We Used to Be Friends 04-05: Teen noirs and how the internet changed everything with VERONICA MARS
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Veronica Mars represents the closing of the walls on a certain type of teen show based on networks.
We Used to Be Friends 03-04: Welcome to ONE TREE HILL
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Two of the biggest teen shows of the 2000s started on Fox and The WB with The O.C. and One Tree Hill, respectively.
We Used to Be Friends 02-03: Animated Teens with a Twist
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
During the TV season of 2002-2003 there were no new teen shows.
(Record scratch)
Well, that’s actually not true—there were no new live-action teen shows
We Used to Be Friends 01-02: The Rise of Revivals and Superheroes
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Which, as always, kind of proves that teen shows are sometimes ahead of the ultimate curve—if only because teens are a demographic that allows for real trial by fire.
We Used to Be Friends: 00-01, edgy and sentimental in Stars Hollow
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer before it, Gilmore Girls remains both impactful because of its structure, its quick and quotable dialogue, and its utter rewatchability.
We Used to Be Friends: 99-00 and the road to future careers
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
The year 1999 is considered, by many, to be the “Best Movie Year Ever.” However, if you measured television like you consider films, it was an absolute banger of a year for the small screen too.
We Used to Be Friends: 98-99, Felicity and how teenagerdom follows you to college
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
That’s what college shows represent in the grand scheme of teen shows. It’s very “high school never ends” from that Bowling for Soup song.
We Used to Be Friends: 97-98, Dawson's Creek, Student Bodies, and the reign of forgotten shows
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
At the end of the day Dawson’s Creek is kind of the only show you need from this TV season, but it’s also deeply weird that almost none of it exists in a perceivable way.
We Used to Be Friends: 96-97, Buffy, 7th Heaven, and teenage automomy
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
For this month’s look at one television season (1996-1997), I wanted to bring five specific shows to the table. Smart Guy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clueless, 7th Heaven, and (of course) Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
We Used to Be Friends: American Teens on the Small Screen—Before Buffy
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Join us on a new monthly feature of TV all about teen shows!