Content rating

{{short description|Rating of the suitability of TV broadcasts, movies, comic books, or video games to its audience}}

A content rating (also known as maturity rating){{cite web |url=https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2064 |title = Maturity ratings for TV shows and movies on Netflix}}{{cite web |url=https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119 |title =s Maturity ratings - English - Second Life Community}} rates the suitability of TV shows, movies, comic books, or video games to this primary targeted audience.{{Cite web|url = http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/|title = Motion Picture Association of America Film Rating System|access-date = 2016-02-11|website = www.mpaa.org}}{{Cite web|title = Rating categories, content descriptors, and interactive elements from ESRB|url = https://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.aspx#rating_categories|website = www.esrb.org|access-date = 2016-02-11}}{{Cite web|title = PEGI Pan European Game Information - What are these ratings?|url = http://www.pegi.info/en/index/id/23/|website = www.pegi.info|access-date = 2016-02-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160208175109/http://www.pegi.info/en/index/id/23|archive-date = 2016-02-08|url-status = dead}} A content rating usually places a media source into one of a number of different categories, to show which age group is suitable to view media and entertainment. The individual categories include the stated age groups within the category, along with all ages greater than the ages of that category.__NOTOC__