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There are so many TV couples out there who are vastly overrated, especially on teen TV shows which have a tendency to try to make us swoon over some of the most problematic dynamics ever.
Why don’t more TV shows focus on female friendships?
For the past few days I’ve been staying up until damn near three AM to binge watch My So-Called Life. I watched a few episodes years ago when it re-aired on Teen Nick, but I never finished it. So, with the power of streaming and some added wisdom that the years have given me, I finally watched the one and only season of a cult classic that everyone agrees was cancelled way too soon.
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School is out for a few weeks (or you’re home for the holidays), and all of your current favorite TV shows will be on winter hiatus for a little bit, so right now is clearly the perfect time to start (and finish) a new series. Bless that Hulu Plus subscription. Hulu may not have as many original series as Netflix does, but they make up for quantity in quality. Hulu is low-key killing it in their original content department, also nabbing some hidden gems for exclusive streaming rights and amazing British series we otherwise wouldn’t be able to watch in America.
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But, actually, there are plenty of older shows that just couldn’t be made today, even though they were considered controversial in the far more uptight ’60s and ’70s. Hell, there are some shows from the early ’00s that probably wouldn’t be fit to air today due to too much negative attention. Here are 11 of them that, honestly, we’d all be surprised to see on TV today.
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Reader Submission: 7 Lessons I’ve Learned From TV Teens
"I’ve always been told that TV can’t teach anything and that it will rot your brain… but whoever said that never watched teen dramas."
10 Moments From My So-Called Life That Changed My Life
Here’s why My So-Called Life is so formative: It depicted teen angst in a way that felt relatable, not alienating or petty. It wasn’t seen as a mockery like it usually is. It’s so easy to act as if teens’ feelings are just silly and naive, but that’s just not fair. Even now, a few years out of my teens, I can find myself asking the same questions Angela did? Who am I. Why did I say that? Will this person even know that I exist? That’s a part of growing up, and it’s cool that before cryptic Tumblr posts about how sad we are were around, there was a show that showed us how normal those feelings were.
10 '90s TV Characters We Wish Got Together
"When we’re kids we often ship fictional characters without even realizing that we’re shipping them."
Gurl Crush of the Day: Angela Chase. Her, always on point, observations about growing up proved case and point: being a teenager can get messy.