Let’s face it. High school is hard. Hormones are raging, fashions are
changing and parents are always bringing you down. And that’s just the
social aspect! Between the AP classes, exams, extra-curriculars and the
SAT prep, there’s hardly a moment to stop and smell the roses. So we
understand that it might be a lot to handle on your own. Thankfully, the
television powers that be don’t think you should have to shoulder the
H.S. burden all alone either. Some of the greatest TV shows have
revolved around homeroom, breakouts, first dates, and every other right
of passage that comes to fruition in those dreded four years of teendom.
But which of the small screen’s offerings best represent the trials and
tribulations of the 9th – 12th graders of the world? Here is our summer
watching list of high school TV shows. Study hard, kids. There will be a
quiz later.
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(ABC)
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Before there was Rachel Berry, before there was Blair Waldorf, there was Angela Chase. Chase (Claire Danes) was a 1990’s everygirl, going through the pitfalls of puberty on a televised scale. She shed her bookish beginnings in episode one, and spent the (short-lived) series trying to find her niche between babydoll dress-wearing bad girl and do-the-right-thing ideal. And with a cast including an alcoholic manic-pixie, a nerd-alert neighbor, a bi-sexual Puerto Rican, a plaid-loving dyslexic object of her affection (played by a young Jared Leto), and two of the best TV parents around, ‘My So-Called Life’ is well worth your time.
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(FOX)
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It’s hard to think of a television show that embodies the “Island of Misfit Toys” sentimentality quite like ‘Glee,’ the story of a group of unlikely cohorts struggling to keep themselves from getting beaten up and covered in slushie. In that order. While the first season was all about bucking the “it” crowd, ‘Glee’ has since moved into heavier territory, tackling issues such as teenage pregnancy, sexuality, bullying, and more. And with weekly songlists that feature what’s essentially a Top 40 playlist, the ‘Glee’ soundtracks serve as time capsule mixtapes for future generations.
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(NBC)
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Hey Y’all. This beloved NBC cult favorite is inarguably one of the most realistic portrayals of high school on television (we’re willing to forget about Season two’s unfortunate murder subplot). With characters like popular cheerleader Lyla (Minka Kelly), star quarterback Jason (Scott Porter), lovable underdog Matt (Zach Gilford), wrong-side-of-the-tracks-gal Tyra (Adrianne Palicki), dreamboat bad boy (Taylor Kitsch), teacher’s pet Julie (Aimee Teegarden), and rock-solid husband and wife pair Eric and Tami (Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton), the cast covered all grounds of a high school’s population. Football was merely a minor player in this drama (see what we did there?) – this show was all about the heart and souls of the characters, and they’re beyond memorable.
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(NBC)
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Long before he was bringing us movies like ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin,’ Judd Apatow tried his hand at TV, and we should all be very glad he did. The result was a hilarious (and short-lived) look at 1970’s suburbia, through the eyes of a brother, sister (Linda Cardellini and John Francis Daley) and their respective groups of friends as they try to get through high school day by day. And with a cast that boasts youthful versions of Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel and Michelle Williams’ BFF Busy Phillips, it’s like a training camp for Hollywood’s future A-List.
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(NBC)
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Any child of the 1990’s most likely associates their adolescence to this NBC gem. Carrying around one of those old, clunky and gigantic cell phones? It’s almost immediately related to the big grey brick that belonged to scheming “preppy” Zach Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselar). Any time someone screams “I’m so excited!!!” and it’s almost always followed-up with “I’m so scaaaaaared,” it’s based on Jessie Spano’s (Elizabeth Berkley) unfortunate (-ly hilarious?) caffiene pill incident, and the mere utterance of the words “Kelly Kapowski” is enough to bring pangs of nostalgia to anyone born before 2000. That’s the mark of a real cultural icon right there.
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(The WB)
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Katie Holmes wasn’t always just Mrs.Scientology
Tom Cruise. Nope, in the 1990’s she was Joey Potter, bookish yet
beautiful best friend of Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), aspiring
film maker and possessor of epically flowing blonde locks. They shared
beds, used big words, broke boundaries, and most of all, brought Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want to Wait”
into our lives forever. And as supporting characters Jen Lindley and
Pacey Witter, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson prodivded just the
right amount of damage and love triangles to the equation.
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‘My So-Called Life’
.(ABC)
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Before there was Rachel Berry, before there was Blair Waldorf, there was Angela Chase. Chase (Claire Danes) was a 1990’s everygirl, going through the pitfalls of puberty on a televised scale. She shed her bookish beginnings in episode one, and spent the (short-lived) series trying to find her niche between babydoll dress-wearing bad girl and do-the-right-thing ideal. And with a cast including an alcoholic manic-pixie, a nerd-alert neighbor, a bi-sexual Puerto Rican, a plaid-loving dyslexic object of her affection (played by a young Jared Leto), and two of the best TV parents around, ‘My So-Called Life’ is well worth your time.
.
‘Glee’
.(FOX)
.
It’s hard to think of a television show that embodies the “Island of Misfit Toys” sentimentality quite like ‘Glee,’ the story of a group of unlikely cohorts struggling to keep themselves from getting beaten up and covered in slushie. In that order. While the first season was all about bucking the “it” crowd, ‘Glee’ has since moved into heavier territory, tackling issues such as teenage pregnancy, sexuality, bullying, and more. And with weekly songlists that feature what’s essentially a Top 40 playlist, the ‘Glee’ soundtracks serve as time capsule mixtapes for future generations.
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‘Friday Night Lights’
.(NBC)
.
Hey Y’all. This beloved NBC cult favorite is inarguably one of the most realistic portrayals of high school on television (we’re willing to forget about Season two’s unfortunate murder subplot). With characters like popular cheerleader Lyla (Minka Kelly), star quarterback Jason (Scott Porter), lovable underdog Matt (Zach Gilford), wrong-side-of-the-tracks-gal Tyra (Adrianne Palicki), dreamboat bad boy (Taylor Kitsch), teacher’s pet Julie (Aimee Teegarden), and rock-solid husband and wife pair Eric and Tami (Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton), the cast covered all grounds of a high school’s population. Football was merely a minor player in this drama (see what we did there?) – this show was all about the heart and souls of the characters, and they’re beyond memorable.
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‘Freaks and Geeks’
.(NBC)
.
Long before he was bringing us movies like ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin,’ Judd Apatow tried his hand at TV, and we should all be very glad he did. The result was a hilarious (and short-lived) look at 1970’s suburbia, through the eyes of a brother, sister (Linda Cardellini and John Francis Daley) and their respective groups of friends as they try to get through high school day by day. And with a cast that boasts youthful versions of Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel and Michelle Williams’ BFF Busy Phillips, it’s like a training camp for Hollywood’s future A-List.
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‘Saved By The Bell’
.(NBC)
.
Any child of the 1990’s most likely associates their adolescence to this NBC gem. Carrying around one of those old, clunky and gigantic cell phones? It’s almost immediately related to the big grey brick that belonged to scheming “preppy” Zach Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselar). Any time someone screams “I’m so excited!!!” and it’s almost always followed-up with “I’m so scaaaaaared,” it’s based on Jessie Spano’s (Elizabeth Berkley) unfortunate (-ly hilarious?) caffiene pill incident, and the mere utterance of the words “Kelly Kapowski” is enough to bring pangs of nostalgia to anyone born before 2000. That’s the mark of a real cultural icon right there.
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‘Dawson’s Creek’
.(The WB)
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Katie Holmes wasn’t always just Mrs.
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