35
US TV Rating
The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with the
V-CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate television
shows from their children.
*Restriction Categories based on six aged base.
Hierarchy of Age-based Ratings
TV-Y All
Children
TV-Y7
7 years old and above
TV-G General
audience
TV-PG Parental
guidance
TV-14
14 years old and above
TV-MA
Mature audience only
)
z
If you block TV-Y, TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked and
similarly. And you block TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA
will be blocked.
z
If you unblock TV-V7, TV-Y will automatically be unblocked
and similarly. And you unblock TV-MA, TV-G, TV-PG and
TV-14 will be unblocked.
Each Restriction Category has additional options.
sub-ratings
ALL All
restriction
FV Fantasy
Violence
D
Sexually Suggestive Dialog
L Adult
Language
S Sexual
Situation
V Violence
V-Chip will automatically block certain sub-categories that are
more restrictive. For example, if you block “L” sub-rating in
TV-PG, then the “L” sub ratings in TV-14 and TV-MA will
automatically be blocked.
TV Parental Guidelines
ALL
FV
D
L
S
V
TV-Y
;
TV-Y7
;
;
TV-G
;
TV-PG
;
;
;
;
;
TV-14
;
;
;
;
;
TV-MA
;
;
;
;
;
: Content rating can be set
