PARENTAL
CONTROL
®
G
Motion Picture Association
of America (MPAA) Rating System
PG
Parents
Strongly
PG-13
Cautioned
R
Restricted
No children
under
NC-17
age 17
X
Hard Core Films
No Rating
No Rating
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General
Audiences
Parental
Guidance
Suggested
Content
not offensive
to most viewers.
Content
is such
that
parents
may
not want
their
children
to view the program.
Program
is inappropriate
for preteens,
with a greater
degree
of offensive
material
suggested
than
a PG
rated program.
Not for children
under
17 - contains
strong
element
of sex and/or
violence.
Not for children
under
17 - under any circumstances.
Contains
strong
sexual content.
Same
as NC-17
rating.
MPAA did not rate.
®
TV-Y
TV Parental Guideline
Rating System
TV-Y7
TV-G
General
Audience
Parental
Guidance
TV-PG
Suggested
Parents
Strongly
TV=14
Cautioned
Mature Audience
TV-MA
Only
All Children
Directed
to Older
Children
Content
not offensive
to most viewers.
Considered
suitable
for children
over 7 - may contain
fantasy
violence
scenes.
Considered
suitable
for all audience;
children
may
watch
unattended.
Suggested
unsuitable
for
younger
children
- may
contain
suggestive
language,
bad language,
sex and
violence
scenes.
Unsuitable
for children
under
14 - may contain
strong
language,
bad language,
sex, and violence
scenes.
Adults
only
- may
contain
strong
language,
bad
language,
sex, and violence
scenes.
Canadian Rating:
Canadian English is used throughout all English-speaking
Canada (E, C, C8+, G, PG, 14+, 18+).
Canadian French is used in Quebec (E, G,8 ans+, 13 ans+, 16 ans+, 18 ans+).
Note: The V-Chip will automatically
block certain categories that are "more restrictive". If you block TV-Y
category, then TV-Y7 will be automatically
blocked.
Similarly, if you block TV-G category, then all the
categories in the "young adult" will be blocked (TV=G, TV-PG, TV-14,and TV-MA).