In Holland, MITM is 6+, even though it's only shown after 8 pm, and Comedy Central (the first to show all seasons) says it's aimed at an adult audience.
I Holland, we don't have censorship per se, so we don't cut scenes. If a channel or cinema turns out to have done it sneakily, it's a big scandal. Instead, we raise the age, or shift to late-night viewing. '9' was introduced as a separate category five years ago to bridge the gap between 6 and 12. It was introduced specifically to accommodate the later Harry Potter movies, starting with 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'.
We have thrown in some lovely quirky symbols too (very effective nonetheless), which I wouldn't mind explaining. If I say these would make a workable international standard, am I being too arrogant?
So MITM gets a:
6-symbol: 6 years and up
a fist symbol: violence
a spider symbol: fear/suspense
a shouting mouth symbol: bad language
For other programs, we also have:
four feet symbol: sex
four people bearing down a single one: discrimination
needle symbol: drugs and/or alcohol abuse
I don't really know what I'd do with MITM. I would say 12+, because a lot of the humour is aimed at adults. I mean, there are jokes about vaginas, placentas, porn movies, drug abuse, condoms, strippers, hookers, inflatable sex dolls, artificial insemination etc.
Rich