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PROGRAM BLOCK (V. CHIP) FUNCTION
MPAA RATING
G GENERAL AUDIENCES. All ages admitted.
PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PG-13 PARENTAL STRONGLY CAUTIONED. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
R RESTRICTED. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
NC-17 NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED.
X X Rating is an older rating that is the same as NC-17 and may be encoded on the data of older movie.
NR NOT RATED
RATING
Age-Base
TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES
RATING
Description and Content Themes
TV-Y –––––
TV-Y7 ‡ ––––
TV-G –––––
TV-PG – ‡‡‡‡
TV-14 – ‡‡‡‡
TV-MA ––‡‡‡
Age-Base
FV D L S V
FV: Fantasy Violence
D: Sexually Suggestive Dialog
L: Adult Language
S: Sexual Situations
V: Violence
TV-Y All Children. This program is designed to be appropriate
for all children.
TV-Y7 Directed to Older Children. This program is designed for
children age 7 and above.
Note: For those programs where fantasy violence may be
more intense or more combative than other programs
in this category, such programs will be designated
TV-Y7-FV.
TV-G General Audience. Most parents would find this program
suitable for all ages.
TV-PG Parental Guidance Suggested. This program contains
material that parents may find unsuitable for younger
children.
The program contains one or more of the following:
(D) Some suggestive dialogue
(L) Infrequent coarse language
(V) Moderate violence
(S) Some sexual situations
TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned. This program contains some
material that many parents would find unsuitable for
children under 14 years of age.
This program contains one or more of the following:
(D) Intensely suggestive dialogue
(L) Strong coarse language
(S) Intense sexual situations
(V) Intense violence
TV-MA Mature Audience Only. This program is specifically designed
to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for
children under 17.
This program contains one or more of the following:
(L) Crude indecent language
(S) Explicit sexual activity
(V) Graphic violence
Since laws have been passed in the United States requiring a way of blocking undesirable programming, the V-chip has become a
required component in television sets. The V-chip is a computer chip which decodes signals added to broadcast signals transmitted
by television broadcasters. These signals are classified by programming content (e.g., amount of violence or sexual content) and
age, and viewers may specify settings which block certain types of programming.
Program blocking may be set to a specific level judged by parents to be undesirable for children depending on their age and the
content of the programming in question. The V-chip makes it impossible for such children to view programs with ratings exceeding
the specified level.
The V-chip uses the following rating system.
<U.S.A. RATING SYSTEM>
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