The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)

AlphaXi_Husky · #1 07-02-2008, 09:57 AM

Did anyone watch this last night? I thought it looked kind of interesting (and I thought - hey, ABC Family has "Greek" so maybe I'll like this show too), but I was pretty shocked about how EVERYTHING in the show revolved around sex. Please tell me this is an over-exaggeration of current-day high school life - because I do not remember high school like that.

Kappamd · #2 07-02-2008, 11:01 AM

UM, I was completely SHOCKED when I watched this show last night. And on ABC Fam!

I thought the show was kinda lame overall though.

Mz_Doc · #3 07-02-2008, 11:51 AM

Yea, I thought it was going to be better but it was rather lame and contrived. I felt like I could predict half the conversation before they said it.

I didn't like how much they revolved around the whole sex and "I'm a Christian" theme...it was just too much!

TrueBlueKappa · #4 07-02-2008, 02:01 PM

As soon as the previews announced, "from the creators of 7th Heaven", I knew to stay far, far away from this show!

tld221 · #5 07-02-2008, 05:59 PM

it looked lame from the beginning. and i honestly dont think that Molly Ringwald got that old to play a mom. maybe someone's aunt or older sister, but she doesnt scream Mom to me.

and i didnt realize that it was a series versus a made-for-TV movie. i dont wanna watch some girl get pregnant and learn life lessons before her time. i would much rather see a series about some girl contracting some STI and dealing with it than a baby. not to make light of the epidemic, but teens deal with getting pregnant all the time. i wanna see a girl fall from the social ladder with a fugly herpes sore on her lip.

maybe thats not the kind of family ABC is going for though. sigh.

ETA: and hey, i liked 7th Heaven!

#6 07-05-2008, 11:36 PM

MOlly Ringwald is in her early 40s....scary enough as i am 39 and i see her now and feel very old

SHEETCAKE · #7 07-06-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueBlueKappa

As soon as the previews announced, "from the creators of 7th Heaven", I knew to stay far, far away from this show!

KDAngel · #8 07-07-2008, 03:32 PM

Lame. I had high hopes for this show, but it was too over the top.

RaggedyAnn · #9 07-07-2008, 04:00 PM

Watched it today. Bo-o-oring.

WVU alpha phi · #10 07-09-2008, 03:21 PM

I've watched the first two episodes and I'm undecided on how I feel. Of all the sexually active people I knew in high school, I never once heard or participated in a conversation like anything on the show. And the creepy stalker who LOVES "his Amy" after one school dance? I know high schoolers say I love you after a few weeks sometime, but come on, thats over the top.

SoCalGirl · #11 07-09-2008, 03:27 PM

I tried to watch for about five minutes. It was awful.

sunnyhibiscus · #12 07-13-2008, 01:04 AM

I'll have to catch it next time.

BTW, Molly Ringwald did play Molly's mom in the Molly movie a couple of years ago.

honeychile · #13 03-22-2010, 11:47 PM

Okay, I admit that it's a guilty pleasure of mine. It's actually the closest thing to network television that I watch (except the Who Do You Think You Are? show, which just started).

There was a wedding on the show tonight, and the girl/woman who plays Madison, Renee Olstead sang at the wedding. My word, does she have a voice! This isn't the exact clip from the show but she's been singing like this since she was 15: Someone To Watch Over Me.

Here's one from when she WAS 15: What a Wonderful World . I think I've become a fan!

DaffyKD · #14 03-23-2010, 02:07 AM

The show is taped at my high school. Love that the lettermen's jackets have the G for Grant and they did not change the awful colors--- brown and orange.

DaffyKD