This show is great! It is mostly for young teens and tweens, due to some of the violence. It isn't nearly as graphic as CSI, and doesn't contain very much language, either. Each character has some talent that they use for the good, as they learn to leave behind their criminal pasts. The main character, Nate, is an alchoholic, so he is shown frequently drinking in the first season, but is revealed to be sober in the second. Overall, this is a great show!
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Leverage
(Rated TV-PG, Drama, Starring Timothy Hutton, Christian Kane, Gina Bellman, Where to watch: TNT, DVD)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Entertaining heist series has a Robin Hood twist.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Leverage
Parents need to know that this series follows a gang of thieves and con artists as they plan and execute daring heists. The show portrays their victims as unscrupulous people who use their wealth and power to prey on others -- and paints main character Nathan and his colleagues as modern-day Robin Hoods. Still, the show does glamorizes crime, since the entire point of the series is to root for the thieves to succeed. Expect some social drinking and fairly mild violence of the fistfight variety.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about crime. Ford and his team try to justify their crimes by saying they're helping people who need assistance. Is this kind of vigilante justice acceptable? Do you believe that helping others is their only motive, or are they in it for the money, too? Is it OK to steal under certain conditions? Why do you think the producers felt it was necessary to give the characters this Robin Hood-esque motivation? Would viewers (or network executives) be uncomfortable with a show that promoted crime if they couldn't paint the criminals as essentially good people?
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- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
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Great show
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Younger kids can watch if adults watch with them
My family enjoys this action show. Here's a break down of it as based on last year's episodes & this year's opener. This show is a bit reminiscent of the A-Team without the gunfights and explosions. In fact, most times that I remember explosions or gun fire, the "bad" guys were doing it. Even the Leverage team's muscle guy stated in an early episode that he doesn't like guns; he does, however, engage in hand to hand fighting. The show has a quick, light humor and crazy plans which the team pulls off. Not all the plans turn out as expected. About half of the team are wanted by the police; Nate, their leader, & Sophie, a con artist turned actress, are not. Nate, in the early episodes, turns the group onto using their skills to help people who can't be helped by the police or FBI. As they admit in this season's opener, they have all gotten hooked on being "good guys" and they don't want to go back to their previous lives of crime. Now their skills do involve computer hacking, breaking and entering, conning people, etc. and they do point out that if they got caught, they'd get arrested. But they also make a big point wanting to help people in trouble. They also care about each other as their relationships grow. Nate is battling alcoholism (triggered by his son's death) and 2 characters flirt some. Nate & Sophie also had a past romantic connection, but it's relayed through conservations & looks. Leverage is really not much more violent than some of the Saturday morning cartoons, so I think some 10 year olds could handle it. However, since it isn't animated and some situations step away from reality, my husband & I do watch and talk about it with our kids. It's also the kind of show that could lend itself to an "edgier" content, so you need to keep an eye out for that.
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
An Excellent Television Show
I really enjoy this show - I find it well-paced, humorous, and charming. There is some violence and other inappropriate behavior, but that comes with the territory of modern crime shows, and it is much less violent than many.
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