Parks and Recreation: parents' guide

Slapstick falls, a child whacking a grown man in the groin with a toy bat, and a few infrequent punches. Characters make exaggerated threats, but nobody is seriously hurt and nothing graphic is shown.

Audible words include hell, damn, crap, bitch and douchebag, plus misuse of God's name. Stronger profanity is bleeped, sometimes as the joke itself, so the intended word is often clear.

Frequent innuendo, jokes about hookups and coworkers with benefits, and implied one-night stands. A man walks naked down a street with his body blurred or covered, and one episode takes place inside a strip club. Birth control comes up in conversation.

Characters drink socially and at work celebrations, sometimes ending up drunk; one episode features a potent homemade cocktail that gets a whole party wasted. An underage intern is shown drinking wine on video, and pills are mentioned as a joke.

Very little peril. The most upsetting moment for younger kids may be the death of a beloved miniature horse and the town memorial that follows, which the show handles with gentle humor.