My wife used to work for the national broadcaster here and her mate got paid to watch TV and rate it before it went out. It was basically a checklist.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah but in my experience X rated was for pornos. I remember the created NC 17 for tv when became adult. Then we have the R rating. Now its Unrated. But for me you say X then you are saying a porno.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I remember the created NC 17 for tv when became adult.

NC-17 predates the TV ratings system by six years: NC-17 for movies was introduced in September 1990, and the TV parental guidelines introduced in December 1996. The equivalent rating for television to NC-17 is TV-MA.

But for me you say X then you are saying a porno.

This is actually why NC-17 was created by the Motion Picture Association of America in 1990. For decades X was “no children allowed,” but X wasn’t copyrighted by the MPAA and it was eventually co-opted by the pornography industry, as you mentioned. The MPAA still needed something for wider-audience films that weren’t pornographic.

There were a lot of X-rated films in the 60s, 70s, and 80s that were rated X but weren’t pornographic. Midnight Cowboy, The Evil Dead, and A Clockwork Orange, for example, were all rated X on release. None are pornographic but probably shouldn’t be seen by children.

The Wikipedia page on the X rating and the MPAA rating system in general has more info.

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Wait? The Evil Dead was rated X?

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Yup, crazy that the tree-rape movie is rated x, right?

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

We don't have that rating where I live. 18 is the max but it used to be a thing in the very olden days and I did see one non-porn that had that rating.

I haven't heard of it in ages though so this could be marketing.