Lu & the Bally Bunch

**Lu & the Bally Bunch** is an Iredish-Reydamese-Nuslonian-Harlangish animated preschool series created by [Nicky Phelan]. It follows the daily life of Lu, a little ladybird who has just started pre-school with her new friends. The series made its international debut in Ancen on March 17th, 2023 via the [TVNZ] app.

## Controversies

### New Cassania (July 2023)

As part of the Cassanian Broadcasting Commission's Summer 2023 program tour, one of the planned programs that the Commission would premiere on its kids channel [???] (as part of its preschool block), was Lu & the Bally Bunch among many others. However, it was revealed that, after the examination for approval, it was revealed that the show had tantrum scenes like Caillou, whom the New Cassanian Board of Censorship banned in 2003 for similar reasons (the show did not meet its regulations to be a "preschool show"). The Commission, at the request of the Board of Censorship, cancelled the planned premiere of the show on its said kids channel.

### Cochrane (Mid 2023)

In Mid 2023, Cochrane's public broadcaster MNC elected to eject and replace a member representing MTRT from the cooperative board, jointly-ordered by the public broadcaster's chairwoman representing RTSM Rina Bueno, alongside her siblings Edmund and Slidell Bueno, whom are board members as well respectively representing SPRC and MRBO. It was later revealed that the board member representing MTRT suggested "Lu and the Bally Bunch" for airing in the public broadcaster, where upon inspection has saw multiple violations regarding it's effect on children. TNC ultimately banned LatBB from airing in their program lineup after the violation-laden review, with member station MTRT immediately appointed a new representing board member.

### Daikonan (July 2023)

Originally Daiknan's public broadcaster DKRT planed to broadcast the program on its family-oriented channel DKTV Familja, under its preschool block Mini DKTV on July 2023, but by that month, Daikonese Media Authority (Daikonan's media regulator) and DKRT's programming, seen that LatBB has too strong themes; Later that year, the program passed under an examination, and both parts concluded that LatBB ended up banned from the public broadcaster due to not meeting the standards for a preschool, (including the presence of tantrum scenes); similar case in early 2004 with Caillou when was censored by the then Daikonese Censor Board.

### Kepralia (July 2023)

In June 2023, the Kepralian public broadcaster MPK had plans to premiere Lu & the Bally Bunch on MPK Family under its preschool-oriented block, MPK Kids, in July 2023. By that month, the show was never premiered on that channel. It was revealed in August 2023 that the programming director of MPK Family, Leo Stevens, was sacked from the channel's management for adding LatBB to the channel's schedule, without any approval from the Kepralian Media Classification Board. Upon inspection, the Board concluded their report that LatBB does not meet the criteria and standards in order to qualify as a preschool program, due to the scenes and themes of the show that can have negative effects to children. Due to this, MPK had ultimately decided to ban the said program from the channel's schedule and cancel the program's premiere at the request of the Board.