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U.S. MOVIES RATINGS CHART
U.S. TV PROGRAMS RATINGS CHART
CANADIAN ENGLISH RATINGS CHART
Description
Not Rated. See CUSTOMER CAUTION on page 38.
All children. The themes and elements in this program are specifically
designed for a very young audience, including children from ages 2-6.
Directed to older children. Themes and elements in this program may
include mild physical or comedic violence, or may frighten children under
the age of 7.
General audience. It contains little or no violence, no strong language,
and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.
Parental guidance suggested. The program may contain infrequent
coarse language, limited violence, some suggestive sexual dialogue and
situations.
Parents strongly cautioned. This program may contain sophisticated
themes, sexual content, strong language and more intense violence.
Mature audiences only. This program may contain mature themes,
profane language, graphic violence, and explicit sexual content.
NO RATING (NOT RATED) AND NA (NOT APPLICABLE) PROGRAMS. Movie has not been rated or
rating does not apply.
GENERAL AUDIENCES. All ages admitted.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
RESTRICTED. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED.
ADULTS ONLY.
Off
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
X
Exempt - Exempt programming includes: news, sports, documentaries and other information programming, talk
shows, music videos, and variety programming.
Programming intended for children under age 8. No offensive language, nudity or sexual content.
Programming generally considered acceptable for children 8 years and over. No profanity, nudity or sexual content.
General programming, suitable for all audiences.
Parental Guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
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+ years old. Programming restricted to adults. Contains constant violence or scenes of extreme violence.
E
C
C8+
G
PG
14+
18+
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
Ratings
TV-NR
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
Age-based
Group
NR
(Not Rated)
Youth
Guidance
Possible Content
Selections
• Viewable
• Blocked
• Viewable
• Blocked
• FV (Fantasy Violence)
• Viewable
• Blocked
• Viewable
• Blocked
• D,L,S,V (all selected)
• Any combination of D,
L, S, V
• D,L,S,V (all selected)
• Any combination of D,
L, S, V
• L,S,V (all selected)
• Any combination of L,
S, V
FV : Fantasy/Cartoon Violence.
V : Violence
S : Sex
L
: Offensive Language
D : Dialogue with sexual content.
