What is FBI about?
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Elite New York FBI agents deploy intellect and grit to tackle major cases, keeping the city safe.
Suspenseful and earnest. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+.
FBI parents guide
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is FBI scary?
- Only a little. FBI has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is FBI?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is FBI rated, and is it OK for kids?
- For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with some strong language and strong violence.
Cast and crew
Created byDick Wolf, Craig Turk
StarringMissy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, John Boyd, Jeremy Sisto, Alana de la Garza, Juliana Aidén Martinez
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