Superstore: parents' guide
Best for ages 13 and up. Rated TV-14.
A sharp workplace comedy set in a big-box store, a fun shared watch with young teens who can handle a lot of sex jokes. The staff of a St. Louis megastore deal with oddball customers, corporate rules and romance, along with real issues like low wages, racism, immigration and the pandemic. Expect frequent sexual innuendo, a male stripper, underwear scenes, drinking at parties and drug references. Swearing is mild, with stronger words bleeped. A teen employee is pregnant early on, and a co-worker faces deportation. Age 13 reflects the constant sexual humor.
What's in it
Violence
MildMostly comic chaos: shoppers fighting over supplies, a slip that sends an employee to the ER, a fake armed robbery staged as a stunt, and a worker tackling a robber. A tornado tears through the store in one season finale.
Language
MildMild words like "damn," "hell," "bitch," "bastard" and "dick," with God's name as an exclamation. Stronger curses, including f-words, are bleeped.
Sex and nudity
ModerateFrequent sex jokes, including masturbation and genital gags, harassing questions and a male stripper's routine. Characters appear in underwear. Workplace hookups are implied, and one couple's tryst is accidentally streamed to other stores, played for laughs. No nudity.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateStaff drink beer and shots at parties and a conference, and a manager gets the crew drunk one Christmas Eve. One manager takes his wife's muscle relaxers, someone asks for ketamine, and one episode involves stolen medications.
Scary or intense scenes
MildLittle that is scary. A tornado episode, a co-worker's decayed body found inside a wall (played for laughs), a co-worker threatened with deportation, and a pandemic season with mask fights add tension, but the tone stays comic.
Sensitive topics
- Racism
Worth talking about
The employees joke constantly, but the show also takes on low pay and immigration. How can comedy help people talk about serious issues?
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, Wikipedia, tvline.com, thetvratingsguide.com, etonline.com, pressreader.com. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.