—A system designed to identify and rate "sexual, violent and other indecent materials about which parents should be informed before it [sic] is displayed to children" —Does not include news, sports or unedited movies. —Program producers, networks, cable networks assign the ratings. —Oversight Monitoring Board —First television sets with V-Chips to be available by July 1999. TV-Y All Children Program is suitable for all children. It shouldn't frighten younger children. TV-Y7 Older Children Designed for children age 7 and older. Program may contain mild physical or comedic violence that may frighten children under 7. TV-G General Audience Program is appropriate for all ages. It contains little or no violence, no strong language, and little or no sexual dialogue or situations. TV-PG Parental Guidance Suggested Program may contain limited sexual or violent material that may be unsuitable for younger children. TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned Program may contain some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. TV-M Mature Audience Only Program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17. Content Labels FV - fantasy violence (TV-Y7 only) S - sexual situations V - Violence L - coarse language D - Suggestive dialogue       FCC's V-Chip page