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UFC Rated TV-MA - A First On Fox?

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

Tonight's "UFC Fight Night" on Fox carries a TV-MA rating, and rightly so. Is this the first program with a TV-MA rating to air in the 25-year history of the network?

Interestingly, halfway through that 25-year period, there was news that a Fox show titled "Action" whose pilot episode, at the very least, would carry the TV-MA rating; though, IIRC, it was eventually branded with a TV-14 rating during its brief run.

And, of course, the FX cable network airs original programming with TV-MA ratings, but I'm inquiring about the broadcast network.
 
Wait...isn't UFC a sporting event that is supposed to be exempt from the TV parental guidelines? Or is Fox giving UFC the "professional wrestling" treatment, like USA Network and SyFy putting TV-PG or such on WWE telecasts?
 
I swear they aired scream 2 several years ago and I was shocked when the tv-ma came up on the screen and they aired it several times too.
 
Even though I find TV content ratings and theatrical movie ratings unnecessary and distracting toward both the creators and their audiences, I remember an episode of "Mad TV" presented by FOX with the TV-MA rating.
 
Mario-500 said:
Even though I find TV content ratings and theatrical movie ratings unnecessary and distracting toward both the creators and their audiences, I remember an episode of "Mad TV" presented by FOX with the TV-MA rating.
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What's truly distracting about those rating boxes is how huge they'll get and how they have to appear after every single commercial break. I know it's been that way since 2005, but it still bothers me to this day.

It's just one of many little things that have eroded my enjoyment of broadcast and cable television over the last ten years.
 
^I feel the same way about the content ratings. That is what my meant by "distracting" toward the audiences.

Those ratings have changed the way I record TV programs, too. Since they became bigger and more frequent, I had been avoiding them and missing a few seconds of some of the programs I record.

I'm glad not every broadcaster or TV programming service displays those content ratings during programs (Me-TV and Turner Classic Movies, for example). Some TV sets and programming receivers (cable TV and satellite TV boxes) are capable of displaying content ratings themselves.
 
Wasn't there some show on FOX starring Jay Mohr with a TV-MA rating that didn't make it past the pilot or first couple of episodes?
 
Lkeller said:
Isn't "TV-14" an even more restrictive rating than "TV-MA?"

Fox shows are often rated TV-14. Family Guy, for example.
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No. Shows on cable that get to leave in the bad words and/or sex and violence have to be TV-MA.

Commercials for "Family Guy" on my CW station sometimes show a TV-MA.

I find the V-chip rating useful if it is used when they come back from a commercial, because it's easy to see where to stop if I taped the program and I'm fast forwarding.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I find the V-chip rating useful if it is used when they come back from a commercial, because it's easy to see where to stop if I taped the program and I'm fast forwarding.
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Before those content ratings began appearing on television, Nickelodeon had bumpers with an announcer saying, "We'll be back with more [name of program] right after this" before a commercial break and "And now back to [name of program] on Nickelodeon". Those bumpers were helpful for recording programs and folks fast forwarding through recordings and unlike the content ratings they did interfere with the programs. Nickelodeon still has bumpers similar to the ones I described, but they still have content ratings after the bumpers.

I wish more broadcasters would do bumpers such as those. I guess some broadcasters today feel they need the time for more advertising.
 
whitfm said:
Wasn't there some show on FOX starring Jay Mohr with a TV-MA rating that didn't make it past the pilot or first couple of episodes?
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I referred to it in the original post on this thread. It was called "Action." Apparently, the pilot episode was worthy of a TV-MA rating, but I think they either reshot it or hacked what they had and it aired with a TV-14 rating. (It was eventually cancelled after a few weeks, so all of that hullaballoo for nothing. ::) )
 
Mario-500 said:
^I feel the same way about the content ratings. That is what my meant by "distracting" toward the audiences.
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Okay, I must've misunderstood your comments when you mention theatrical movie ratings with tv content ratings. I was thinking of those dvd season sets that has the "TV-" black box rating printed on the back of the case. Sometimes you will see the Canadian rating right next to the US one.
 
Lkeller said:
Isn't "TV-14" an even more restrictive rating than "TV-MA?"

Fox shows are often rated TV-14. Family Guy, for example.
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The order (from least questionable to most) of the ratings is as follows:
TV-G- General Audiences
TV-PG- Parental Guidance
TV-14- Suitable for ages 14 and over (essentially the TV equivalent to PG-13)
TV-MA- Mature Audiences

Plus, shows that fall under the TV-14 or TV-MA ratings will sometimes display what it is that has caused their mature ratings
D- Dialogue of an adult nature (generally sex)
S- Sexual Content
N- Nudity
L- Language
V- Violence

You know you've hit the jackpot when you see a show that is TV-MA because of DSLV and N. It must be a good show ;)
 
justpassingthough said:
TV-14- Suitable for ages 14 and over (essentially the TV equivalent to PG-13)
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On the other hand, language and nudity that would result in only a PG-13 in a movie will get you a TV-MA on TV.
 
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