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Mar 19, 2010, 3:08 AM
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Mom, can I watch?: Adult TV airs on kids' channels
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Instead of showing viewers a list of such children's TV shows as Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer, two channels geared at kids aired preview clips for adult programming Tuesday morning.
A spokeswoman for Time Warner Cable Inc. blamed an "equipment failure" for the two-hour foul-up in areas around Raleigh, North Carolina.
Several parents phoned to report the problem, TWC's Melissa Buscher said Tuesday. The cable company heard reports of the boo-boo in Cary, Morrisville, Garner and Goldsboro.
Buscher said that the problem occurred on two "Kids on Demand" channels that were listing children's shows. The titles didn't match the preview videos which appeared in the right-hand corner of the screen, she added.
"Instead of being a preview for kids programming, you got a preview of adult programming."
The company is sorry for the blooper and has fixed the problem so that it won't recur, Buscher said.
[Via Associated Press -- www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1240183]
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