S.W.A.T.

This series is set in a law enforcement unit, so heroes and criminals are sharply delineated. The show does offer some iffy messages about masculinity (an officer tells a young boy, "Your mom is really scared, so you've got to be the man of the house and help protect her"), sex (the show lets us see more exploitative scenes than some viewers would like), and race (a man calls a Latino boy a "cholo"). At other times, the show has explicit positive moral messages: "Sometimes following the rules and doing what's right isn't always the same thing," says Hondo. 

The S.W.A.T. team, as you might expect, uses a lot of advanced weaponry and devices: enormous rifles, tanks, explosive devices, supercharged stun guns, helicopters with armed dudes hanging off them. There are sudden shootings (those shot usually fall to the ground with groans and cries but no blood). Dead bodies are briefly shown. Mild but more disturbing than usual violence: a young boy has a huge raised scar as revenge for his mom's court testimony; a man talks about his dad's finger being amputated by a gangster; a father is stabbed repeatedly (with blood, screams, and grisly noises on the soundtrack) by a criminal who's been having sex with his under-18 daughter while the daughter cries and screams. 

Language and cursing includes "damn," "hell," "asses," "kick-ass," "balls" (as another word for courage), "piss off," and "piss" (referring to urine).