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Deal or No Deal on CNBC - TV 14?

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I noticed that CNBC is showing repeat episodes of Deal or No Deal that are a few days behind the shows on NBC on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and I've been watching it there on episodes I missed. Something odd I've noticed is that while the show is rated TV PG on NBC, it's rated TV 14 on CNBC.

There isn't anything I've seen to justify a TV 14 rating. Actually, there's very little to make it rated PG unless it's because some people think that risking big money is too intense for kids, or the sexy models holding the cases.

Other than possibly someone different at each network determining the rating, what's the reasoning behind this?
 
> I noticed that CNBC is showing repeat episodes of Deal or No
> Deal that are a few days behind the shows on NBC on Tuesday
> and Thursday nights, and I've been watching it there on
> episodes I missed. Something odd I've noticed is that while
> the show is rated TV PG on NBC, it's rated TV 14 on CNBC.
>
> There isn't anything I've seen to justify a TV 14 rating.
> Actually, there's very little to make it rated PG unless
> it's because some people think that risking big money is too
> intense for kids, or the sexy models holding the cases.

That's what I want to know why Deal Or No Deal would get a TV-14 rating on CNBC since there are hardly any cuss words or anything of that nature. It is no different with the models on The Price Is Right either and it gets a TV-G rating.I would see that a TV-PG rating might suffice but a TV-14 rating: No.
 
This is from a letter submitted to the FCC by the creators of the TV Ratings back in 1997. It pretty much explains this situation, one of the weaknesses of the TV Ratings system...

>> (Ratings) will be assigned to programs in most cases by broadcast and cable
>> networks and producers. This was the process Congress contemplated in the
>> Telecommunications Act, and it is the only feasible way in which the 2,000
>> hours of television programming distributed every day could be rated. The
>> final say in assigning program (ratings) rests with (stations/cable networks)
>> who will have the right to substitute the rating they deem most suitable for
>> their particular audience for a rating chosen by a program’s producer.

Click here to see the full document on the FCC website.

BTW: I'm with you. DOND is a PG show, period. CNBC should respect NBC's rating, for it is appropriate for the show.
 
Another interesting observation of the rating system is the ratings for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno vs The Late Show with David Letterman. The Tonight Show is always rated PG14 whereas Letterman never gets a PG14 rating. They are similar adult shows and rated differently.
 
> Another interesting observation of the rating system is the
> ratings for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno vs The Late Show
> with David Letterman. The Tonight Show is always rated PG14
> whereas Letterman never gets a PG14 rating. They are
> similar adult shows and rated differently.
>
That's because the two networks had a different view based on a specific act or stunt at a specific time, and the rating stayed, regardless of future programming.

As for Deal or no deal, unless there's some previously unaired footage or something, I agree. Changing the rating does not make sense.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
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> > Another interesting observation of the rating system is
> the
> > ratings for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno vs The Late
> Show
> > with David Letterman. The Tonight Show is always rated
> PG14
> > whereas Letterman never gets a PG14 rating. They are
> > similar adult shows and rated differently.
> >
> That's because the two networks had a different view based
> on a specific act or stunt at a specific time, and the
> rating stayed, regardless of future programming.
>
> As for Deal or no deal, unless there's some previously
> unaired footage or something, I agree. Changing the rating
> does not make sense.
>

To my knowledge there is no unaired footage on CNBC. Actually, the only difference is that the Lucky Case phone-in game is cut on CNBC.
 
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