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".....5th Grader" Questions

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cd637299

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3 questions about "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" or its production company....

(1) Why is it TV-PG with kids on it? What's slightly risque?
(2) Our local affiliate runs the show with a break of about **5 minutes** before the final 1 or 2 questions (of course, not counting the "Extra Credit" question teasers). Does every affiliate do this??? I can understand a 2-minute or (sadly today) even 3-minute, but wow, it's only a 30-minute show.
(3) Does its sister show "Don't Forget the Lyrics" use the same "break" formula?

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cd637299 said:
Hey

3 questions about "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" or its production company....

(1) Why is it TV-PG with kids on it? What's slightly risque?
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When it comes to which rating ( such as TV-PG ) a show gets isn't that left up to the station/network/production company? I myself have seen some shows getting a TV-G in one state while getting a TV-14 in another such as The Simpsons for example.

I checked out the Wikipedia page on this, one "slight" error I had found was the news doesn't get ratings however about ten years ago Hagerstown, MD's WHAG NBC 25 did indeed gave a rating of TV-PG for its "NBC 25 News" while Lou Scally's weather forcast got the TV-G rating. That practice lasted a grand total of 5 months at WHAG.

"5th grade" and TV-PG...me thinks they are using that rating just to get more viewers, just like movies do with cartioons getting PG..add one little "hell" or "damn" which it turn means more profits at the box office for them than they would had received if a movie was "G".
 
Doubtful anyone is tuning in because of a "stronger" rating. How many people, really, are noticing or much caring about such things, particularly on a relatively low-rated (all things considered) game show?

As for the break, I've seen it on several stations, and the format is the same. They appear to backload some spots at the end. It makes sense from a business standpoint--comparitively shorter breaks (all things being relative) when there's a better chance of someone tuning out and joining something else partway through. By the twenty-minute mark or so, that risk diminishes. Don't Forget the Lyrics seems to employ the same pattern.
 
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