"TV-AWKProgram may include intense sexual situations; parents are advised to watch in a different room than their children. TV-NWAlthough program contains nudity, it's not really worth spending the hour watching the program. TV-BNGEShow will not seem as poorly written as it is if you binge-watch all of the episodes in one sitting. TV-NOPOProgram contains a series of hints, clues, and narrative foreshadowing that will in no way be paid off in the season finale."
"TV-13Strong Jewish themes; only appropriate for children who have already had bar or bat mitzvahs. TV-EMYProgram contains desperate film actor hoping to revive career by winning an Emmy. TV-SOSShow may include subtle cry for help from its writers. TV-CYAViewers are warned that addictive nature of program may slowly replace sex in relationship with significant other. TV-FNZProgram contains strong performance by Henry Winkler. TV-ADJShow may contain crude, indecent, intense, suggestive, strong, coarse, graphic, explicit, or sexual adjectives."
A collection of humorous television content labels assigns mock rating codes to sardonic descriptions of programming qualities. Labels warn about intense sexual situations, nudity, binge-watching masking poor writing, unresolved foreshadowing, and age-specific religious themes. Additional labels call out actors seeking awards, writers' cries for help, addictive show behavior, standout performances, coarse language, and reliance on source books. Further warnings target demographic pandering, mass popularity causing despair, social pressure around viewing, and token three-dimensional female leads. Each entry pairs a terse code with a biting, comedic qualifier that reframes standard content advisories as satire.
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