Should all old kids shows be re-rated TV-G/PG today?

[FirePuppy 735]

There’s lots of shows from the 80’s and 90’s that today’s kids either don’t remember or hardly remember at all, ones like the Mario cartoons, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Shining Time Station, classic Nickelodeon shows, and especially G1 My Little Pony.

By today’s standards, who thinks these shows should all be rated TV-G, or TV-PG, in the case of old "Y7 FV" shows like Batman: The Animated Series and Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers?

Edited July 3, 2018 by FirePuppy

[Jeric 46,852]

I'm not understanding the question. Any show that airs on TV can carry a rating, which is given to it by the broadcaster ... not by an independent third party like the MPAA. It is a voluntary system. Syndication on a new network can mean there is a different rating than the initial airing. The same show and episode can have a different rating if aired on two different networks the same day. 

[Lord Valtasar 12,690]

since they're no longer on tv,i don't see the point of re-rating them,adults who watched them as kids are more or less their only crowds,and of course their children sometimes,but since they've watched these shows already the don't need a rating to tell them if its "kid friendly" or not
(in my opinion if a kid can watch mufasa die,they can watch mlp G1 with no problem)

[Kind Claw 407]

Disney's Ponocio featured him drinking and smoking a cigar before turning into a part donkey puppet so yeah the old toons should probably be re-rated .

Death (although natural) is also featured in many old kids shows, who could forget the death of Simba's dad 

4 hours ago, Lord Valtasar said:

since they're no longer on tv,i don't see the point of re-rating them,adults who watched them as kids are more or less their only crowds,and of course their children sometimes,but since they've watched these shows already the don't need a rating to tell them if its "kid friendly" or not
(in my opinion if a kid can watch mufasa die,they can watch mlp G1 with no problem)

My older sister made her kids watch Watership down 

Edited July 3, 2018 by Kind Claw

[Lord Valtasar 12,690]

4 minutes ago, Kind Claw said:

My older sister made her kids watch Watership down 

all i'm saying is that she probably had seen it before making her kids watch it,so why would she need a rating?or to phrase it better,if she thought watership down is ok for kids after seeing it,a rating wouldn't stop her either

[Kind Claw 407]

You have a point and it would be a waste of money having the FCC pour through all the old cartoons re-rating them when they are already fading into obscurity.

[Will Guide 21,360]

40 minutes ago, Kind Claw said:

Disney's Ponocio featured him drinking and smoking a cigar before turning into a part donkey puppet so yeah the old toons should probably be re-rated .

Actually, I heard all Disney animated made before the rating system existed were retroactively giving a G rating regardless of content. So films like Pinnochio and Snow White were given those G ratings despite the dark content.
Again I feel I need to bring this editoral up and maybe one about scary moments in kids film.
 

 

Make of these videos as you will. Because I've stated my thoughts on this subject several times already.

Edited July 3, 2018 by Wholly Windcharger

[Jedishy 3,548]

Frankly, I think we worry far, far too much about third-party ratings and opinions. We farm out parenting duties to ratings boards, schools, daycares and warning labels. Rather than you know checking out what you allow your kid to consume yourself before allowing them to have access to it. Then weigh that against what you know of your kids personality, maturity, and educational level. Nah why not just farm it out. 

Sorry for the mini rant but personal responsibility is farmed out far too often these days. 

[Kind Claw 407]

wow I told myself I didn't have time to watch the above video but I gave it a chance and it's so true the rating system is pointless.

[Will Guide 21,360]

51 minutes ago, Jedishy said:

Frankly, I think we worry far, far too much about third-party ratings and opinions. We farm out parenting duties to ratings boards, schools, daycares and warning labels. Rather than you know checking out what you allow your kid to consume yourself before allowing them to have access to it. Then weigh that against what you know of your kids personality, maturity, and educational level. Nah why not just farm it out. 

Sorry for the mini rant but personal responsibility is farmed out far too often these days. 

If what you mean is that different children of the same age can handle the more mature stuff for their age, and parents/guardians should be able to allow their children/charges to watch such stuff if they can handle it, then I agree with you.

[Jeric 46,852]

59 minutes ago, Kind Claw said:

wow I told myself I didn't have time to watch the above video but I gave it a chance and it's so true the rating system is pointless.

More than pointless, investigative reporting and various exposes have illustrated distinct flaws in the MPAA over its history. Disney is a great example, because G was the default rating for the classics because it was Disney, and by default it was seen through a biased lens. The moment a few octogenarians saw Black Cauldron, bam .... no G. They believed that it had some satanic imagry so they forced Disney to edit it. The first cut yielded an R rating. Second cut was PG-13 (a new rating at the time). Eventually it hit the PG.

The above story showcases two opposing and distinct flaws with the MPAA. You can't tell me that Pinocchio and Black Cauldron don't fit within the same profile of appropriate children's imagry. One gets a G for political reason, the other gets a PG for religious reasons. The second issue is that the MPAA has often used it's influence to be a editor of artistic work. Since R ratings were once a guaranteed loss of revenue, studios would edit just to avoid an R. 

The TV system is worse since it doesn't even have a built-in level of theoretical consistency. 

[Misty Shadow 7,902]

I'm with the opinion that it doesn't really matter. The notorious inaccuracy of the TV rating system is already good enough of a reason (seriously, I remember watching TV-PG rated episodes of Pee-Wee's Playhouse when I was a young'un and just being like..."Why is this TV-PG? The Paul Reubens controversy? Who cares about that anymore?" the whole time), but I'll also add how Cartoon Network is still seen as a "kid's channel" despite upping the TV-Y7 stuff to TV-PG stuff for a decade now and some of the crazy dark and adult stuff that TV-Y7 shows like Gumball and Star vs. the Forces of Evil have been able to get away with. I really don't see why going through the trouble to re-rate all those shows would be necessary.

[碇 シンジン 27,431]

I'm not sure I'm getting the ratings system correctly I just watched couple anime on Netflix which were rated R+17 on the anime site but Netflix had rated them G and PG+13 

[Dreambiscuit 9,874]

Ratings should not be subject to when the shows were made. It should be about content and nothing more, which is timeless. But it's no longer about content so much as changing sensibilities. Ratings criteria were more relaxed in the old days than they are today because now that common sense is out the window, everything is considered controversial. Old movies like westerns with lots of shootings, stabbings and mayhem were rated G because it was just 'harmless' old west violence. Now a person can't smoke a cigarette onscreen without a restrictive rating and disclaimer in the credits. Unfortunately exhibitors are more concerned about getting sued for having a lighter rating, so what was once a PG movie is now PG-13 regardless of content. Shows are what they are, only the world has changed. So should older shows change their ratings? Not in my opinion. I'd prefer the newer shows ratings change to be more like the old ones. 

Edited July 10, 2018 by Dreambiscuit

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

Not sure how the rating system works really and to be honest I don't usually pay attention to the rating of the TV show/movie anymore.

[ExplosionMare 18,065]

PG won’t matter if parents aren’t actually watching those things with their kids  There should still be content markings, though (ex. If there’s mild language/cartoon violence).

I feel like PG should be used for things geared towards older kids. I’m not completely sure what that would entail under than extra violence, to be quite honest. All I know is that wholesome shows and movies that don’t contain a lot of violence, language, or anything strange should be G rated.

[Jesse Terrence 2,968]

Most likely yes. That way those pesky crybabies won't have a say to try to cancel them.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,540]

How come Arthur doesn't get these older ratings?  They have a bunny that's Batman and the Crazy Bus song should have some dark meaning to it  Then there's D.W.s name