In Venezuela Baywatch Hawaii is considered better programming for children than The Simpsons. Frankly neither are child oriented, whatever happened to The Groovy Ghoulies? From Fox:

CARACAS, Venezuela — D’oh! A Venezuelan TV channel has yanked “The Simpsons” off the air because it may be inappropriate for children. Taking its place: “Baywatch Hawaii.”

Televen TV station spokeswoman Elba Guillen said Monday that the decision to hand over the daily 11 a.m. time slot came after the National Telecommunications Commission received complaints from viewers.

“It had to be taken off,” Guillen said. “They consider it to be a series that isn’t appropriate for that time because it isn’t appropriate for children.”

The regulatory agency didn’t specify which elements of the program were deemed offensive, but said showing the animated cartoon series at that hour could violate national regulations prohibiting “messages that go against the whole education of boys, girls and adolescents.”

Guillen said it is up to Televen’s management whether “The Simpsons” may be shown at another time of day.

“Baywatch,” which features bikini-clad bombshells and muscle-bound hunks working as lifeguards on the Hawaiian coast, has been running in the 11 a.m. slot since Friday.

The station has not received any complaints about that show, General Manager German Perez Nahim told the Venezuelan newspaper Ultimas Noticias in its Friday editions. Perez was out of the office Monday and could not be reached for comment.

Indeed. Baywatch Hawaii is notable (in my mind) for featuring one of my favorite actresses Krista Allen, whom many of you will of course remember from such classics as Emmanuelle in Space and Feast. Her work in those movies is almost enough to erase the stain of having been involved with that P.O.S. George Clooney who, according to a reliable source, turned temporarily straight in the face of Krista’s extreme hotness.

I can’t say I blame him, though on her part I’ll call it a temporary lapse in judgment. Then again I’m a fan so I might be biased. But soon Venezuelan school children, all of whom are apparently home watching T.V. at 11:00 in the morning, will also be fans so I’ll be in good company. Maybe at Noon they can air Emmanuelle III, IV, V, VI or VIII to keep the kids busy while the schools put together a curriculum which includes Pamela Anderson’s sex tape and Carmen Electra’s Naked Women’s Wrestling League.

Me, I’d be happy with a little more Krista Allen: