Wow, despite all these half ideas floating around in the back of my mind, time seems to have gotten away from me and it’s been …
Parallel Narratives, an Echo of Teen Drama Past
TV teen drama
Canadian Boom: YTV Teens at the Turn of the Century
For many, the concept of Canadian Teen Television is completely wrapped up in that decades old stalwart Degrassi. Through many renamings, revivals, and recastings, it …
To Hell With Lazy Stereotypes!
Of all teen television shows that have graced the small screen, Friday Night Lights is special. There are so many little things that set it …
Wait for your Happily Ever After moment
Teen television is often contradictory in its message. In particular, when romance is involved, shows about young people tend to endorse the idealized “happily ever …
Adaptation: Fantasy Lifestyle From Page to Screen
Teen television is one of my favourite genres. It is a niche of TV storytelling I find fascinating and rich and one I persistently return …
Super Secrets
Lately I seem to be watching a lot of supernatural teen drama. This particular niche of genre cross-overs features teen characters who are somehow supernaturally …
An Ocean Apart
Every review I try to write about a British teen TV show seems to inevitably come back to the things British series do (or do …
A Season Too Far
Single season series like My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks are often described as having been cancelled prematurely, before their time. Granted, both proved to be …
Talking Pregnant… Again!
I feel like I keep coming back to television’s depictions of teen pregnancy over and over again. It is a narrative that seriously shows up …
Short, Sweet, and Square
It’s the kind of show you can’t find on TV, but through the magic of the internet and a bourgeoning genre of scripted, serial Youtube series, it …