U.S. TV Program Ratings Chart

The TV Parental Guidelines has seven levels of age- based ratings that can be selected. These seven levels are split into two 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 (dialogue), L (language), S (sex), and V (violence). The table below shows the age-based ratings selection.

Age-based

Age-based

Possible Content

 

Group

Ratings

Selections

Description

 

 

 

 

 

NR

TV-NR

Viewable

Not Rated. See CAUTION under “Canadian French

(Not Rated)

 

Blocked

Ratings Chart” on page 53.

 

 

 

 

 

Youth

TV-Y

Viewable

All children. The themes and elements in this program

 

 

Blocked

are specifically designed for a very young audience,

 

 

 

 

including children from ages 2–6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y7

FV Blocked

Directed to older children. Themes and elements in

 

 

Viewable

this program may include mild physical or comedic

 

 

Blocked

violence, or may frighten children under the age of 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guidance

TV-G

Viewable

General audience. It contains little or no violence, no

 

 

Blocked

strong language, and little or no sexual dialogue or

 

 

 

 

situations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-PG

D,L,S,V

Parental guidance suggested. The program may

 

 

 

(all selected)

contain infrequent coarse language, limited violence,

 

 

Any combination

some suggestive sexual dialogue and situations.

 

 

 

of D,L, S, V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-14

D,L,S,V

Parents strongly cautioned. This program may contain

 

 

 

(all selected)

sophisticated themes, sexual content, strong language

 

 

Any combination

and more intense violence.

 

 

 

of D,L, S, V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-MA

D,L,S,V

Mature audiences only. This program may contain

 

 

 

(all selected)

mature themes, profane language, graphic violence,

 

 

Any combination

and explicit sexual content.

 

 

 

of D,L, S, V

 

 

 

 

 

 

FV: Fantasy/Cartoon Violence

 

 

 

V: Violence

 

 

 

 

S: Sex

 

 

 

 

L: Offensive Language

 

 

 

D: Dialogue with sexual content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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