NBC Gives In, Will Start Rating Its Shows

NBC, which has refused to rate its programs for content, says it will now do so. “The ratings system was developed in 1997 in response to the V-chip section of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, but NBC refused to run the descriptors — V for violence, S for sexual content, L for vulgar language, D for suggestive dialogue and FV for fantasy violence — because of First Amendment concerns and the fear that the onscreen clutter would confuse viewers.”