Ah, and there I was, wondering about whether I shuols steer my 7 y o and 5.5 y o away from SpongeBob Squaerapnts (the answer is no, SpongeBob is fine, except that ds is obseesed with it and wants to watch nothing else...)
I wouldn't let my dc watch any of the adult programmes listed here. They are relatively sensitive dc (dd saw Dr Who and it scared her a lot).
Nybom we don't swear in this house either but I wuoldn't see that as a valid reason to expose them to it on TV. Kids are like sponges (SpongeBobs?) and they do absorb what they see / hear, to a greater or lesser extent. At 4 y o they see the adults around them , for better or worse, as role models. So would you really want your dc to use the BB housemates as role models?
The other alternative to being sensitive / spongelike is that they become desensitised and indifferent to others' speech / what's happening to them / ultimately, to their suffering. Which, again, I don't want for my dc.
And tbh you've got to ask yourself where does it end? Where do you draw the line of what you're happy to allow into your dc's conciousness / imaginations?
Who was it who said that TV allows people into your living room whom you'd never invite in if they came through the front door?