The TV content ratings system is a shameful failure that is causing young American minds to be polluted with smut, profanity and graphic violence, says Parents TV Council in its latest study in ...

Congress mandated the development of a TV ratings system and hardware (V-chip) to allow parents to block objectionable content two decades ago through the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Gabrielli ...

WASHINGTON— The FCC is giving an incomplete on its Congressionally-mandated review of the current television content rating system. While the commission’s Media Bureau lays out instances that indicate ...

Special Report: Does Anyone Care About TV's Content Ratings? Those big, clunky on-screen bugs pop up for a few seconds at the start of every TV show, often serving up a hefty dose of alphabet soup ...

The television ratings company, Nielsen, is going digital... finally. They're rolling out a pilot program that will let them track audience television viewing habits online.

The ratings system went into effect in 1997, in response to pressure from parents groups and lawmakers over the proliferation of sexual and violent content on broadcast and cable TV.

A review by the Parents Television Council shows that only one of those hundreds of comments supported the ratings system currently in place.

The parent companies of all the major broadcast networks Thursday announced the creation of a new all-encompassing ratings measurement system: The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM).

A new ratings system for film and television, introduced by Common Sense Media on June 20, is intent to monitor whether a given project combats gender stereotypes.

WASHINGTON -- The FCC is being directed to review the 22-year-old TV content ratings system to gauge its accuracy. The review was part of the recently passed spending bill that funds the ...