
This week's New York Magazine has declared Gossip Girl to be the best teen drama of all time. (The magazine's cover went even further with its proclamation: "Best. Show. Ever.") Really, now? I love the show — but is it better than, say, My So-Called Life or Dawson's Creek?
I'm putting the question you, dear readers. The restrictions: Nothing from a decade when most of us weren't alive, no matter how groundbreaking (sorry, Peyton Place); nothing that was nominated for awards in the comedy category (see ya, Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years); and nothing where the majority of the action took place in college (no Greek or Felicity). Got it? Now vote!


















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Beverly Hills 90210!!!!!!
I loved that show, from the series premiere when I was in the 7th grade to the series finale when I was a senior in college.
Party of Five and Dawson's Creek are my runners-up.
1buffy definitely
2Personally, I don't think FNL fits into this category.
3My So-Called Life for accuracy on teenage life and Dawson's Creek for unreal reality.
4My So-Called Life was hands down the best teenage drama because it was real which is more than i can say about 90210 or buffy.
5Hands down, it's gossip girl..
690210 is the best. I mean it was on for 10 years, is still running two times a day on Soap Net, and has a new spin off coming out. Nothing can ever beat the Donna Virgin story or the Brenda/Dillon/Kelly love triangle. Still totally classic
7Buffy!
8FELICITY, hands down!
9Yes! definitely Felicity!
1090210. c'mon now.
11Freaks and Geeks is my absolute favorite
1290210! How is this even a contest!? Ok, I admit I haven't actually seen any of the other shows in the poll, but I don't have to have seen them to know that 90210 is the best. Ever.
13Dawson was my 2nd fav, so I voted for it. But my absolute favorite teen drama was Roswell! It was totally sexy sci-fi.
1490210!!!! And then My So Called Life.
15My So Called Life then 90210 but if I had no restrictions I'd say
1. My So Called Life
162. Freaks and Geeks
3. 90210
4. Saved By The Bell
5. The O.C.
90210
1790210
90210
i couldn't pick between veronica mars and the OC
18i wasn't around during 90210 lol
but i do love buffy
I can't really choose between 90210, Dawson's, and Buffy. They all have a special place in my heart. Veronica Mars if it would have been on longer.
19My So-Called Life definitely wins out. no contest.
20Buffy! BUFFY BUFFY BUFFY!!!
Runner up: MSCL
21i love gossip girl, plus it's the only one on the list that i've ever seen! lol.
22I would have chosen MSCL but since it only had one season (damn you ABC) I chose BH 90210.
23Gossip Girl is NOT the BEST. SHOW. EVER.
I went for 90210. My So-Called Life is a very close 2nd.
24What's the deal with all the My So Called Life fans? It ran for less than 20 episodes! It didn't get to explore all of its possibilities like the other selections.
25I votes OC, but where is GILMORE GIRLS??
26It was so hard to choose between 90210 and MSCL. I mean, MSCL just totally captured the ridiculous angsty-ness of teenagers so well.
27Come on! How could Freaks and Geeks not make the list??
28Law and Order: SVU
29Freaks and Geeks is a comedy.
30Even though it's not my true opinion, I voted for FNL since it's so underrated. I think 90210 is classic. It will live in syndication forever.
31FNL in my opinion.
32Veronica Mars! i loved 90210, but the actors never seemed like they could possibly be in high school, where as the Veronica Mars (even though she was older she looked younger) people seemed about the right age.
33I'd say 90210 even though it was really good for 4 seasons. After that it went downhill as they were more trying to be a young Melrose Place than a show were teenagers can relate.
Buffy was also very good!
34I miss VMars.. =(
35vmars and fnl for quality. dawsons creek for good drama but worse writing than the others.
36why'd you have to make it so tough?! chose veronica mars, but i adore buffy, gossip girl, and my so-called life and i couldn't choose all of them =(
37where is one tree hill!??!? ahhh
38Tough choice between Buffy and My So-Called Life. Dawson's Creek is up there in second...and I agree with ryanrachelfan Gilmore Girls should be there too!
39Everwood was the only one I ever cared for. First season = pretty awesome.
4090210 for sure. Followed closely by The OC and Gossip Girl!
4190210, but I have to say that Degrassi (all of them Jr high, High and Next Generation)is the Best Teen Drama. After all Spelling got the idea for 90210 from Degrassi.
42BEV, The OC, Gossip Girl, My so called life, and dawson's!!!
43Y'all made me choose between Buffy and My So-Called Life?
I went with MSCL simply because it was so awesome and gone too soon. (Although the generation gap on Sugar is killing me. I cannot believe there are so many votes for the freaking OC. If y'all will excuse me, I'll be over here with my Geritol and a 500 piece puzzle, yelling at the kids to get off my lawn.)
44I picked Buffy. It was the only teen drama that I could actually stomach, since it was a sci-fi/fantasy show that used monsters metaphorically as 'teen problems'.
45Buffy!
KellyO --- I totally agree. Haha! Gossip Girl and the OC are completely foreign to me...
46i love all of them but,i voted for Buffy, it never get old
47What about One Tree Hill !?!
48
Kelly O! I feel ya!
49Definitely Buffy. Veronica Mars and My So-Called Life are close behind though.
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