61 Best Teen TV Shows
61 Nostalgic Teen Shows to Watch Over and Over Again
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To the folks who first thought up the idea that a true-crime satire would work as a teen show, we salute you. Netflix's short-lived "American Vandal" skewers tropes of intrepid teen detectives and true crime investigations with a silly premise that nonetheless makes way for nuanced and realistic portrayals of teenage life. The title refers to the "crime" our heroes are investigating in the first season: over two dozen cars, all belonging to teachers, being vandalized with spray-painted obscene graffiti. Despite the necessary heightened tone of this kind of satire, it's also a show that catches all the little details of high school life, from the archetypes we all remember to the stress of trying to keep up with unwritten "rules" of the teenage hierarchy.