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American Loggers

(Rated TV-PG, Reality TV, Starring Rudy Pelletier, Eldon Pelletier, Danny Pelletier, Where to watch: Discovery Channel)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 11; suggested age 11.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Gritty look at loggers' lives is intense entertainment.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 11 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    The series shines looks at the hard work involved in harvesting the wood used for paper products. The workers -- many of whom are brothers -- sometimes disagree, but they work together to get the job done and ensure their financial security.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    There are some re-enactments of past accidents and detailed, unfiltered accounts of injuries suffered both on and off the job. In one segment, for example, a man describes his head-on collision with a log protruding from an oncoming truck -- which resulted in his scalp being severed like the lid of a tuna can, which he could pull down and touch to his nose. Some verbal disagreements between the loggers.

  • Sex:

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    The featured logging company -- the Pelletier Inc. -- is mentioned a lot.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Some scenes show men smoking.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About American Loggers

Parents need to know that this reality series -- which follows the crew of a Maine logging company -- offers an honest look at the hard work, financial uncertainty, and inherent dangers that come with the job. This gritty show often explores real-life issues that are too intense for little kids (a man loses his home to fire and barely pulls out of diabetic shock, for example), and loggers talk frankly about the injuries they've endured on the job. Tensions run high when the company's owners disagree, but overall the show celebrates their work ethic and determination.

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  1. Kid Reviewer Age 9
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    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 1.0

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    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    well put togather

    i thought this show was great being that i have worked for them i know how tough this line of work is what you see happens every day even though its a reinactment of it it happens

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