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Ratings Alphabetically by Service

Service

Rating Category Content Censored Voiceovers  on Credits Video Promos on Credits  Onscreen Logos (bugs) Time Compression  Letterboxing 
Point Values (1):  -10 to -15 -10 to -15 -15 to -20 -10 to -15 -1 to -5 2-10
Cinemax (all but Action and Thriller) 90 Good             
Cinemax (Action & Thriller) 75 Unacceptable       -15    
Disney Channel 40 Wretched   -15 -20 -15    
Starz/Encore 40 Wretched  -10 -10 -15  -15    
Flix 92 Good           2
Fox Movie Channel 88 Acceptable       -10    8
HBO (main channel) 65 Poor   -10 -15      
HBO (multiplex and HD channels) 90 Good            
Independent Film Channel 73 Acceptable       -15    8
Showtime (main channel) 55 Wretched   -10 -15  -10    
Showtime (multiplex and HD channels) 90 Good            
Sundance Channel 90 Good       -10   10
The Movie Channel 92 Good           2
Turner Classic Movies 90 Good       -10   10
Women's Entertainment 40 Wretched -15 -10 -15 -10    

Notes:

(1) Point Values depend of frequency of offense.  (E.g. full time logo yields a lower rating than occasional logo and voiceovers on all movies leads to lower rating than voiceovers only in prime time.)

(2) The ratings include only services that are predominantly movie channels in which movies are shown without commercials. Pay-per-view services are not included.

(3) American Movie Classics, once one of the highest rated services on this site, is no longer listed as it now interrupts its movies with commercials.