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NO RATING
(NOT RATED) AND NA (NOT
Off
APPLICABLE)
PROGRAMS.
Movie has not been
rated or rating does not apply.
G
GENERAL
AUDIENCES.
All ages admitted.
PARENTAL
GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED.
Some
PG
material
may not be suitable for children.
PARENTS
STRONGLY
CAUTIONED.
Some material
PG-13
may be inappropriate
for children
under 13.
RESTRICTED.
Under 17 requires
accompanying
R
parent or adult guardian.
NC-17
NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED.
X
ADULTS
ONLY.
The TV Parental Guidelines has 7 levels of age-based
ratings that can be selected. These 7 levels are split into
2 age-based groups:
Youth Age-based Ratings and Guidance Age-based
Ratings. Some of these age-based ratings can also
have content-based ratings, denoted as D (Dialog), L
(Language), S (Sex) and V (Violence). The table below
shows the age-based ratings selection.
Age-Age_
based
based
Group
Ratings
Blocked
Content
Selections
NR
• Viewable
TV-NR
(Not Rated)
• Blocked
• Viewable
TV-Y
• Blocked
TV-Y7
Youth
• FV
(Fantasy
Violence)
• Viewable
• Blocked
DescriPtion
Not Rated. See "Customer
Caution"
on page 45.
All children.
The themes
and
elements
in this program
are specifically
designed
for a very young audience,
including
children
from ages
2-6.
Directed
to older children.
Themes
and elements
in
this program
may include
mild physical
or comedic
violence,
or may frighten
children
under the age of 7.
Age-
Age_
based
based
Group
Ratings
TV-G
TV-PG
Guidance
Content
Selections
• Viewable
• Blocked
• D,L,S,V (all
selected)
• Any
combination
ofD, L,S,V
• D,L,S,V (all
selected)
TV-14
• Any
combination
ofD, L,S,V
• L,S,V (all
selected)
TV-MA
• Any
combination
ofL,
S,V
Description
General
audience.
It
contains
little or no violence
no strong language,
and
little or no sexual dialogue
or situations.
Parental
guidance
suggested.
The program
may contain
infrequent
coarse language,
limited
violence,
some suggestive
sexual dialogue
and
situations.
Parents
strongly
cautioned.
This program
may contain
sophisticated
themes,
sexual content,
strong
language
and more intense
violence.
Mature audiences
only.
This program
may contain
mature themes,
profane
language,
graphic violence,
and explicit
sexual content.
FV :
Fantasy/Cartoon
Violence.
V :
Violence
S :
Sex
L :
Offensive
Language
D :
Dialogue
with sexual content.
Exempt - Exempt programming
includes:
news, sports,
E
documentaries
and other information
programming,
talk
shows, music videos, and variety programming.
C
Programming
intended
for children
under age 8. No
offensive
language,
nudity or sexual content.
Programming
generally
considered
acceptable
for
C8+
children
8 years and over. No profanity,
nudity or sexual
content.
G
General
programming,
suitable for all audiences.
Parental
Guidance
suggested.
Some material may not
PG
be suitable
for children.
Programming
contains
themes or content which may not
be suitable
for viewers under the age of 14. Parents are
14+
strongly
cautioned
to exercise
discretion
in permitting
viewing
by pre-teens
and early teens.
18+ years old. Programming
restricted
to adults.
18+
Contains
constant
violence or scenes
of extreme
violence.
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