The reason I ask is that I watched this new show last night and had some concerns that I thought I'd pass along.
In the one-hour premier:
most of the characters are shown drinking to excess (three different scenes of kids drinking to excess by my count)
there were two or three scenes where characters were smoking pot or discussing it
there were two attempted rapes.
All this among a group of HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS on a show intended for a young audience!!!!!!
Now, I'm not the kind of person to censor other people and I don't care what shows your kids are watching. But you might. It's on at an 8 o'clock slot and definitely seems aimed at a younger audience. If your high schooler or middle schooler is watching "Gossip Girl" then you might want to watch an episode and see if it is something you want him/her to be seeing.
(Really, I'm not trying to stir a debate. It just struck me after I watched the show that it definitely wasn't the kind of show I would want my kids watching if they were in high school or middle school.)
In the one-hour premier:
most of the characters are shown drinking to excess (three different scenes of kids drinking to excess by my count)
there were two or three scenes where characters were smoking pot or discussing it
there were two attempted rapes.
All this among a group of HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS on a show intended for a young audience!!!!!!
Now, I'm not the kind of person to censor other people and I don't care what shows your kids are watching. But you might. It's on at an 8 o'clock slot and definitely seems aimed at a younger audience. If your high schooler or middle schooler is watching "Gossip Girl" then you might want to watch an episode and see if it is something you want him/her to be seeing.
(Really, I'm not trying to stir a debate. It just struck me after I watched the show that it definitely wasn't the kind of show I would want my kids watching if they were in high school or middle school.)