Why read Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek?

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

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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.

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Why read it?

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

Lisabeth Posthuma

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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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From Lisabeth's 3 favorite reads in 2023.