The Boroughs
tv·TV-MA·May 21, 2026·
The Boroughs scores a low 2/10 on wokeness by sticking to classic sci-fi horror about aging, loss, and community resilience—with natural casting and zero identity politics or lectures.
The Boroughs is a sci-fi horror series centered on elderly residents of a retirement community who band together against supernatural creatures that steal time, exploring themes of aging, grief, loss, mortality, and community resilience through classic genre storytelling.
Its ensemble cast features natural diversity suited to the senior premise, including performers like Alfre Woodard and Clarke Peters, alongside a single gay character whose backstory references the AIDS crisis only as personal history rather than a platform for activism or identity exploration. The show adheres to traditional entertainment conventions with no race- or gender-swapping, no critiques of systemic issues via progressive lenses, and no lecture moments or identity politics. This results in its official overall woke score of 2/10, reflecting an absence of forced inclusion mandates or social justice framing across the reviewed season.
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We've run a full content analysis on The Boroughs and scored it 2/10 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 The Boroughs's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). The Boroughs is rated TV-MA. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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