A Venezuelan television network has banned U.S. cartoon "The Simpsons" from the country's airwaves, claiming the show was a potentially bad influence on children, Reuters reported yesterday.
Venezuela's broadcasting regulator Conatel chose to replace the show with reruns of "Baywatch Hawaii," according to Reuters.
"They were infringing many things in the television and radio social responsibility law," a Conatel spokesman told Reuters. "Today, I believe they started broadcasting something else."
According to the spokesman, the agency began considering the ban after viewers complained.
Many Venezuelan television stations air reruns of old U.S. and Latin American series and soap operas, Reuters reported.
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