This show is fairly tame compared to the movie (which, I admit, I've never seen but simply seeing the ads has given me enough insight to tell what this movie actually is) but it is still pretty obnoxious. Suprisingly, however, this show does not generally build off of potty humor like many other Nick shows and attempt to use other types of humor to save their show, some of which manage to work. Duke, Freddy and Peck are all good characters that sometimes make me laugh. However, on the unfunny side are all of the cows and Pig (who rarely manages to spout something witty but is generally moulded around fart jokes/fat people jokes). All of this aside, however, there is one thing I CANNOT stand about this show: Why the heck do the male cows have udders!?!?!? I'm prepared to bet that the creators of this show failed their high school biology class (oh wait, they never even made it to high school.)
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Back at the Barnyard
(Rated TV-Y7, Children, cartoons, & animation, Starring Wanda Sykes, Chris Hardwick, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Where to watch: Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, DVD, Online)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 4, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Tamer than the movie, but still only so-so.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 6 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Back at the Barnyard
Parents need to know that the mischief in this animated series -- which is based on the raucous movie Barnyard -- is slightly tamer than in the big-screen version, which included drinking, joyriding, getting chased by cops, and more. But ringleader Otis (a male cow who, inexplicably, has udders) still plots, schemes, and tricks his comrades into following his selfish, often-devious plans. Those plans sometimes lead to peril (a plummeting hot air balloon) or cartoonish violence (knocks to the head, etc.), but no one is ever injured.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about being responsible. Kids: Do you think Otis and his friends act responsibly? Why or why not? What makes them do what they do? How does it affect the animals and people around them? Have you ever been talked into doing something you didn't want to do by a friend (or done the talking-into yourself)? What happened? Do you think cartoons like this one encourage questionable behavior in kids? Why or why not? How do you which behavior you see in the media is OK to copy and which isn't?
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- I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Negative role models
It's ALRIGHT
- I rate this title off for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Negative role models
OFF for 6 IFFY for 7 and ON for 8.
there is sooooooo vilonce in this show! on top of that the shows not even that good!
- I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Negative role models
There are LOTS of crude humor, by calling people "lame-Os" and such. The reason why it is so violent is there is a one scene police using taser to the cow. The main concern is crude humor.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give itMy concerns are:
- Negative role models
annoying stupid
this show is bad obvious humor, annoying not funny
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
I like it
I love it!!!!!!!
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