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What Is the Best Teen TV Drama of All Time?

Mon, 04/21/2008 - 4:30pm by BuzzSugar
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This week's New York Magazine has declared Gossip Girl to be the best teen drama of all time. (The magazine's cover went even further with its proclamation: "Best. Show. Ever.") Really, now? I love the show — but is it better than, say, My So-Called Life or Dawson's Creek?

I'm putting the question you, dear readers. The restrictions: Nothing from a decade when most of us weren't alive, no matter how groundbreaking (sorry, Peyton Place); nothing that was nominated for awards in the comedy category (see ya, Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years); and nothing where the majority of the action took place in college (no Greek or Felicity). Got it? Now vote!

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  • emalove's picture
    emalove
    1

    Beverly Hills 90210!!!!!!

    I loved that show, from the series premiere when I was in the 7th grade to the series finale when I was a senior in college.

    Party of Five and Dawson's Creek are my runners-up.

    24 weeks 12 hours ago Report Comment
  • penguins268's picture
    penguins268
    4

    My So-Called Life for accuracy on teenage life and Dawson's Creek for unreal reality.

    24 weeks 11 hours ago Report Comment
  • mswender's picture
    mswender
    5

    My So-Called Life was hands down the best teenage drama because it was real which is more than i can say about 90210 or buffy.

    24 weeks 11 hours ago Report Comment
  • bratty3000's picture
    bratty3000
    7

    90210 is the best. I mean it was on for 10 years, is still running two times a day on Soap Net, and has a new spin off coming out. Nothing can ever beat the Donna Virgin story or the Brenda/Dillon/Kelly love triangle. Still totally classic

    24 weeks 11 hours ago Report Comment
  • jennifer76's picture
    jennifer76
    13

    90210! How is this even a contest!? Ok, I admit I haven't actually seen any of the other shows in the poll, but I don't have to have seen them to know that 90210 is the best. Ever. Laughing out loud

    24 weeks 10 hours ago Report Comment
  • rickimc's picture
    rickimc
    14

    Dawson was my 2nd fav, so I voted for it. But my absolute favorite teen drama was Roswell! It was totally sexy sci-fi.

    24 weeks 10 hours ago Report Comment
  • jennjennnbubba's picture
    jennjennnbubba
    16

    My So Called Life then 90210 but if I had no restrictions I'd say

    1. My So Called Life
    2. Freaks and Geeks
    3. 90210
    4. Saved By The Bell
    5. The O.C.

    24 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • I-WaNnA-bE-lOvEd's picture
    I-WaNnA-bE-lOvEd
    18

    i couldn't pick between veronica mars and the OC
    i wasn't around during 90210 lol
    but i do love buffy

    24 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • pargie's picture
    pargie
    19

    I can't really choose between 90210, Dawson's, and Buffy. They all have a special place in my heart. Veronica Mars if it would have been on longer.

    24 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • crazylovevbug's picture
    crazylovevbug
    22

    i love gossip girl, plus it's the only one on the list that i've ever seen! lol.

    24 weeks 8 hours ago Report Comment
  • MissMarisol's picture
    MissMarisol
    23

    I would have chosen MSCL but since it only had one season (damn you ABC) I chose BH 90210.

    24 weeks 8 hours ago Report Comment
  • mamaseacat's picture
    mamaseacat
    24

    Gossip Girl is NOT the BEST. SHOW. EVER.

    I went for 90210. My So-Called Life is a very close 2nd.

    24 weeks 8 hours ago Report Comment
  • DCStar's picture
    DCStar
    25

    What's the deal with all the My So Called Life fans? It ran for less than 20 episodes! It didn't get to explore all of its possibilities like the other selections.

    24 weeks 8 hours ago Report Comment
  • tlsgirl's picture
    tlsgirl
    27

    It was so hard to choose between 90210 and MSCL. I mean, MSCL just totally captured the ridiculous angsty-ness of teenagers so well.

    24 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • nomerz's picture
    nomerz
    31

    Even though it's not my true opinion, I voted for FNL since it's so underrated. I think 90210 is classic. It will live in syndication forever.

    24 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • tdamji's picture
    tdamji
    33

    Veronica Mars! i loved 90210, but the actors never seemed like they could possibly be in high school, where as the Veronica Mars (even though she was older she looked younger) people seemed about the right age.

    24 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • Juicylemon's picture
    Juicylemon
    34

    I'd say 90210 even though it was really good for 4 seasons. After that it went downhill as they were more trying to be a young Melrose Place than a show were teenagers can relate.

    Buffy was also very good!

    24 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • em113's picture
    em113
    36

    vmars and fnl for quality. dawsons creek for good drama but worse writing than the others.

    24 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • piksie007's picture
    piksie007
    37

    why'd you have to make it so tough?! chose veronica mars, but i adore buffy, gossip girl, and my so-called life and i couldn't choose all of them =(

    24 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • lovelystate's picture
    lovelystate
    39

    Tough choice between Buffy and My So-Called Life. Dawson's Creek is up there in second...and I agree with ryanrachelfan Gilmore Girls should be there too!

    24 weeks 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • JaeB's picture
    JaeB
    40

    Everwood was the only one I ever cared for. First season = pretty awesome.

    24 weeks 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • KWM's picture
    KWM
    41

    90210 for sure. Followed closely by The OC and Gossip Girl!

    24 weeks 4 hours ago Report Comment
  • azulsky's picture
    azulsky
    42

    90210, but I have to say that Degrassi (all of them Jr high, High and Next Generation)is the Best Teen Drama. After all Spelling got the idea for 90210 from Degrassi.

    24 weeks 3 hours ago Report Comment
  • elle j's picture
    elle j
    43

    BEV, The OC, Gossip Girl, My so called life, and dawson's!!!

    24 weeks 5 min ago Report Comment
  • Kelly O's picture
    Kelly O
    44

    Y'all made me choose between Buffy and My So-Called Life?

    I went with MSCL simply because it was so awesome and gone too soon. (Although the generation gap on Sugar is killing me. I cannot believe there are so many votes for the freaking OC. If y'all will excuse me, I'll be over here with my Geritol and a 500 piece puzzle, yelling at the kids to get off my lawn.)

    23 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • verily's picture
    verily
    45

    I picked Buffy. It was the only teen drama that I could actually stomach, since it was a sci-fi/fantasy show that used monsters metaphorically as 'teen problems'.

    23 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • steen's picture
    steen
    46

    Buffy!

    KellyO --- I totally agree. Haha! Gossip Girl and the OC are completely foreign to me...

    23 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment