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Exposed

(Rated TV-14, Game shows, Where to watch: MTV)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Cringe-worthy dating show for hook-up generation.

Why We Rated This off for Ages 15 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Unrealistic portrayals of how relationships work. Dates are based on deception. Lying is something to laugh about. Mostly white/straight competitors.
  • Violence:

    Verbal sparring.
  • Sex:

    Highly sexualized behavior and talk during competition for a date. Licking lips, showing off flexibility, wearing bikinis, talking about genitals, making noises.
  • Language:

    "F--k" is bleeped; "bitch," "skank," "hell," etc. aren't.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Some discussion of partying.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Exposed

Parents need to know that this dating game show contains questionable messages about relationships, honesty, and sexual behavior. Young men and women compete against each other to date an attractive, single member of the opposite sex. They insult their opponent using words like "bitch" and "skank" and criticize their appearance and intelligence. Competitors sometimes act in highly sexual ways, like eating food out of the single person's mouth or licking their lips suggestively. At times the sexual undertones become explicit (such as when one female competitor said "You think that's hot, you should see me in bed!"). Discussion of sex acts and body parts are often explicit. The show's premise rests on the fact that the contestants are being recorded without their knowledge and their voice is being put through lie detection software.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about honesty in a relationship. Do you think it's OK for your partner to lie to you? If so, under what circumstances? Have you ever been lied to in a relationship? How did that feel? How accurate do you think the lie-detecting technology used on this show is? Parents and kids can also discuss their own rules and values around teen dating.

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in South Carolina
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 2.0

    Questionable content

    Exposed definately isn't something to let your 10 year old watch, and you should know how mature your 14 year old is before letting them watch.

  2. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 3.0

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Fun to watch when parents are in the shower...

    Yes, I do admit that most MTV shows are inappropriate, but most kids, including me, will say they are fun to watch. Exposed is one of those when-parents-arent-in-the-room tv dating show. There are two versions of it, the homosexual and the hedrosexual version. The gay version is cleaner than the straight version. The straight version, where the contestants call each other some down right mean names, is fun to watch. The person who is choosing between the two contestants can sometimes ask some offensive and grotesque questions, and the comments made by their buddy in the truck seeing if they're lying are sometimes odd. But over all, even if the show is a little old for us, is highly entertaining and fun to watch.

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Mississippi
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 0.0

    A New Low-- Even for MTV

    This show is totally inappropriate for children or teens of any age. It portrays hypersexual young people discussing ridiculous topics such as how they would react to a penis that made a honking sound, for ex. In one episode, a girl asks the male how big his penis is. He stands with his back to the camera, lowers the front of his pants, she acts impressed, and then stands up and the two start making out in front of a second, rejected guy. The message here is SEX SEX and MORE SEX! I would not want my teenagers to watch this under any circumstances.

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