Granskningsnämnden för radio och TV (GRN, in English Swedish Broadcasting Commission) is a Swedish goverment agency formed in 1994 that enforces the official rules of broadcasting for radio and TV. If the agency concludes that a show has broken the rules it issues a fine.
Many channels broadcasting primarily to Sweden do not actually broadcast from Sweden (most notably TV3 and Kanal 5, broadcasting from the UK). GRN only therefore supervises broadcasts from Sweden - this includes TV4, but GRN has also decided that TV4's other channels, TV4 Plus and TV400, are under their jurisdiction. This caused some controversy when GRN found that it was not clear that The Man Show was satirical. Since then TV4 AB has shown a disclaimer when broadcasting the show. This was later replaced with a satirical film containing photographs of the members of the GRN.
The Oprah Winfrey Show was fined several times for improper support (mostly concerning "Oprah's favorite things") and had to be moved from TV4 to TV3. As a result, TV4 has said they want to abolish GRN and let Pressens opinionsnämnd do their job.
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