The Content Labels. TV Parental Guidelines may have one or more letters added to the basic rating to let parents know when a show may contain violence, sex, adult language, or suggestive dialogue. D – suggestive dialogue (usually means talks about sex) L – coarse or crude language.

What does it mean to be rated D?

D – Sexual or suggestive dialogue (cannot be used with the TV-MA rating) L – Coarse or crude language. S – Sexual situations. V – Violence. FV – Fantasy violence (exclusive to the TV-Y7 rating).

What do ratings mean for TV?

Rating is the percentage of total TV households tuned into a program at a given time. So if a show has a 1.0 rating, it means that 1% of those 120.6 million households watched that program.