Soap operas do not have a set time to be shown on television. As a given rule most soap operas are placed before the watershed (9.00PM) This is due to the level of violence, sex and drugs that are shown in the shows. Usually the soaps are shown at our 7.00 P.M through to 9.00 P.M. When episodes are containing too much violence that is not suitable for before the watershed they are usually moved to a later time of 9.00 P.M. The storylines that have had to be moved include rape, drugs and heavy domestic violence.
There was a campaign to clean up soap operas after a storyline in Eastenders showed one character being addicted to class A drugs and using them on screen. These episodes where placed before the watershed. This highlighted the point that soap operas need to clear up soaps as young children could have been watching the show so would have found drug use as a common placed thing that they can see on the television.
The time that soap operas are put on television is very important for ratings and the type of audience that they are after, as they are placed on early young children are likely to watch them, this means that many children will grow up and think that violence and shouting is the only way to deal with a problem. Soap operas if not used sensibly can have a bad affect on society, so must be censored accordingly.
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