61 Best Teen TV Shows
61 Nostalgic Teen Shows to Watch Over and Over Again
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Even though "Gilmore Girls" splits its focus evenly between teenage Rory and her thirty-something mother Lorelai, it still bears a lot of the hallmarks of a classic teen show. Surrounded by the quirkiest small town in New England, the Gilmores deal with all the curveballs life throws their ways — and there are a lot of them! The show's first three seasons are set during Rory's high school years, and there's everything you would expect: school social politics, college applications, first (and second) loves, and friendships tested. In later seasons, Rory in particular begins to make more bad decisions that make her harder to like than when she was just a super-smart, kindhearted overachiever. In some ways, though, it also makes it feel more real — who among us doesn't regret some impulsive choices we made in our late teens and early twenties?