Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing 'Big Bang Theory,' 'Good Wife' and two other shows.
A spokeswoman for a leading online video site, Youku, said that it had received notification not to show 'The Big Bang Theory' 'The Good Wife', 'NCIS' and 'The Practice' and The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television didn't give a reason for its order, the New York Daily News reported.
A senior manager at another video site asserted that it received the surprise order to clean their website.
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