Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek

By Thea Glassman,

Book cover of Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television

Book description

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life, Dawson's Creek, Freaks and Geeks, The O.C., Friday Night Lights, and Glee) that shaped the course of modern television and our pop cultural landscape forever.

The modern television landscape is defined by influential and…


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1 author picked Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Why did you love this book: In one of life’s strange twists of fate, in 2004 I was lucky enough to attend the season one cast party for The O.C. (I’ve got a picture with Ryan Atwood to prove it!)

A superfan of this show and many like it, I knew from the moment I saw the title of this book that I would be the target demographic, and if you love Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life, Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek, The O.C., Friday Night Lights, or Glee then, trust me, you are, too.

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