Aamir Khan has been supporting common causes; when asked about views on the entertainment tax in the 2012 budget, Khan said, "I don't want any reduction in that, all I expect is focus on education and nutrition." He quit the GOI's copyrights panels in February 2010 after facing sharp differences with other members. During the promotion of "3 Idiots", he journeyed to diverse parts of India, mostly to small towns, noting that "film makers from Mumbai don't understand small-town India." This experience of reaching out to "regional India" was extended in his debut TV show, "Satyamev Jayate". On 16 July 2012, Khan
Satyamev Jayate (TV series) Commerce to allow the show to be aired in Karnataka. The first episode in Kannada was later released on show's official site. The show premiered on 6 May 2012 and was telecast on Sundays at 11 am IST thereafter. While the channel authorities were high on showcasing it in the prime time at 9 pm, Khan wanted to telecast it on Sunday mornings since the slot was commonly considered as "family TV viewing" time in Indian television after popular shows "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" were aired on Sunday mornings and were highly successful. He was reported saying, "I wanted to telecast