Favorite teen series? — Page 2

A friend of mine wrote for Square Pegs so I've always had a special spot for it.( and SJP's original nose!)

The original DeGrassi was great- this last incarnation was a little too "Hollywood" .

Surprised no one said Gossip Girl- my niece usta love that show!

I too loved my so called life, it was on when I was in high school so I totally related to it.

Of recent years, I think "Huge" was one of the best examples of good teen series. All the characters felt like complex teenagers and how they acted and spoke totally nailed it. Ironically both shows were created by Winnie Holzman. It's shame neither one lasted more then one season.

I would love to see a premium channel take on the angst of teens. Like and HBO or showtime series where anything goes.

I do have a soft spot for "Facts of Life" of course, but the best in recent memory are "Joan of Arcadia" and "Once and Again". Julia Whelan and Evan Rachel Wood were both stunning in that show.

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ABC Family also has a show on about 10 years ago called State of Grace. Did anyone else watch it? It starred Alia Shawkat from Arrested Development and Dinah Manoff played her mother. Francis McDormand did voice over work, kind of like how The Wonder Years was.

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doodle, I loved Once and Again! I always considered it to be more of an adult drama, but I can see how teenagers could appreciate it. The young adult roles were written so sensitively. Remember Patrick Dempsey as the brother? Phenomenal in a pre-Grey's role.

I finally watched My So-Called Life on Netflix and it was quite good. It started falling apart with the Halloween and Very Special Homeless Teen Christmas episodes, however.

And now I finally know what the name "Jordan Catalano" means!

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My old room mate had a huge crush on Jordan Catalano. Jared Leto was hot.

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"ABC Family also has a show on about 10 years ago called State of Grace. Did anyone else watch it? It starred Alia Shawkat from Arrested Development and Dinah Manoff played her mother. Francis McDormand did voice over work, kind of like how The Wonder Years was."

Yes! Love that show! Mae Whitman (Now on Parenthood and also had a guest-spot as George Michael's pro-abstinence girlfriend on AD interestingly enough) played Grace to Alia Shawkat's Hannah. Both were so good in their roles even if the stories and structure of the show was a bit too recycled.

I'm with doodle! I wasn't really into the teen TV shows that were current when I was that age (Facts of Life, etc.). I liked the syndicated shows from 10-20 years earlier, like Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, Leave It To Beaver, etc. Of course there weren't a lot of shows about teens or marketed directly toward teens. There were tons of "family" shows aimed toward youthful audiences, though, but they weren't focused on teen casts. Bewitched, Gilligan, Nanny & the Professor, Genie, Munsters, Batman, Addams Family, etc., all of which I watched regularly in syndication.

Oh, and one "current" show that I was crazy about at the time was the '70s "disco-ish" Mickey Mouse Club, with a pre-Facts Lisa Whelchel and Julie Piekarski (season 1). I dug their leisure-suit Mousketeer costumes and synthy '70s tunes. Of course, watching it now, it's horrendously cheesy, and the production values are laughable. Not that they weren't always, though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbktqi_1KM

And I loved Patty Duke! Especially since my dad worked on it!

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