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U.S. MOVIES RATINGS CHART

NR NO RATING (NOT RATED) AND NA (NOT APPLICABLE) PROGRAMS. Movie has not been rated or rating does not apply.

GGENERAL AUDIENCES. All ages admitted.

PG

PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. Some material may not be suitable for children.

PG-13

PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

RRESTRICTED. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

NC-17NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED.

X ADULTS ONLY.

U.S. TV PROGRAMS RATINGS CHART

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-based

Age-based

 

Possible Content

Description

 

Group

Ratings

 

Selections

 

 

 

NR

TV-NR

Viewable

Not Rated. See CUSTOMER CAUTION on page 38.

(Not Rated)

Blocked

 

 

 

 

TV-Y

Viewable

All children. The themes and elements in this program are specifically

 

 

Blocked

designed for a very young audience, including children from ages 2-6.

 

 

Youth

 

FV Blocked

Directed to older children. Themes and elements in this program may

 

 

TV-Y7

Viewable

include mild physical or comedic violence, or may frighten children under

 

 

Blocked

the age of 7.

 

TV-G

Viewable

General audience. It contains little or no violence, no strong language,

 

 

Blocked

and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.

 

 

 

 

D,L,S,V (all selected)

Parental guidance suggested. The program may contain infrequent

 

 

TV-PG

Any combination of D,

coarse language, limited violence, some suggestive sexual dialogue and

 

 

 

L, S, V

situations.

 

 

D,L,S,V (all selected)

Parents strongly cautioned. This program may contain sophisticated

 

 

TV-14

Any combination of D,

themes, sexual content, strong language and more intense violence.

Guidance

 

 

L, S, V

 

 

 

 

L,S,V (all selected)

Mature audiences only. This program may contain mature themes,

 

 

TV-MA

Any combination of L,

profane language, graphic violence, and explicit sexual content.

 

 

 

S, V

 

 

FV : Fantasy/Cartoon Violence.

V: Violence S : Sex

L : Offensive Language

D : Dialogue with sexual content.

CANADIAN ENGLISH RATINGS CHART

Exempt - Exempt programming includes: news, sports, documentaries and other information programming, talk

Eshows, music videos, and variety programming.

CProgramming intended for children under age 8. No offensive language, nudity or sexual content.

C8+

Programming generally considered acceptable for children 8 years and over. No profanity, nudity or sexual content.

GGeneral programming, suitable for all audiences.

PG

Parental Guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

14+

Programming contains themes or content which may not be suitable for viewers under the age of 14. Parents are

strongly cautioned to exercise discretion in permitting viewing by pre-teens and early teens.

 

18+

18+ years old. Programming restricted to adults. Contains constant violence or scenes of extreme violence.

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