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The MPA's "NC-17" rating symbol. NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted) [1] is the highest rating in the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used for films distributed in the United States. It is assigned to films the MPA believes most parents would consider "patently adult" and not suitable for their children under 18. [1]
Since September 1990, the MPAA has included explanations, or "descriptors", of why each film received an "R" rating, allowing parents to know what type of content the film contained. For example, the descriptor for The Girl Who Played with Fire read "Rated [R] for brutal violence including a rape, some strong sexual content, nudity and language."
Films with this rating may be sold without any age restriction provided they do not contain any material "evidently harmful to the development of children and youths". [55] The FSK rating also limits the time of the day in which the movie may be aired on free-to-air TV stations to a time frame between 22:00 (FSK 16) or 23:00 (FSK 18) and 6:00.
In response, the MPAA posted its ratings rules, policies, and procedures, as well as its appeals process, online. [65] According to the MPA, the ratings are made by an independent group of parents. [66] According to a 2015 study commissioned by CARA, ninety-three percent of parents in the U.S. find the rating system to be a helpful tool. [67]
A content rating (also known as maturity rating) [1] [2] rates the suitability of TV shows, movies, comic books, or video games to this primary targeted audience. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A content rating usually places a media source into one of a number of different categories, to show which age group is suitable to view media and entertainment.
The United States pay television content advisory system is a television content rating system developed cooperatively by the American pay television industry; it first went into effect on March 1, 1994, on cable-originated premium channels owned by the system's principal developers, Home Box Office, Inc. and Showtime Networks.
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The MPAA effectively operated under a two-category classification system (either labeled SMA or containing no such label) from 1966 until Nov. 1, 1968 (when the official 4 category rating system was begun with the designations G, M, R, and X). [citation needed] The Green Sheet advisory panel was not a part of the MPAA ratings board.