I'm Dying Up Here

Occasional but shocking violence: A character suddenly hit by a bus and thrown into the street; while his body lies in the street, a women steals his wallet.

Nudity and graphic content: Scenes take place in a strip bar with a woman fully nude and dancing; a man performs oral sex on a woman (offscreen); priests pay a man to masturbate in front of them (no genitals are seen, but the man unzips his pants and reaches in before the camera cuts away); a man pays a woman to masturbate him; a man cheats on his wife and gets an STD; women and men are nude from the rear; comics joke about sex, oral sex, masturbation; a woman tells a story about attacking her cheating ex while he was getting oral sex. Hecklers tell a woman to show her "tits" and graphically demand oral sex; she plays it off with a joke. A couple kisses in their underwear while discussing why he doesn't want to have sex.

Cursing and off-color language: "f--k," "s--t," "s--thead," "a--hole," "motherf--king," "c--ks--ker," "blow job," "prick," "nuts," "douche bag."

Many scenes take place in comedy clubs with drinks on every table; comics smoke joints and cigarettes and snort cocaine.

Parents need to know that I'm Dying Up Here is a mature and often quite dark series about the rise of the stand-up comedy scene in the 1970s. Many of the jokes are very mature, targeting subjects such as masturbation, various types of sex, rape, abortions, race, and politics; they may provide conversation starters for parents who view with teens, but they're not appropriate for younger viewers. Comics are seen smoking joints and cigarettes, snorting cocaine, and drinking; in clubs, every table has a few drinks on it, and comics drink and get drunk, sloppy, and mean. Characters have sex, including oral sex; no private parts are seen, but there's some frank talk. In a vignette set in a strip bar, a woman is seen fully nude; men and women are nude from the rear in another scene. Religious leaders pay a man to masturbate in front of them; the camera cuts away after he unzips his pants and reaches in. A woman is heckled onstage and asked to show her "tits" and suck an audience member's "dick." Cursing and off-color language includes "f--k," "f--king," "s--t," "a--hole," "c--ks--ker," "blow job," "prick," "nuts," and "douche bag." Violence is rare but shocking when it occurs: A character is suddenly hit by a bus and thrown into the street; while his body lies in the street, a women steals his wallet.