Question about ratings

[jhickman]

I've noticed that a lot of movies on Dish will have an R rating even if they're edited versions for basic cable or network TV and may actually be the equivalent of PG or PG13. Why is that? It looks like it would make more sense to go by the TV rating. Any ideas?

[scottchez]

Ever notice that on Cartoon Network after 10PM CT the cartons all turn into R Rated ones?

The filters do not work becuase there are NO ratings on the shows.

One of the Adult Swim cartons even had a baby sucking a guys breasts.

I have never seen such an R rated show before. Its worse than South Park.

They are very funny though. Just not for kids.

But wait its Cartoon network, it must be OK for kids?


I bet some parents let them watch it thinking it OK with out checking the content.

If the Filer ratings were working they could not have to worry about it.

But wait is that not what the V-Chip rating lock outs are for? I guess they dont work becuase Dish does not put the rating in correctly for everything.

Bottom line is they do not always work. So check the content your self before letting your kids watch anything.

We are NOT getting the advertised features from dish that we paid for.

[jhickman]

Ever notice that on Cartoon Network after 10PM CT the cartons all turn into R Rated ones?

The filters do not work becuase there are NO ratings on the shows.

One of the Adult Swim cartons even had a baby sucking a guys breasts.

I have never seen such an R rated show before. Its worse than South Park.

They are very funny though. Just not for kids.

But wait its Cartoon network, it must be OK for kids?


I bet some parents let them watch it thinking it OK with out checking the content.

If the Filer ratings were working they could not have to worry about it.

But wait is that not what the V-Chip rating lock outs are for? I guess they dont work becuase Dish does not put the rating in correctly for everything.

Bottom line is they do not always work. So check the content your self before letting your kids watch anything.

We are NOT getting the advertised features from dish that we paid for.

That's my main point. If I set the system to block anything rated R, it will block uncut R rated movies, but it will also block movies that may have been edited to PG but still show an R rating in the listings. Then there's also the "not rated" programs and there's nothing to differentiate between programs that may be OK for kids or porn films. If the system is set to block unrated programs they all get blocked. It seems to me that Dish depends too much on movie ratings, and they should be going by the TV ratings that most shows have and seem to be more accurate. (Although not always)

[ChrisPC]

One of the Adult Swim cartons even had a baby sucking a guys breasts.

I have never seen such an R rated show before. Its worse than South Park.

I love Family Guy. :D 11PM ET is nothing, Family Guy was on at 1:30PM CT on TBS, and 7PM CT on Fox! If you think it's worse than South Park, you haven't seen this weeks episode, it makes Family Guy look like Davey and Goliath!

[Cyclone]

I find it funny when the N for nudity is on for a channel which you know will not show any nudity. I guess it just carries over from the movie's database entries.

[Steve Mehs]

I don't pay much attention to ratings, but SC is over used IMO. Cycle through the PPV and premiums, nearly every movie currently playing is labeled as having sexual content, including the Lizzy Mcguire Movie. The movie Conspiracy Theory comes to mind here, there is not one scene in that movie that has anything to do with sex but still it gets the SC tag.

[SamC]

It is standard practice that movie ratings in edited contexts (on TV, in airplanes, etc) carries the original MPAA rating. The MPAA charges about $10K to rate a movie (and has the ratings copyrighted, so they can't just change them w/o permission). Its not worth the money to re-rate a movie, and you would have to re-rate it every time it was cut (since different channels would cut it differently).

[jhickman]

It is standard practice that movie ratings in edited contexts (on TV, in airplanes, etc) carries the original MPAA rating. The MPAA charges about $10K to rate a movie (and has the ratings copyrighted, so they can't just change them w/o permission). Its not worth the money to re-rate a movie, and you would have to re-rate it every time it was cut (since different channels would cut it differently).

That seems to be all the more reason to go by TV ratings instead of what the movie was given by the MPAA.