Teen dramas aren't just for teens anymore. In 2022, "Euphoria" became HBO's second most-watched series ever, and season 3 of Mindy Kaling's comedy-drama "Never Have I Ever" continued to attract a massive audience of viewers of all ages. The genre simply continues to expand, to the delight of its many fans.
Perhaps teen dramas persist because becoming an adult is a universally complex stage of life. In her book "Teen TV," Dr. Stefania Marghitu writes, "Certain narrative elements present themselves in nearly every teen series: the protagonist feels alienated from the adolescent world she is on the threshold of entering. This conflict is intertwined with a passionate story of first love and new discoveries during the transition from child to adult." Even for viewers who are no longer teens, the thrills, pains, and misunderstandings of youth aren't too difficult to remember.
Some of the best teen dramas on TV are the...
Perhaps teen dramas persist because becoming an adult is a universally complex stage of life. In her book "Teen TV," Dr. Stefania Marghitu writes, "Certain narrative elements present themselves in nearly every teen series: the protagonist feels alienated from the adolescent world she is on the threshold of entering. This conflict is intertwined with a passionate story of first love and new discoveries during the transition from child to adult." Even for viewers who are no longer teens, the thrills, pains, and misunderstandings of youth aren't too difficult to remember.
Some of the best teen dramas on TV are the...
- 1/22/2023
- by Allison McClain Merrill
- Slash Film
Hallmark bows 'Watch With Me'
NEW YORK -- Hallmark Channel on Tuesday unveiled a new public-affairs initiative that will promote family viewing of the types of shows that a new study finds to be in short supply on TV.
The "Watch With Me" campaign will start in May in Washington and will have on-air, online and in-school components. It's being paired with another campaign, "Read With Me", that encourages children to read classic literature that has been adapted for Hallmark Channel such as "Moby Dick" and "Troy".
Hallmark Channel also announced new movies, including "You've Got a Friend" starring John Schneider to premiere June 9; "Claire", featuring a widow (Valerie Bertinelli) who uses her psychic powers to protect her family from a killer; "Son of the Dragon", a three-hour movie starring David Carradine and Rupert Graves that premieres Sept. 1; and "Love's Unfolding Dream", starring Scout Taylor Compton and Patrick Levis about a medical student who must choose between love and career.
The network also will have another episode of the "Murder 101" series titled "If Wishes Were Horses" starring Dick Van Dyke and a December premiere of a holiday movie titled "A Reason to Believe", for which casting has not yet been announced.
The "Watch With Me" campaign will start in May in Washington and will have on-air, online and in-school components. It's being paired with another campaign, "Read With Me", that encourages children to read classic literature that has been adapted for Hallmark Channel such as "Moby Dick" and "Troy".
Hallmark Channel also announced new movies, including "You've Got a Friend" starring John Schneider to premiere June 9; "Claire", featuring a widow (Valerie Bertinelli) who uses her psychic powers to protect her family from a killer; "Son of the Dragon", a three-hour movie starring David Carradine and Rupert Graves that premieres Sept. 1; and "Love's Unfolding Dream", starring Scout Taylor Compton and Patrick Levis about a medical student who must choose between love and career.
The network also will have another episode of the "Murder 101" series titled "If Wishes Were Horses" starring Dick Van Dyke and a December premiere of a holiday movie titled "A Reason to Believe", for which casting has not yet been announced.
- 3/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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