Animation Networks That Are Inconsistent or Inaccurate with Ratings

[AnimatedFan01]

...without a cause of errors/bugs.

Cartoon Network fell victim to this until 2015 when every original series (except Gumball and We Bare Bears) of theirs was rated TV-PG, some even inexplicably. I don't see anything in Uncle Grandpa that warrants anything higher than a Y7-FV. Ditto for Teen Titans Go! (not an original but whatever), Annoying Orange (ugh...I wish I forgot this one existed), Steven Universe and Clarence. I can definitely see why Regular Show and Adventure Time received the rating though, given them containing more mature content than any of CN's past material. And by the logic of TTG!, Uncle Grandpa, and Steven having been rated PG, I'm assuming that's the rating Billy and Mandy, Cow and Chicken, Flapjack, and Johnny Bravo would get if they had premiered in the 2010s.

Qubo is also very inconsistent with rating their programs, often giving preschool education cartoons a TV-G or Y7, and non-educational fare a TV-Y.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

I agree with pretty much everything on CN rated TV-PG. Except for Steven Unigerse, which I can kind of see. Seriously what happened on Clarence that you wouldn’t see on Ed Edd n Eddy?

I remember Pokémon being rated TV-Y in syndication and Kids WB, even though it contained a fair amount of violence.

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Qubo is also very inconsistent with rating their programs, often giving preschool education cartoons a TV-G or Y7, and non-educational fare a TV-Y.

What preschool show was Y7?

 

[AnimatedFan01]

What preschool show was Y7?

I think it was that cartoon with the goldfish. Can't remember though.

 

[AnimatedFan01]

Until 2007, Nickelodeon was definitely guilty of this by rating most of their cartoons TV-Y, a rating now exclusively associated with preschool shows. Rocko's Modern Life and Invader Zim definitely would not be seen as comparable to Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer back in the day.

Also for some reason MeTV airs Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Popeye with a TV-PG label despite the airings having been TV-G on Boomerang and CN...unless someone wants to inform me that the shows were edited for content on the latter two networks. Kinda hypocritical to slap a Looney Tunes short with a PG label yet air those western live-action shows with a TV-G when they contain blatant gun usage.

 

[SweetShop209]

Dorothy And The Dorothy Of Oz is rated TV-Y7 in America even though it's a preschool show (it's given a TV-Y rating equivalent in other countries, with Treehouse TV in Canada giving it a TV-Y rating).

Also, on the streaming side of things, both Archibald's Next Big Thing and DreamWorks: Dragons Rescue Riders are given a TV-Y7 rating even though these are DreamWorks Jr shows, meaning they're for preschoolers. What makes this notable is that other DreamWorks Jr shows like Where's Waldo 2019, Madagascar A Little Wild, and Doug Unplugs are rated TV-Y.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

Until 2007, Nickelodeon was definitely guilty of this by rating most of their cartoons TV-Y, a rating now exclusively associated with preschool shows. Rocko's Modern Life and Invader Zim definitely would not be seen as comparable to Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer back in the day.

I thought Invader Zim was always Tv-Y7.

I guess when Magic School Bus was on Qubo, it was TV-Y7.

 

[Low Spark of Lyman]

Also for some reason MeTV airs Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Popeye with a TV-PG label despite the airings having been TV-G on Boomerang and CN...unless someone wants to inform me that the shows were edited for content on the latter two networks. Kinda hypocritical to slap a Looney Tunes short with a PG label yet air those western live-action shows with a TV-G when they contain blatant gun usage.

My guess is that they're thinking about kids when it comes to the Toon In With Me material. Not in a "Cartoons are kids stuff" way, but rather "Kids would be more likely to watch Bugs Bunny than The Rifleman".

 

[AnimatedFan01]

I thought Invader Zim was always Tv-Y7.

I thought so too, but I remember seeing a recording of one airing on YouTube that had a TV-Y label in the intro seven years back. I can't find it now though unfortunately.

 

[AnimatedFan01]

Disney Channel has aired most of its animated programs with a TV-G (the same rating as their live-action sitcoms), except for Wander Over Yander and Gravity Falls (though the latter would definitely be in line with TV-PG in my book). However when they first aired Phineas and Ferb in 2007 it was TV-Y7 before it switched to TV-G sometime in 08.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

Every Disney Afternoon show aside from Bonkers, Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, and Shnookems & Meat were TV-Y when they were on Disney and Toon Disney, but they are mostly TV-Y7 on Disney+.
Also many classic shorts are TV-Y7 on Disney+, but they had a TV-Y rating on shows like Quack Attack.

 

[Erased Paper]

Every Disney Afternoon show aside from Bonkers, Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, and Shnookems & Meat were TV-Y when they were on Disney and Toon Disney, but they are mostly TV-Y7 on Disney+.

I have a 1997 airing of "Darkwing Duck" where it was listed as TV-Y.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

A couple more example popped into my head:
-Recess is TV-Y7 on Disney +, but I’m pretty sure it was TV-G on Disney and TV-Y on Toon Disney and One Saturday Morning.
-Animaniacs is TV-Y7 on Hulu. It was TV-Y on Nick, Nicktoons, and Kids WB. It was TV-G on CN. I don’t know about The Hub.

 

[Erased Paper]

A couple more example popped into my head:
-Recess is TV-Y7 on Disney +, but I’m pretty sure it was TV-G on Disney and TV-Y on Toon Disney and One Saturday Morning.

You really want me to go on about this? Fine... (For the ones listed as "varied by episode", I'm trying to figure out which episode is which, but it's hard, since ABC Kids footage is scarce.)

-'90s Spider-Man cartoon:
Fox Kids: TV-Y / TV-Y7-FV (re-rated in early 1999)
Toon Disney, ABC Family, Disney XD: TV-Y7-FV

-The Proud Family:
Disney Channel & Toon Disney: TV-G (all episodes)
ABC Kids: TV-Y or TV-Y7 (varied by episode)

-That's So Raven:
Disney Channel: TV-G (all episodes)
ABC Kids: TV-Y or TV-Y7 (varied by episode: 2003-08) / TV-G (re-rated in 2008)

-Kim Possible:
Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Disney XD: TV-G (all episodes)
ABC Kids: TV-Y or TV-Y7 (varied by episode)

-House of Mouse:
Toon Disney: TV-Y (all episodes, except for Halloween with Hades), TV-Y7 (Halloween with Hades only)
Disney Channel: I don't know.
ABC: I don't know.

-Even Stevens:
Disney Channel, Disney XD: TV-G (all episodes)
ABC Kids: TV-Y or TV-Y7 (varied by episode)

 

[Dr.Pepper]

I see that Kablam is TV-G on Paramount +. It was TV-Y7 on Nick and Nicktoons. I’ve also heard that it originally aired with a disclaimer since it was one of the few TV-Y7 shows at the time.

 

[Zorak Masaki]

What rating did Steven Universe Future get? That got pretty intense. Of course, Unikitty had some pretty dark humor but still got the Y7 rating.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

I’ve been watching Ducktales 2017 on Disney + and it’s rated TV-Y. I could of swore it was TV-G the handful of times I saw it on Disney XD.

 

[SweetShop209]

DuckTales 2017 is actually rated TV-Y7. The TV-Y rating you saw is most likely an error. The original 1987 DuckTales series was rated TV-Y back when the rating wasn't limited to only preschool shows.