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The Naked Brothers Band

(Rated TV-Y7, Comedy, Starring Nat Wolff, Alex Wolff, David Levi, Where to watch: Nickelodeon, DVD, Download)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Tween rockumentary series has a bit of an edge.

updated 03.12.09

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    The series celebrates the friendships within the band, the characters' individuality, and their love of music. The characters' behavior is often what you'd expect from tween boys, including quickly resolved but heated arguments, name calling, and pranks on friends. The multicultural cast includes African-Americans and Asians. The lone parental figure is absent most of the time.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Injuries are sometimes played for laughs. For example, after a light fixture falls on an obnoxiously loud man's head, he's shown covered in an abundance of ice packs and gauze bandages. There's some slapstick-type humor, too (i.e. crotch hits).
  • Sex:

    A fair amount of innuendo for a tween-targeted show. Mild flirting scenes highlight the awkwardness of young love. One female character wears very short skirts and skimpy, midriff-baring tops. Alex has a crush on a babysitter.
  • Language:

    "Oh my God" and name calling ("booger," "jerk") is common.
  • Consumerism:

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

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Naked Brothers Band

Parents need to know that this series picks up two years after the The Naked Brothers Band Movie. Because much of the material is inspired by the real-life group of friends who star in it, tweens (especially boys) will find a lot that parallels their own experiences. The show has friendly "pranks" (like rigging a bucket to dump water on a boy's head), short-lived (though heated) verbal arguments, and some adolescent sexy-ish references. On the positive side, each episode showcases the stars' impressive singing and songwriting talents.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the characters' relationships. Do any of the relationships within the band resonate with your tweens? Are the band members' lifestyles far-fetched? Tweens, how do you feel about fame? Would you like to be famous, or is it not worth it?
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  1. Kid Reviewer
    Age 12
    Lives in Oregon
    I rate this title off for age 14 and give it 1.0

    0_0 Ew. Just ew.

    This show is about a band of teenagers and their issues, drama, etc. This show's title is inappropriate (I'm surprised no one's bothered to point out the title) and my mom went online a few months ago, and found this show is on a "Most Inappropriate Bands" list, and this show (or band, which ever) is on the top 5. Anyways, their songs are bad for kids (i.e. "I Don't Wanna Go To School") and is the worst show your kids can watch on Nickelodeon. Overall, 1/5.

  2. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in Missouri
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 1.0

    ...... one of the worst TV programs on tv!

    The worst tv show ever! I was looking up the TV series BAND OF BROTHERS and i crosssed this, remembering my last days ofmy childhood endid by watching this crappy show, Yup, one of there song is called taxi cab, and ween i hear that song, i want a cab down to jamaca, hide in a boiling shed untill i die. its thant bad, but i rate it 4 plus P.S: I spelled Jamaca wrong, oh no, i splled it wrong again P.SSS IT SUCKS!

  3. Teen Reviewer
    Age 14
    Lives in Missouri
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 1.0

    ...... one of the worst TV programs on tv!

    The worst tv show ever! I was looking up the TV series BAND OF BROTHERS and i crosssed this, remembering my last days ofmy childhood endid by watching this crappy show, Yup, one of there song is called taxi cab, and ween i hear that song, i want a cab down to jamaca, hide in a boiling shed untill i die. its thant bad, but i rate it 4 plus P.S: I spelled Jamaca wrong, oh no, i splled it wrong again P.SSS IT SUCKS!

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 9 and give it 5.0

    ugh rosalina stop :( :( :( :(

    rosalina is soooooo dramatic i think nat should leave her my friend watches this and i saw the last one so far see wants to get back in the band ?1 he should say no she left him thats not right

  5. Kid Reviewer
    Age 11
    Lives in Indiana
    I rate this title off for age 9 and give it 1.0

    *facepalms*

    To put it bluntly: The music stinks. Th acting stinks. The message stinks. Flush it all down the toilet.

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