Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Explosive pranks and lots of innuendo, language, and laughs.
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The Prank Panel
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What's the Story?
Co-executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel, THE PRANK PANEL is a comedy series where folks get help to prank their friends and loved ones. Comedian Eric André, stunt performer Johnny Knoxville, and actor Gabourey Sidibe show viewers highlights of hopeful pranksters pitching their ideas about how they want to play the ultimate practical joke on someone who they want to humble, bully, or seek revenge from. If at least one member of the panel believes that an idea is creative and doable, studio and TV audiences get to watch how they pulled it off with the help of actors and stunt professionals. Throughout it all, quirky announcer Pramod Kumar finds a way of making himself heard.
Is It Any Good?
From cars exploding to dysfunctional wedding events, the series features people who want to get back at someone by making them the target of a larger-than-life practical joke. The Prank Panel is meant to be in good fun, and you can't help but laugh at the reactions of the people being targeted. The conversations between the panel and the pranksters, many of whom have larger-than-life personalities, lead to some chuckles too.
The premise of The Prank Panel isn't the nicest, and at times some of the scenarios they create come close to crossing the line between being funny and being mean. Meanwhile, Pramod Kumar's role is uncomfortably familiar and reminiscent of TV stereotypes featuring sidekicks of color whose roles are to be ridiculous.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the difference between being funny and being mean when playing a prank on someone. When does a practical joke go too far? How do you expect the person targeted to feel after it's all over?
What kind of pranks do the members of the The Prank Panel feel most inclined to help with? Why? Is it based on the creativity of the prank? The ability to make it work for a TV audience? Or is there something else?
TV Details
- Premiere date : May 24, 2023
- Cast : Eric Andre , Johnny Knoxville , Gabourey Sidibe , Pramode Kumar
- Network : ABC
- Genre : Reality TV
- Character Strengths : Teamwork
- TV rating :
- Last updated : May 31, 2023
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