The Teen Shows That Defined The 2000s, Ranked

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The Teen Shows That Defined The 2000s, Ranked
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Television shows often define a generation — these were the ones that defined the millennium.

If you grew up in the 2000s — and by “grew up,” we mean got braces, had your first pimple, and learned to drive a car — then you were hella spoiled when it came to good television.

While critics continuously rave that the era of prestige TV of the 2020s is the best television , we beg to differ. It's true that shows with insane budgets and that is fantastic, but there's a certain charm to the cheesy-as-hell and wickedly unrealistic television series of our youth. And with the growingand revisiting the shows that raised up, we had to look back on our faves. The most iconic of theand also were born because of it.

But rather than just collect a list of all of those shows, we took things a step further andthem for you. And you can trust our expertise: we were once teens with extremely great style, and a wildly interesting high school experience. So we feel more than qualified to give you the entire recent history of these teen dramas, ranked from the least definitive of the 2000s to the most.

We'll touch on the timeless themes of spiteful townies versus jaded rich kids, exaggerated awkward moments in puberty, bad boys charming daddy's girls, ultimate heartbreaks, and more. But first, a word. The biggest and most damning conclusion we had while ranking the pettiest, most delicious 2000s teen sagas was that the era was overflowing with white, horny teenagers.

And still, in 2026, we still don't have enough depictions of horny kids fromAmazon Prime Video has done the unthinkable and is expanding the Elle Woods universe. The first teaser trailer for Elle, the prequel to Legally Blonde, hasWe are heading to the cottage for Heated Rivalry Season 2. The HBO Max smash hit was renewed for a second season after becoming extremely popular, with ConBefore Heated Rivalry, there was Off Campus.

The YA book is also centred around ice hockey and steamy scenes, but was released in 2015. Fans have been gunnChloe Cherry is “extremely tired” of being asked about sex work. But it’s hard to get around the topic when it’s a focal point of Euphoria Season 3Every time someone asks me for a show to watch, I instantly suggest the Tubi original series, Big Mood. An underrated gem!

When I discovered Big Mood, I feEdith Lynch is 46 with no cardiac history when she comes in by ambulance in the penultimate episode of The Pitt’s second season. The male EMS workersThe first time I interviewed Erika Alexander, it was on a red carpet. The Living Single star who gave us Maxine Shaw , one of the definingThere are certain pop culture moments from my most formative years that are forever embedded in my brain.

The periodic table? Gone. Times tables? Only a feIt’s been a rough few days for fans of The Pitt.

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