Hey A.J.!
tv·TV-Y·Jan 13, 2026·
Hey A.J.! earns its 7/10 woke score by injecting heavy emphasis on diverse casting and representation into standard preschool imagination play. Skip it if you want stories free of social messaging.
"Hey A.J.!" centers on a 7-year-old Black girl named A.J. whose imaginative play transforms everyday activities like cleaning or shopping into superhero adventures alongside her stuffed bunny Theo, family members, and friend Jessie.
The series presents this Black family in a semi-autobiographical light drawn from creator Martellus Bennett's books, with the explicit goal of increasing representation of characters of color in children's media through its casting and storytelling. This approach to traditional preschool themes of creativity yields the show's official overall woke score of 7/10, driven by its emphasis on diverse leads without altering existing properties.
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We've run a full content analysis on Hey A.J.! and scored it 7/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Hey A.J.!'s overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Hey A.J.! is rated TV-Y. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
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