Since 1996, broadcast and cable networks and producers had
to voluntarily rate their television shows, movies, and events. News and sports
were the only exceptions.
Over the past few years, television series about serial
killers have become increasingly popular. Series like Dexter, Criminal Minds, The Following, Bates Motel, and Hannibal
have the rating of TV-14 meaning that the show’s contents are inappropriate for
children under the age of 14. Two of those movies – Bates Motel and Hannibal
– were based on their R rated movie counterparts. Why do two parallel
television series have a rating that is less than their movie counterparts?
