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Heli-Loggers

(Rated TV-14, Reality TV, Starring Gord Closson, Where to watch: TLC)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    "Dangerous job" show is interesting but lacks depth.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 13 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    The loggers' specialized job exists as a way to harvest lumber in a way that does less damage to the environment than traditional logging. Gender roles are reinforced -- the men go out to work, and the women stay home with the kids. A lot of (good-natured) trash talking goes on.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Lots of talk about the job's dangerous nature; in at least one scene, a logger is shown with his scalp stitched up after an accident.

  • Sex:

    In at least one scene, a logger bares his backside -- but the image is blurred for broadcast.

  • Language:

    Audible lanugage includes words like "ass" and "nipples"; also lots of bleeped language -- and a few times it's pretty obvious that someone said "f--k." Much of the swearing happens during very frustrating cirumstances (such as when a logger is climbing a tree and his rope keeps getting stuck).

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Some scenes of social drinking.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Heli-Loggers

Parents need to know that this reality show is about a rough-and-tumble job that attracts rough-and-tumble men who are proud of their "extreme" job. They trash-talk each other, swear up a storm (the strongest words are bleeped), and one even bares his backside -- it's blurred, but it's still obviously a naked bottom. There's also some social drinking, and the job itself always has the potential for danger.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the appeal of the many "dangerous job" shows on TV. What's so fascinating about getting a glimpse of these dangerous jobs? Do you think these shows are more or less realistic than other reality series? Families can also dicuss whether the danger described in the show is as immediate as the show makes it sound. Ask your kids if they think the work is less perilous than described -- or could the opposite be true, and the narration is softening things up? If so, why would the producers choose to do that?
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