Grown-ish

Expect jokes about and references to sex; same- and opposite-sex kissing and implied sex. Jokes can be on the surprisingly frank side: A provocatively dressed woman is gestured to as an example of a "whore" with a night job; Jaz tells her classmates that if she and her sister don't succeed in college and athletics, "We end up back in the hood jerking off some guy who sells incense and tube socks behind the doughnut shop." One character is sexually voracious and has consequence-free casual sex.

Cursing and salty language includes "f--k" (bleeped), "ass," "s--tty," "bitch" (used both to refer to objects and women by other women), "dammit," "boobs," "whores."

Frank discussion of drugs and alcohol, on-screen use of alcohol, pot, pills. In one episode, Zoey breaks down substance use in college: "Beer, weed, and questionable Jell-O shots are the baseline ... then you've got your pill-poppers, they love their Oxy, their Vico, their Norco .... Then there's people who do Molly, poppers, coke. My thing? I dabble, I like a nice buzz but I don't get white-girl wasted." A main character is a drug dealer; others regard him critically. Depicts the downsides of substances: vomiting, passing out, acting foolish at parties and being photographed and mocked. In one episode, Zoey takes Adderall to stay awake for a project and realistically winds up frittering away time shopping online and making mistakes.

Parents need to know that Grown-ish is a spin-off of Black-ish following daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi) as a new college freshman. The maturity level is ratcheted up here; Zoey and her friends deal with sex, drugs, relationships, racism, classism, and other sensitive subjects. The drug content is particularly frank: Characters use drugs on-screen (including pot and pills like Adderall) and talk about the pleasures of drugs and drink. But consequences are also depicted honestly: hangovers, vomiting, acting silly at parties, saying foolish things to people you like, making mistakes you regret. A character smokes cigarettes; another is a drug dealer who sells all kinds of pills. Sexual content is also edgy; characters talk about sexting, "You up?" texts, prostitution, casual sex with no strings, bisexuality, getting "d," and more. Expect both same- and opposite-sex kissing and sexual situations. Strong language includes "f--k" (bleeped), "ass," "s--tty," "bitch," "dammit," and so on. But the characters treat each other and themselves with respect, and there's lots of talk about being true to yourself and being thoughtful and kind to others.