When did they change movie ratings?

The ratings were revised several times over the years, to include in 1984 a new PG-13 label, and in 1990 a new NC-17 rating (which stands for no one 17 and under admitted). The NC-17 rating replaced the X rating, which came to signify pornography.

When did the MPAA launch the ratings system?

1968
The current rating system emerged in 1968, when MPAA chairman Jack Valenti replaced the earlier moral censorship guidelines, known as the Hays Code, with a revolutionary new parent-focused rating system.

Has the movie rating system changed?

The modern system has seen just four significant changes in the past 44 years; the original M rating was changed to GP (then PG), the PG-13 rating was added, X was changed to NC-17, and descriptor text has been added to highlight content.

What is the precursor of the MPAA movie ratings system?

In addition, the MPA established guidelines for film content which resulted in the creation of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930. This code, also known as the Hays Code, was replaced by a voluntary film rating system in 1968, which is managed by the Classification and Rating Administration (CARA).

When did the PG 13 rating start?

July 1, 1984
On July 1, 1984, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which oversees the voluntary rating system for movies, introduces a new rating, PG-13.

When did PG-13 rating start?

What was the new rating system in the 1960’s?

The major studios and theater owners in 1968 finally agreed to the voluntary rating system, which originally classified movies into four categories. Anyone who has come of age since the ’60s has grown up with movie ratings — initially G, M (later PG), R and X and now G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17.

When did PG-13 rating begin?

When did the ESRB logo change?

In 2003, The ESRB ratings got a new look.