In the 1970s they had “G”, “A” and “AO”.
“C” was created in 1979.
In 1981, “A” became “PGR”
“P” for pre-school shows was introduced late 1980s sometime, maybe 1988?
In 1993, “PGR” became “PG”, “AO” became “M”. I think to align the classifications closer to movies.
“MA” and “MAV” came along either at this time, or later. I can’t recall.
One of the complaints was Season 1 Episode 1 which was AV15+ on GO! and MA15+ from OFLC.
A clear breach apparently. 
Googled the synopsis and it’s an erotic show for gay people.
Nine argued it wasn’t. 
Did Seven edit Seinfeld? I actually never noticed anything.
I realise the CB gave all (?) seasons “M”, so that would suggest networks made edits even if very subtle/minor.
I only recall a single episode being given “M” with “Sexual References” by Seven, with virtually every other a ‘plain’ “PG”.
I caught up with Monday’s episode of The Voice finals tonight, and the first thing I saw was that the show was rated M for “themes”. The only reason I could think of is the song chosen by Kelly Rowland for Denzel to perform: Power by Kanye West. Nine even showed the phone number for Lifeline after the judges delivered critiques for Denzel’s rendition. This season of The Voice had been rated PG up to this point.
Casino Royal that will be shown in some Nine markets on Saturday is split into 2 parts with the 7pm part rated PG - AV - Action Violence, S1 - Sexual References and part 2 at 8.30 rated M - AV - Action Violence.
The Code states (at the “PG - mild impact” level):
Suicide: Visual depictions of and verbal references to suicide or attempted suicide must be inexplicit and restrained. It must not be presented as a means of achieving a desired result or as an appropriate response to stress, depression or other problems.
So did Nine think such content in this episode exceeded that?
Nine might have considered some of the lyrics in Power (Now this would be a beautiful death jumping out the window) exceeded the code.
What’s the difference between SBS/SBS Viceland/SBS World Movies and NITV/SBS Food? Why can’t SBS Food and NITV show M rated programs on weekends/school holidays between 12pm-3pm?
Well I sure can’t imagine any of SBS’ cooking shows with a rating of M, can you? 
It was probably easier for SBS to get an exception for only some of its channels instead of all of them.
Maybe if SBS FOOD ever got the rights to some Gordon Ramsay cooking shows? 
Also, doesn’t NITV air some children’s programming during the day? I could imagine that being a factor as to why the classification rules weren’t changed for that channel.
Not sure why the commercials are complaining. I thought the “Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice” that includes the classification rules was something that they wrote themselves and them lodged with ACMA. The latest version was only lodged in 2018.
Nine split Casino Royale into two for classification purposes but in the ratings it was coded as a single program. Previously it split Lord of the Rings into two for classification and coded the movie accordingly. So confusing.
Nice to see a topic that’s been discussed on MS quite a bit also noticed by other media 
I think they are complaining about the clause in the Broadcasting Services Act which restricts M rated films until after 8:30pm. The code they write can’t change that.
I agree. It is so confusing. I don’t know why Nine pick and choose which movie has two separate ratings for the one movie (with the “two-parts”), while some movies, like Saturday’s Casino Royale has one entry into the ratings.
I don’t blame Nine for airing some M movies at an earlier slot, and being creative with the “two parts” of the movie. Most of us on this site aren’t big fans of it, but its working for them so far, and rating well.
