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1998
TV-PG
WB

1998
TV-PG
WB

Summary It's the end of something simple. And the beginning of everything else. Set in the fictional town of Capeside, MA, Dawson's Creek is the coming of age story of four friends on the verge of adulthood. Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are life long friends, whose lives start to rapidly change when a new girl, Jen, moves in next door to Dawson Lee...

Created By: Kevin Williamson

1998
TV-PG
WB

1998
TV-PG
WB

Dawson's Creek

6 Seasons

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 20, 1998

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

62

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 60 User Ratings

7.4

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Summary It's the end of something simple. And the beginning of everything else. Set in the fictional town of Capeside, MA, Dawson's Creek is the coming of age story of four friends on the verge of adulthood. Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are life long friends, whose lives start to rapidly change when a new girl, Jen, moves in next door to Dawson Lee...

Created By: Kevin Williamson

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13 Episodes • 1998

22 Episodes • 1998

23 Episodes • 1999

23 Episodes • 2000

23 Episodes • 2001

24 Episodes • 2002

6 Seasons

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

55% Positive
11 Reviews

45% Mixed
9 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

55% Positive
11 Reviews

45% Mixed
9 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Kansas City Star

May 9, 2022

Smartly written and utterly fantastic. [20 Jan 1998, p.E10]

By Aaron Barnhart FULL REVIEW

May 9, 2022

It’s an accomplished pilot with tons of promise that introduces so much that it doesn’t have time to reveal many retrograde or complacent attitudes (not to mention fashions).

By Brandon Nowalk FULL REVIEW

Chicago Tribune

May 9, 2022

It's a good drama, one filled with an enjoyable, watchable cast, lovely and textured writing, and catchy original and previously recorded alternative music. [20 Jan 1998, p.3]

By Allan Johnson FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

May 9, 2022

Dawson's Creek also shines with some terrific performances that illuminate honest attempts to get at the true nature of decent contemporary kids. It's worth a look. [20 Jan 1998, p.67]

By Eric Mink FULL REVIEW

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

May 9, 2022

It would be a lot easier to like the kids from Dawson's Creek if they'd just put a sock in it now and then. [20 Jan 1998, p.C8]

By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW

May 9, 2022

It's basically an oversimplified, teeny-bopper version of nighttime soap operas like "Knots Landing" and "Falcon Crest." [20 Jan 1998, p.C1]

By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

May 9, 2022

Dawson's Creek is "My So-Called Sex Life," a hyperventilating soap that finds hit-making horror scribe Kevin Williamson pigeonholing the adolescent experience as a Freudian misadventure of boiling libidos and roaring psychobabble.

By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 60 User Ratings

68% Positive
41 Ratings

25% Mixed
15 Ratings

7% Negative
4 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 60 User Ratings

68% Positive
41 Ratings

25% Mixed
15 Ratings

7% Negative
4 Ratings

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Details

Production Company:

Outerbanks Entertainment
Columbia TriStar Television
Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
Sony Pictures Television
Granville Productions
Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Initial Release Date: Jan 20, 1998

Number of seasons: 6 Seasons

Rating: TV-PG

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Awards

Teen Choice Awards

• 5 Wins & 21 Nominations

Online Film & Television Association

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

GLAAD Media Awards

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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