The Last Dance parent guide: Why is Michael Jordan-based docuseries rated TV-MA?

Michael Jordan's Last Dance aired from April 19 to May 17, making it most successful ESPN documentary of all time. 10-part docu-series focused on Jordan's last season with Chicago Bulls, whom he led to six NBA titles over course of eight years. While documentary highlights his 1997-98 season with Bulls, it also chronicles his illustrious NBA journey with Bulls. As per ESPN, documentary averd 5.648 million viewers across all ten episodes.

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Last Dance Parent Guide: Why is Last Dance TV MA?

Though documentary does t involve any violence, gore or intense scenes, Last Dance parent guide shows a TV-MA rating in most countries. As per IMDB, rating has been given with respect to profanity along with alcohol, drugs and smoking. IMDB Last Dance Parent Guide states that due to a lot of swearing, children should watch docuseries with ir parents.

As per reports, re are 15 to 30 swear words in each episode and Dennis Rodman's langu is also considered 'inappropriate'. Last Dance Parent Guide also highlights mild smoking in TV show, including references to some players smoking weed. While most countries have rated documentary appropriate for teenrs, IMDB's  Last Dance Parent Guide rates docuseries as Mature in Australia. 

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Why is Last Dance TV MA? Why was docuseries released with two ratings?

While documentary was airing on ESPN, two versions were aired simultaneously. ESPN anunced aired episodes with “strong adult langu” aired on ESPN. However, episodes  “edited for langu” aired on ESPN2. Last Dance Parent Guide was shown before every episode was aired. As per ESPN, episodes were aired differently “to maintain aunticity of interviews and foot throughout upcoming documentary series.” While episodes were re-aired, edited version was shown on ESPN2 "so that viewers always have a choice of which to watch", as per ESPN's press release. 

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Why is Last Dance TV MA? What were Parental guides shown before every episode?

• For TV-MA episodes – “ following program contains mature langu. Viewer discretion is advised.”
• For TV-14 episodes – “ following program has been edited for mature langu. Viewer discretion is advised.”

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(Im source: NBA stats official Twitter – @nbastats)