leaves the impression that it is ok for kids to watch, and then something like that comes on which is obviously not at all suitable for children to watch.

I completely agree Bogey.

I do wonder about Sky and what their interpretation of 'family friendly' actually is. Remember when they kept wacking in those awful adverts for the Beats Pil, with all the scantily clad women? That was during 'family friendly' Sunday, sponsored by 'Despicable Me 2'

Make your mind up, Sky!

I started watching The Simpsons when I was 10 and I appear to not have been too badly affected. If that's the worst that kids today are subjected to I am pretty much ok with that.

We watched it with the kids and discussed the 50 Shades phenomenon openly. But then I'm Dutch and we tend to be upfront about sex and stuff. We find the Simpsons a good way to lead into what might well be difficult conversations.

They don't get to watch it alone, though.

I've also been watching it since I was about 8 and it was fine then. I do think recent episodes are shite though. This and the one where everyone thinks Bart has got an underage girl pregnant and Marge's boob job are cases in point.

My DS is now 25 and laughs at the fact that I would not allow him to watch the Simpsons when he was small as it is now seen as family viewing. I agree it is family viewing for older families but not suitable for those with younger children

won't it just go over their heads?

My friend doesn't let her children watch The Simpsons and has very strong opinions on it. I find that very odd considering her husband plays Call of Duty in front of them.

Have your children read 50 shades and/or have experience with BDSM?

But I just dont think it should be on in the first place.

It's your choice to have Sky. You could save a load of money, stop funding a company that hacks the phones of murdered children and not need to worry about your children watching quite so much shit TV, too.

Oddly enough Santiago no they havent but when sex is mentioned they do know what it means and I dont think that something that is pushed as family friendly and is on TV at a time when a lot of familes and children are watching, should have a storyline involving people improving their sex life! Especially as the sex shop scene (which when I first clocked what it was about) prompted lots of questions, I am not going to explain BDSM to an 8 year old!

Friday I dont think I was asking for opinions on whether I should pay for Sky, but as you brought it up, what about C4 that shows it at 6pm most days? Or is it morally ok for children to watch inappropriate content as long as its free?

Thing that are on at tea time
The news
Hollyoaks
The simpsons
Cbeebies
Citv
Cbbc
Films on the horror chanel
Porn

Some are suitable some aren't ...that is where parents come in

Mine all watch the simpsons they don't get most of it but if you feel its unsuitable for your kids turn over

I dont think I was asking for opinions on whether I should pay for Sky, but as you brought it up, what about C4 that shows it at 6pm most days?

Sounds like you need to either control the TV better.

Not at all, as I said, I turned it off. My issue is whether something that is clearly not appropriate family viewing should be a) marketed as such and b) on at that time at all.

Nothing to do with my parenting skills at all, so no need to criticise them :)

Bogey is making an excellent point that I've already agreed with. The Simpsons is categorically not a kids show. Why are Sky marketing Yonderland and The Simpsons as the same? They're not. Yonderland has been made specifically with family viewing in mind (although the 'slapper' reference in the second episode made me a bit tbh). The Simpsons originally came from The Tracey Ullman show in America. I remember watching that show - definitely not for kids. The Simpsons isn't for kids either.

The point Bogey is making (which some people are deliberately ignoring) is that Sky are marketing something at families which clearly isn't suitable. Just because the option is there to turn over, that doesn't make it right.

There will be people who completely buy into Sky's marketing and think that because The Simpsons is a cartoon and shown as part of 'family' time that it's therefore suitable for kids. It isn't. Some people are daft enough to believe that South Park is for kids because it's animation. Same with Family Guy. Admittedly, these are much more adult-orientated than The Simpsons, but still.

We haven't watched The Simpsons for years due to the smutt and sexual innuendo. I didn't want my two youngsters hearing it all.

Me and DH love The Simpsons.

When DS was smaller, we used to watch it at 6 like we always did, then we realised that it was massively inappropriate for him. He is 5 and asks about it but we won't let him watch it.

I used to watch it from the age of 10 but I think it was more appropriate in the earlier years and that age is okish to watch some of it.

We just don't get to watch it now because of this kids. It definitely isn't a childrens programme, just because it is a cartoon and on early. I do wish Sky and channel 4 wouldn't market it as such.

I think it was more appropriate in the earlier years

I definitely agree with this! I think the makers of the show have taken to pushing more boundaries as the years have gone by, possibly to kick back against being labelled a 'family show'.

The latest episodes are certainly more risque and political than they used to be. And the Halloween episodes are getting more gory with each year!