YA (Young Adult) & Teenage Shows
a list of high school/young adult tv shows for youths based in high school or college
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- CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsTwo childhood best friends, Dawson and Joey, go through different stages of adolescence together. Their friendship is later tested when they both start a relationship with different people.
- CreatorJamie BrittainBryan ElsleyStarsKaya ScodelarioNicholas HoultJoe DempsieThe story of a group of British teens who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness despite questionable parenting and teachers who would rather be friends (and lovers) than authority figures.
- CreatorKit HoodYan MooreLinda SchuylerStarsStefan BrogrenAislinn PaulMelinda ShankarThe lives of the kids at Degrassi Community School dealing with the serious and sometimes taboo issues that plague teenagers.
- CreatorDarren StarJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsShenae Grimes-BeechTristan Mack WildsAnnaLynne McCordA Kansas family relocates to Beverly Hills, where their two children adapt to the infamous social drama of West Beverly Hills High.
- CreatorLizzy WeissStarsKatie LeclercVanessa MaranoConstance MarieTwo teenage girls' lives are turned upside down when they find out they were switched at birth.
- CreatorLauren IungerichStarsAshley RickardsBeau MirchoffJillian Rose ReedAn unpopular 15-year-old gains immediate, yet unwanted, popularity at her high school when the student body mistakes an accident she has for a suicide attempt.
- CreatorJosh SchwartzStarsMischa BartonAdam BrodyPeter GallagherA troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.
- CreatorStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterPenn BadgleyPrivileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.
- CreatorMark SchwahnStarsChad Michael MurrayJames LaffertyHilarie Burton MorganHalf-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina.
- CreatorJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsSean FarisJon FosterChristopher LowellSee life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women.
- CreatorRoberto Aguirre-SacasaStarsLili ReinhartCamila MendesCole SprouseWhile navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries.
- CreatorI. Marlene KingStarsTroian BellisarioAshley BensonLucy HaleFour friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
- CreatorJeff DavisStarsTyler PoseyHolland RodenDylan O'BrienAn average high school student and his best friend get caught up in some trouble causing him to receive a werewolf bite. As a result they find themselves in the middle of all sorts of dramas in Beacon Hills.
- CreatorLinda SchuylerYan MooreStarsNa'ku'set GouldAmanda ArcuriSara WaisglassDegrassi: Next Class follows the lives of the students from Degrassi Community School, a fictional high school in Toronto.
- StarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonFollows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsNathan Stewart-JarrettJoe GilgunIwan RheonA group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.
- CreatorMark BrazillBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsTopher GraceLaura PreponMila KunisA comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.
- CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsLea MicheleJane LynchMatthew MorrisonA group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.
- CreatorDarren StarStarsJason PriestleyShannen DohertyLuke PerryA group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
- CreatorLinda SchuylerKit HoodStarsPat MastroianniStefan BrogrenMaureen DeiseachThe lives and trials of students of a city high school.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsSarah Michelle GellarNicholas BrendonAlyson HanniganA young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
- CreatorMichael JacobsApril KellyStarsBen SavageRider StrongWilliam DanielsAn adolescent with two siblings tests his various theories about life as he endures the trials of growing up alongside a good friend.
- CreatorBrenda HamptonStarsShailene WoodleyMolly RingwaldIndia Eisley15 year old Amy ends up pregnant after one night at band camp, throwing her whole life upside down. It doesn't help that she's now going to school with that guy.
- CreatorBradley BredewegPeter PaigeStarsTeri PoloSherri SaumHayden ByerlyTeenager Callie Jacob is placed in a foster home with a lesbian couple and their blend of biological, adoptive, and foster children.
- CreatorAmy HarrisStarsAnnaSophia RobbAustin ButlerEllen WongCarrie Bradshaw is in her junior year of high school in the early 1980s. She asks her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while navigating the worlds of high school and Manhattan.