By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:05 GMT, 27 March 2019 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 27 March 2019
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Channel Nine could be 'in trouble' after airing a sexually suggestive scene on Married At First Sight earlier this week, a former executive has warned.
Rob McKnight, who worked for Nine's News and Current Affairs department between 2008 and 2013, believes the bedroom scene involving Jessika Power and Dan Webb went 'too far'.
McKnight, the editor of industry website TV Blackbox, said: 'I think Nine might be in trouble with this one. To me, the scene was certainly confronting for a PG timeslot and I wouldn't want my kids watching it',
EXCLUSIVE: Channel Nine could be 'in trouble' over a Married At First Sight scene involving Jessika Power and Dan Webb 'on top of each other in a sexual way'
'While the couple didn't actually engage in sex on screen, they were on top of each other in a very sexual way', he added.
According to the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, 'depictions of and verbal reference to sexual activity must be restrained', 'mild in impact' and 'remain suitable for children to watch with supervision'.
Reflecting on these guidelines,
