In British broadcasting, programming shown after the 9pm watershed, when stronger language and adult content are permitted on mainstream channels. The watershed became a punchline in October 2026, when SNL UK’s Ania Magliano deliberately swore, uncensored, during Weekend Update — legally — in pointed contrast to Shane Gillis’s accidental swear a week earlier, which had broken American network rules on NBC.
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