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NYC Prep
- Bravo
- Genre: Reality TV
Common Sense Media says
Reality show take on Gossip Girl life falls flat.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know the "stars" of this reality series -- which has been billed as a "real-life Gossip Girl" -- are privileged teens who essentially live like adults. That includes frequenting bars and night clubs and drinking heavily with the help of fake IDs. They also discuss casual sex in matter-of-fact terms, drop names when it comes to expensive designer brands, and call each other every name in the book (including "motherf--ker," though words like that are bleeped). It's everything kids are already seeing on shows like Gossip Girl ... but it's real (or at least as real as reality TV gets). Proceed with caution.
What's the story?
A reality series set in the upper echelons of New York City society, NYC PREP tracks the privileged lives of six wealthy prep school students. Most of them attend the same elite private school on the Upper East Side, but 15-year-old Taylor attends a magnet public school and mixes with kids of various backgrounds. Followed by the cameras, the teens go about their daily lives -- which often include hook-ups, friendship dramas, night club outings, high-end shopping trips, and more.
Is it any good?
Pointing out the fact that NYC Prep is a real-life Gossip Girl is sort of overstating the obvious. But even if you don't want to admit it (or watch it), it offers a fascinating and sometimes frightening peek into the world of the wealthiest 1 percent -- a world most of us will never experience firsthand.
After all, these cocktail-swilling kids are trying so hard to act like adults: They have the money to buy $675 sunglasses but lack the maturity to understand how life really works when you're trying to pay your own way. And yet they're fully aware that starring on a reality show somehow makes them even more "important." With that knowledge -- and the means to do pretty much whatever they want -- they're all too willing to preen and spout self-assured statements like "If you were a veggie burger, I'd so eat you."
What families can talk about
Families can talk about how the lives of these wealthy teens differ from the lives of most other high school students. Why were these particular teens chosen for the show? Do they have fewer worries than you do? Are there things they might have to worry about that you don't? Whose life would you rather live? Parents can also point out the obvious: That using fake IDs to get into bars and purchase alcohol is illegal -- and could even land teens in jail. What other consequences can behavior drinking, smoking, and casual sex have?
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AH-MAING SHOW!
I love this show! Im 13 and I watch TV practically all day. When I looked up some of my favorites, most of them were voted 15 and up, 16 and up, stuff like that. I think its fine for 12 and up because just because they hear it on tv it doesnt mean they are going to say the same words or do the same things.
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Real Life Gossip Girl
I love this show and hope it goes back on for a second season! Sho
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Seriously Disturbing
If anyone needs validation that our country is turning into ancient Rome, watch NYC Prep. One episode will do. Then you'll never have to watch it again and Don't Let Your Kids Watch
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I love this show but it is prob because i love the show gossip girl. if you wont let your kids watch gossip girl then thery shouldnt watch this
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Awesome
I'm a guy. It's one of me and my gf's guilty pleasures(also Pretty Little Liars; Gossip Girl). It's fine. I'm from and live in LA. We talk like that. I have a fake ID. I like to party. Whatever. 11 and up.
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| TV rating: | TV-14 |
| Network: | Bravo |
| Genre: | Reality TV |
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