Parents' Guide to

Geordie Shore

By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 15+

Jersey Shore adaptation with same drinking, sex, swearing.

TV MTV Reality TV 2011
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Based on 9 parent reviews

lillie eric
lillie eric Adult
September 19, 2020
age 16+
Geordie Shore is the best realtiy show i have ever seen in my entire life please do not ever ever never stop filming
NonStop99
NonStop99 Adult
August 5, 2019
age 18+

My sons are 22 and I never want them exposed to this world that deeply depresses and enrages me, lowersing my view of humanity

NO ADULT, LET ALONE CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPING MINDS.SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO THIS EXPOITING OF A GROUP OF BINGE TYPE ALCOHOLICS IF you want to protect your childre, never let them see a single second of this world filled with these orange, alcoholic idiots, Knowing they are paid to live car crashes of a lives. This is like looking down upon Dante's Circles of Hell.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much consumerism
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
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What's the Story?

The British reality import GEORDIE SHORE features a handful of cast members living together for few months in Newcastle-on-Tyne. The housemates, who consider themselves "geordies" (natives of the Tyneside region of North East England), hang out, drink, party, and admire each other's physiques. In exchange for living in their posh house, they occasionally do promotional work for party and promotions executive Anna Parkin. There's never a dull moment thanks to these lads and lassies trying to make the most of the experience any way they can.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (9 ):
Kids say (8 ):

The popular British adaptation of Jersey Shore offers lots of stereotypical characterizations about what it means to be from the Tyneside region North East England. Like the original, it uses these generalizations as a justification for the cast to play up their personalities, and engage over-the-top partying and negative behaviors.

The conversations are sometimes difficult to understand due to the regional dialect. However, the very little of what is said contains any substance outside of talking about drinking, sexual activities, and the importance of wearing self-tanner.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about stereotypes. Is it appropriate for t.v. shows and other media to rely on generalizations about people and/or communities to be entertaining? What are the consequences of doing so? How would the world see people from the Jersey Shore or from Newcastle-on-Tyne if they only had these reality shows to teach them more about these communities?

  • If you produced a reality TV series about your community, what would it be like? Who will star in it? How will you balance the importance of representing your community well with the need to be interesting and/or entertaining?

  • Why are things like drinking and sexual activity so prominently featured on some reality shows? Do these series also show the real impact of this behavior?

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