TV Ratings

Since 1997, all programming on YTV has been prefaced with a rating screenbug at the start of each program. The rating bug's design can be used to narrow down when a program was recorded.
Date of Use 	Image	Notes
1997-1998 	 	Just the rating in white.
1997-1999 	 	A smaller, revised version of the previous rating. Accompanied by a white CC bug with a drop shadow. 
Earliest known use on December 13, 1997. Latest known usage is November 12, 1999.
November 1999 - March 2011 	 	A thinner version of the previous rating. Accompanied with a different white CC bug. Unknown if this was used on the HD feed.
Earliest known usage is November 16, 1999. Also used on Teletoon and Family Channel until 2012.
January 2011 (Prototype; no CC bug)	 	Same as before, but optimized for HD.
February 14, 2011 - May 2017 	 	A higher quality version of the previous rating. Accompanied with a black and white Closed Captioning box on the right.
May 2017 - present 	 	Same as before, but slightly moved up and with no Closed Captioning indicators.
June 2024-present 	 	Same as before, but way bigger. Only used for the C8 bug
Category:On-Screen Elements