Entertainment Weekly's THE 50 BEST TEEN TV SHOWS EVER

I loved F&G so much two decades ago I am a little afraid to even think about it now, especially given the later careers of the various principals.

same here

I’m old. Square Pegs. The gay surfer guy with the headphones was my hero. And never forget Buffy and her little Nicaraguan orphan.

my niece was just a little younger than Rory growing up, and she also had that super-bonded relationship with her mother (my sister). They loved Gilmore Girls so it meant a lot to me

Not only could you not just pull up an entire series on Netflix or whatever, but you couldn't even really buy shows by the season until dvd—some series came out on vhs, but only very select titles like Twin Peaks, etc—so the producers of these dgaf about continuity because why bother

Kind of related, but I was recently going back though random WKRP's, and was reminded that they had to do a clip show for their 8th or 9th ep because they'd been taken off the air for a couple months, and that was the easiest & cheapest way to relaunch the show.

Just remembered that Topanga on BMW had like three different sets of parents (one of her dads was Peter Tork!).

I was hardly a regular viewer, but I don't remember Boy Meets World being anything but terrible. I do have to wonder, though: does it represent possibly the last time that one of these shows could be so blatantly homoerotic without (as far as I can remember) ever feeling the need to seriously acknowledge the existence of queerness?

Out of the dumb stuff I watched passively as a kid - Dawson's Creek

Out of the stuff I actively searched for in later life - Big Mouth

Buffy or Daria. Probably going to the former but I hope the latter gets some votes. Not seen any of the most recent ones - I sort of liked the look of Derry Girls from the ads but no idea if it actually would be for me.

I watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls and enjoyed it, thought the cast were talented, but ultimately I’m not in the mood for that kind of shit now. It gets harder to watch these shows the further away you get from your own teens. When I was in college I watched 90210 and Saved by the Bell ironically, with no emotional connection to them. Beavis and Butthead I thought was legitimately great though. Daria looked interesting at the time but I kind of felt I already knew everything about the culture it was trying to comment on.

Big Mouth easily.

Gilmore Girls or My So-Called Life, no contest.

Although with Gilmore Girls I very quickly tired of anything to do with Rory's love life (so the main "teen" aspect of the show). I much preferred all of Lorelei's relationships (w/ Rory, w/ her boyfriends, w/ the grandparents) and the quirky bucolic small-town semi-plots. A very comforting show.

Big Mouth easily.

― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Sunday, 5 September 2021 21:43 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

FP

is there anything problematic about Big Mouth?

big mouth is genuinely one of the most aesthetically repellent things i've ever attempted to watch lol

the Sex Education snub is what you'd expect from a US-centric list but I'd have probably voted F&G anyway, a show that doesn't need to hammer home the interior lives of its characters but expresses them with exquisite subtlety

American Vandal S1 was amazing, got about 2 minutes into S2

one of the most aesthetically repellent things

Can't argue with that. Still almost voted for it.

a whole show about horrifically ugly children constantly jacking off

Step By Step isn't on the list bruh

Voted for Daria but hadnt spotted Big Mouth was in the list dammit

Also why is Degressi nextgen there but not Degrassi HIgh?

Because EW staff skews millennial rather than gen x-er I assume. What a bunch of broomheads.

Yeah, there's like one old person on staff who threatened to resign if Happy Days, The Facts of Life, Welcome Back Kotter, and Square Pegs weren't included.

tbh, as much as I love Sally Field, including Gidget feels like pandering to the over 60s in the readership. It was NOT good. If they were going back that far, they should've opted for the Patty Duke Show.

I never felt like Happy Days was a "teen show" in the way the others on the list were.

1. Friday Night Horse (NBC/DirecTV, 2006)
2. Buffy the Vampire Horse (WB/UPN, 1997)
3. The H.O.R.S.E. (Fox, 2003)
4. Beverly Hills, Horse (Fox, 1990)
5. Freaks and Horse (NBC, 1999)
6. Gilmore Horse (WB/CW, 2000)
7. My So-Called Horse (ABC, 1994)
8. Veronica Horse (UPN/CW, 2004)
9. The Fresh Prince of Horse (NBC, 1990)
10. Dawson's Horse (WB, 1998)
11. Horse (MTV, 1997)
12. Degrassi: The Next Generation (CTV, 2001)
13. Horse (WB, 1998)
14. The Wonder Horse (ABC, 1988)
15. Party of Horse (Fox, 1994)
16. Horse (UPN, 1996)
17. The Vampire Horse (CW, 2009)
18. American Horse (Netflix, 2017)
19. Gossip Horse (CW, 2007)
20. A Different Horse (NBC, 1987)
21. That 70's Horse (Fox, 1998)
22. Never Have I Horse (Netflix, 2020)
23. Boy Meets Horse (ABC, 1993)
24. Horse (HBO, 2019)
25. Happy Horse (ABC, 1974)
26. Saved by the Horse (NBC, 1989)
27. Square Horse (CBS, 1982)
28. Everwood (WB, 2002)
29. The Facts of Horse (NBC, 1979)
30. Horse (Fox, 2009)
31. Sabrina, the Teenage Horse (ABC/WB, 1996)
32. Beavis & Horse (MTV, 1993)
33. Horse (WB, 2001)
34. One Tree Horse (CW, 2003)
35. We Are Who We Horse (HBO, 2020)
36. Sister, Horse (ABC/WB, 1994)
37. Horse (CW, 2017)
38. Horse (Netflix, 2018)
39. Teen Horse (MTV, 2011)
40. Lizzie Horse (Disney Channel, 2001)
41. Pretty Little Horse (ABC Family/Freeform, 2010)
42. Welcome Back, Horse (ABC, 1975)
43. All Horse (CW, 2018)
44. Clone Horse (MTV, 2002)
45. Derry Horse (Netflix, 2018)
46. Horse15 (Hulu, 2019)
47. Big Horse (Netflix, 2017)
48. Horse (ABC, 1965)
49. Horse (E4, 2007)
50. On My Horse (Netflix, 2018)

Missed one :)

12. Degrassi: The Next Horse (CTV, 2001)

Dammit

28. Horse (WB, 2002)

horrifically ugly children constantly jacking off
Which show are you referring to? Please be more specific.

^gotta be Welcome Back Kotter

Well they jack it a looot

Big Mouth was designed that way to repel pedophiles.

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Beaver & Buffcoat

Big Mouth was designed that way to repel pedophiles.

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 12:24 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

whaddaya tryina sayyyyy

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

in the end it was between Gilmore Girls and Friday Night Lights for me, ended up choosing Gilmore Girls since I know it won’t get as many votes

Write in vote for The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Maynard G. Krebs 4evrrr.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

gossip girl beat gilmore girls….. my powers work

I just opened this thread a couple hours ago and voted for F&G. Glad I could push it to 1st. Surprised at B&B's high showing, though it is deserved.

glad Freaks and Geeks won. The love for Beavis and Butt-head is incomprehensible to me and makes me suspicious of ilxors' opinions on every other subject

I forgot to vote for Dawson's Creek.

At the last minute I went with my heart and voted for The O.C. I'm glad I did.

44. Clone High (MTV, 2002) 0

:(

in the end it was between Gilmore Girls and Friday Night Lights for me, ended up choosing Gilmore Girls since I know it won’t get as many votes

― Dan S, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 00:16 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Should fp this but wont