PARENTAL CONTROL
Motion Picture Association
of America
(MPAA) Rating System
General Audiences
Parental Guidance
PG
Suggested
Parents Strongly
PG-13
Cautioned
R
Restricted
No children under
NC-17
age 17
X
Hard Core Films
No Rating
No Rating
G
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
, "iV Parental
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
Guideline
Rating System
All Children
Directed to Older
Children
General Audience
Parental Guidance
Suggested
Parents Strongly
Cautioned
Mature Audience
Only
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 (C, CS+,G, PG, 14+, 18+).
Canadian French is used in Quebec (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).
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