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- ABC Family
- Jul 8, 2008
- ABC Family
- Jul 8, 2008
Summary An ABC Family original series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager centers on the topic of teen pregnancy. Band geek Amy discovers that she's pregnant after a one-night stand with Ricky Underwood, the school's player. Meanwhile, devout Christian cheerleader Grace promises abstinence to her parents.
Created By: Brenda Hampton
- ABC Family
- Jul 8, 2008
- ABC Family
- Jul 8, 2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Season 1
5 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jul 8, 2008
48
4.1
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Summary An ABC Family original series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager centers on the topic of teen pregnancy. Band geek Amy discovers that she's pregnant after a one-night stand with Ricky Underwood, the school's player. Meanwhile, devout Christian cheerleader Grace promises abstinence to her parents.
Created By: Brenda Hampton
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
27% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
40% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
27% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
40% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Secret Life feels a lot more authentic than many teen dramas.
As entertainment, the pilot is a most impressive work of economic and focused storytelling.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
4.1
37% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
11% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
53% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
4.1
37% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
11% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
53% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
At first I really liked the show, just because it was from ABC and all of my friends liked it. But now, I have realized what a stupid show it really is. In just one conversation, all they really talk about is sex. My friends still like it, and they are always asking me what season I'm on, and I just say that it's a dumb show and does not have anything to do with a real high school life. They brag to each other about where they are in the seasons, it is so annoying! Kids should not be watching shows like this.
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SEASON 1
It's far more realistic in scope and situations than "Gossip Girl," but there's such an earnestness and one-dimensionality to the characters that they seem a lot less believable.
From the tramp to the Christians, everyone but Amy feels more like a type than a genuine character. Although a degree of shorthand is to be forgiven, these characters are caricatures at best as the series careens all over the place.
ABC Family means well but could not have done worse. Secret Life doesn’t take the fun out of teenage pregnancy, it takes the fun out of television.
Campily depicting high school as a den of sluts and predators, Secret achieves the noble goal of making sex thoroughly unsexy.
Nothing about it feels original or even especially timely, and it certainly doesn't reveal any great secrets about society.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
i've watched it since the start and at first it was really good but it gets cheesier and cheesier. the actors are so HORRIBLE except for about four people like shailene and molly of course and a lot of the story line is just.... awkward so maybe they cast would be better in a dif project but still. even with all of this... i'm strangely addicted and they def know how to keep you hooked. but i'm seriously am only watching it to watch amy and ricky's love story... i fast forward through all the rest of the classmates' dramas because it's seriously tacky and fake and just horrible acting. it's not completely awful but it's not a work of art
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SEASON 1
I have to start by saying that the reason for such a low score is not the ridiculous plot, but instead, the acting. No one in this show can act to save their life, and everyone speaks in a monotone and sounds completely rehearsed, therefore the show loses all believability before I even watch the rest of the episode. Even though I suffered through a few episodes to get the feel of the show I don't recommend anyone else does the same.
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SEASON 1
I try not to watch this show because I turned it on and counted over 50 times that they said "sex" "abstinence" or made some other blatant sexual reference in one episode "Ashley, are you going to have sex?" "I'm not going to have sex. And if i was going to have sex i wouldn't tell you about sex" "Sex is something you should talk about. sex...." blah blah blah. Oh please, realistic this show isn't
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