Best Teenage Drama

Elmo

I am going to exclude The OC and One Tree Hill as they are currently the flavour of the month. Not including Home And Away or Neighbours or Hollyoaks as they are Soaps.

Am including Boston Public, because it's finish a good while in the states, just because RTE are so far behind means nothing.

So the list: -

Dawson's Creek
Beverly Hills 90210
Fame
Boston Public
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Freeks And Geeks
Party Of Five
My So Called Life
The Ward (Might be considered Childrens TV but cann't think of any thing else from the UK)
Finbarr's Class (The Token Irish Entry)

case n basket

I couldn't stand watching any of them (or at least any of the ones i've ever seen on TV), they are all so cringeworthy and take themselves far too seriously (which is where The OC has the edge, that and the humour).

John R

That is a very strange group of programmes. I can't think of one thing that links all of them, apart from having been on television sometime in the last 30 years.

I would be very surprised if there was anyone that could honestly say they have seen an episode of every single one of these.

tman

where's saved by the bell

garred

Only one winner: Party of Five....Neve Campell and Jennifer Love Hewitt, ah sweet jesus!!!

herobear

uhh everwood ?

outta that list though, boston public

ixoy

case n basket wrote:

I couldn't stand watching any of them (or at least any of the ones i've ever seen on TV), they are all so cringeworthy and take themselves far too seriously (which is where The OC has the edge, that and the humour).

Buffy take itself too seriously?! Yer kiddin' right? It's got plenty of humour in it. It sticks out in that group though...

Caesar_Bojangle

Where's Sweet Valley High?

Todd was such a knob

BuffyBot

Or Popular, which was gas...

Elmo

I can't think of one thing that links all of them, apart from having been on television sometime in the last 30 years.

They are all Teenage Drama's, that's the only connection.

Fame is the oldest from the 1980's
The newest is Boston Public 2000's

I couldn't stand watching any of them (or at least any of the ones i've ever seen on TV), they are all so cringeworthy and take themselves far too seriously

That's why freeks and geeks is the best.

I would be very surprised if there was anyone that could honestly say they have seen an episode of every single one of these.

I have

Repeats of Fame people Repeats. The majority are the 90's

everwood

Sorry! (Is it not still running? was trying to avoid shows still running)

Buffy take itself too seriously?!

I put buffy in for that reason. I never really got into it and always felt it was Dawson's Creek with Vampires and Ghosts in it.

Where's Sweet Valley High

Yeah! No! Sorry.

As for Popular, did that start out serious and then go comedy?

And Saved by the Bell is a comedy. (And that is questionable)

BuffyBot

As for Popular, did that start out serious and then go comedy?

It was always comedy-drama.

Jazzy

YEAH! where is saved by the bell??
thank god the o.c. isnt there, it and dawsons crack are basically the same thing neway and are already represented by the latter. id prob pick boston public cos i have to..... but c'mon A.C. Slater's hair was worth it alone, plus tiffany amber thiessen was my first love

tvnutz

Elmo wrote:

I put buffy in for that reason. I never really got into it and always felt it was Dawson's Creek with Vampires and Ghosts in it.

Well you obviously didnt watch much of it because its writing was mroe adult than teen and was nothin like Dawsons Creek

Basq

Freaks And Geeks by an absolute mile!

But i wouldn't class it as a teen drama. More of a dramedy involving teens!

Some of the best writing, acting and characters EVER committed on screen... and that's not an exaduration! And has an absolutely amazing soundtrack to boot!

If you've never seen it, buy the DVD! You will not regret it!

Mr. Weir: Elvis didn't expectorate on his fans.
Sam: No. But he died on the toilet.
Mr. Weir: Well, that's paradise compared to where the Sex Pistols are gonna end up.

Bill: Remember that time in civics when I had to fart, and it came out, well, a poop? And I had to flush my undies down the toilet? Do you think I wanted to tell you that?

Bill: Mouse Trap! I win!
Neal: Congratulations, Bill. Maybe you can get the school to start a team.

Kim: Are you calling me irrational? Because I'll tear your head off, Daniel. I'll tear it off and I'll throw it over that fence.

Daniel: I wrote out some Ramones songs.
Nick: The Ramones? They only use like three chords.
Daniel: Alright, so I'll learn another one.

