The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters, also known
as the Television Code, was a set of ethical standards adopted
by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) of the United
States for television programming from 1952 to 1983.
The code was created to self-regulate the industry in hopes of
avoiding a proposed government Advisory Board and satisfying
parental concerns over violence and other matters.
Prior to the Television Code, the 1935 NAB Code of Ethics for
radio was applied to television but fewer than half of television
stations subscribed to it; when the Television Code was first
issued, two-thirds of stations became subscribers.
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