Sam: Cindy is not abnormal.
Bill: Yeah? She cut the cheese.
Neal: Oh my god.
Sam: That's not funny.
Bill: I heard it, man, I swear. She blamed it on the chair. But she cut the cheese.
Sam: Well some chairs make weird noises.What kind of a chair was it?
Bill: I don't know. Vinyl?
Sam: Vinyl chairs always squeak.
Bill: It wasn't a squeak. It was the sound of cheese being cut.

Ken: I always say, girl plus car equals dead animal.

Nick: Wow, that dinner smells good. Let me guess, meat?

Neal: Ever since they thought you were dying they've been hanging all over us.
Bill: Oh. Well, if you want you can tell them that I'm still dying.
Sam: Really?
Bill: Sure, I mean, if it'll help you guys get dates.

Lindsay: Dad, give me one good reason why there can't be a woman president.
Harold: It's called three irrational days per month. Now, I would have no issue with the other twenty-seven, but we're talking about the atomic bomb here.

Sam: She says you have to be young adults. We're not adults. We're kids until we turn eighteen.
Neal: Whoa, maybe you are, but when I hit thirteen I became a man.
Bill: That's only in your temple, Neal, not in the real world.

Sam: So, is this what having a girlfriend is gonna be like? She's your best friend, she's beautiful, and you can say and do anything in front of her?
Neal: Well, my dad always says that's what women want you to think before you marry them. That's how they suck you in.

John R

Elmo wrote:

They are all Teenage Drama's, that's the only connection.

Seeing as you are such a big fan I am surprised that you haven't noticed that only one of the leads in Boston Public is a teen. It is an adult drama set in a school not a teen drama.

Mossy Monk

Freaks & Geeks
i was also an avid viewer of Buffy

Elmo

Seeing as you are such a big fan I am surprised that you haven't noticed that only one of the leads in Boston Public is a teen. It is an adult drama set in a school not a teen drama.

Fair enough but I have realised that most of the supporting cast are teenagers and that the adults try to help them out. Haven't watched it in a while.

jor el

I've never even heard of half of these, and the other half are just crap, except Buffy. So I vote for little miss vampire slayer, even though I wouldn't call it a teen-drama, it really deserves a catagory all by itself.

Elmo

There aren't many Teen Dramas.

I didn't want to put in current ones:-

The OC (Is it a teen Drama?)
One Tree Hill
Smallville (Is it a teen Drama?)
Point Pleasent (Is it a teen Drama?)


As people would just end up voting for them, and forgetting about all the rest.

jor el

The OC - rubbish, One Tree Hill - never heard of it, Smallville (Is it a teen Drama?) - in the Buffy group I'd say and at least it's watchable, Point Pleasent (Is it a teen Drama?) - never seen it.

I guess I don't like teen dramas and probably shouldn't be reading or posting here, meh.

Basq

Can't believe all the votes for Buffy... it was such absolute crap! :rolleyes:

smoocher

saved by the bell...i practically grew up on that.
The day they brought it back to nickelodeon was a good one ...remeber those runners zac used to wear...oh and their waistlines would be up to their armpits!!
anyway i voted buffy...i was addicted to that until she died and came back to life.i lost faith in it after that.

tvnutz

basquille wrote:

Can't believe all the votes for Buffy... it was such absolute crap! :rolleyes:

try watch more than a few eps. its a brilliant drama,just because it is based around a fantasy world doesnt not take away from the fact it was one of the best written shows on TV for 7 years.

Jazzy

never much cared for buffy.... it just annoyed me
i know it was a massive program, i just cant see why

foxybrowne

Home and Away

tvnutz

Jazzy wrote:

never much cared for buffy.... it just annoyed me
i know it was a massive program, i just cant see why

because...it was brilliant? angel was better,but i think it draws people in because of the great writing,I have never seen any other show oull off some of the things Buffy has done,and have it turing out brilliant. Ep with no dialogue and musical come to mind.

tvnutz

foxybrowne wrote:

Home and Away

Thats a soap...may be dramatic and aimed at teens,but at the end of the day is a soap and cant compare to the shows in the list.

TCamen

90210

Hurrah for Aaron Spelling & Darren Star!

*plays theme music*

TCamen

try watch more than a few eps. its a brilliant drama,just because it is based around a fantasy world doesnt not take away from the fact it was one of the best written shows on TV for 7 years.

If you'd said 5 years I'd agree with you, but S6+7 were of a much lower standard than the first 5 seasons. Shame really, but still a great series.

weemcd

Worst Poll Ever

djpk

what about that australian show "round the twist" it was that show in the lighthouse, with the red head kid.

Great show! :cool: