Dawson's Creek is an AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states, one federal district, and fourteen territories. The country is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere: its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico ...American primetimePrime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening.primetime televisionTelevision (often abbreviated to TV, T.V.; sometimes called, telly or the tube in British English) is a widely used telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term may also be used to refer specifically to a television set, programming or television transmission. The word is derived from mixed Latin and Greek roots, meaning "far ...television dramaDrama (Classical Greek ') is a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. It is a Greek word meaning "action", drawn from the (Classical Greek '), "to do". Dramas can be performed in various media: improvisation, live performance, radio, film and-or television - and nowadays web chat. "Closet dramas" are works written in the same form as plays (with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather than ...drama, which first aired from January 20No quick definition available. January 20, 1998Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). The year 1998 was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. .1998, to May 14No quick definition available. May 14, 2003Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 has been designated the: * International Year of Freshwater * European Disability Year * Year of the Sheep in the Chinese Zodiac * Year ...2003, on The WB Television NetworkThe Warner Bros. Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the network's former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), was a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. film studio and Tribune Company on January 11, 1995. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment ...The WB Television Network. The lead production company was Sony Pictures TelevisionSony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT) is an American television production and distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. SPT was previously known as Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television, TriStar Television and Columbia TriStar Television. The name was changed ...Sony Pictures Television. Reruns of the show are currently seen in the US in syndicationIn broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network. It is common in countries where television is organized around networks with local affiliates, notably the United States. In the rest of the world, however, countries have mainly ...syndication on TBSTBS is an American cable TV network that shows sports and variety programming with a focus on comedy. It is currently owned by Time Warner. TBS (which originally stood for Turner Broadcasting System) was originally WTCG, a UHF terrestrial television station owned by media mogul Ted Turner that broadcast from Atlanta, Georgia, during the late 1970s. WTCG reportedly stood for "Watch This Channel Grow" (though the "TCG" officially stood for Turner Communications Group, the forerunner ...TBS and on The NThe N (abbr. for The Nighttime Network For Teens) is a television channel in the United States aimed at teenagers and young adults, running between 6pm and 6am EST (3pm and 3am PST). During the day, the channel is known as Noggin, which is targeted toward pre-schoolers. The channel was founded as Noggin by Viacom and Sesame Workshop, with the latter eventually selling their stake in the company to Viacom. The N has developed and marketed the game Avatar High Initially, The ...The N.

Aimed at a teenagedAdolescence (Latin adolescentia, from adolescere, to grow up) is the period of psychological, social, and physical transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific, manhood or womanhood).teenaged audience, the show is semi-autobiographicalAn autobiography, from the Greek autos, 'self', bios, 'life' and graphein, 'write', is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled "as told to" or "with"). The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English periodical Quarterly Review, but the form is much older. Biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and viewpoints; an autobiography may be based entirely on the writer's memory. A name for such a work in Antiquity was an apology|apologia, ...autobiographical, being based on the small-town childhood of its creator Kevin Williamson:For the British-Canadian theatrical director and actor based in Vancouver, Canada see Kevin Williamson (Vancouver actor). Kevin Meade Williamson (born March 14 1965) is an American screenwriter best known for his screen works of Scream and Dawson's Creek.Kevin Williamson (who also wrote the slasher filmThe slasher film (sometimes referred to as bodycount films and dead teenager movies) is a sub-genre of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer (often wearing a mask) who stalks and graphically murders a series of victims in a random, unprovoked fashion, usually ...slasher film ScreamScream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. The film revitalized the slasher film genre in the mid 1990s, similar to what Halloween (1978) did for the 1970s, by using a standard concept with a tongue-in-cheek approach that ...Scream). The lead character, Dawson LeeryDawson Wade Leery is the fictional lead character on an American primetime television drama called "Dawson's Creek". The character is played by American actor James van der Beek. Dawson's parents are Mitch and Gail Leery, and he has one sister, Lilly, who is 18 years his junior. His best friends are Joey Potter, who he's known since he was a child and is his soulmate, and Pacey Witter. Even though he and Joey did have a serious relationship, they considered themselves soulmates, but on a level which transcended romantic ...Dawson Leery, shares Williamson's interests and background. Filmed in WilmingtonNo quick definition available. Wilmington and Durham, North CarolinaDurham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the seat of Durham County and the home of Duke University. It is also a cornerstone of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina and the fourth-largest city in the state by population. The 2004 Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area population ...Durham, North Carolina, the show was set in a small fictional seaside town called CapesideCapeside is a fictional town in Massachusetts where the television show Dawson's Creek takes place. It is a modest harbor city located along the Atlantic Ocean in a long bay with sparse housing. The separation between homes often requires that residents travel to the city center via car, although Dawson and Joey typically take a boat. Founded in 1815, the town has a population of 35,000 and is located between the cities of Providence and Boston. The actual place of filming was a harbor in ...Capeside and focused on four friends who were in the early part of their SophomoreSophomore is used (especially in the USA) for describing a student in the second year of study (generally referring to high school or university study). Sophomore is used in the music industry (worldwide, but especially in the USA) to describe a group's second album (following a debut album).Sophomore year of high schoolHigh school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education (otherwise known as secondary education). High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of compulsory education takes place.high school when the series began. The program, part of a craze for teen-themed movies and television shows in America in the late 1990s, made stars of its leads and was a defining show for The WBThe Warner Bros. Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the network's former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), was a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. film studio and Tribune Company on January 11, 1995. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment ...The WB. Alessandra StanleyAlessandra Stanley is an American journalist. In 2002 she became the television critic for The New York Times. She was previously co-chief of the paper's Moscow bureauhttp://www.newyo rker.com/archive/content?030616fr_archiv e05. She was also briefly stationed at the Times's Rome bureau.Alessandra Stanley of The New York TimesThe New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. and distributed internationally. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes 15 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. It is the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States. Nicknamed ...The New York Times declared in 2005 that "The WB is turning out to be the television equivalent of the United NationsThe United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The United Nations was founded in 1945 ...United Nations" and that "Dawson's Creek was its Dag HammarskjöldDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961.Dag Hammarskjöld: It was the first series bold enough to pick up the mantle of Beverly Hills, 90210Beverly Hills, 90210 was a primetime television soap opera that aired from October 4, 1990, to May 17, 2000, on FOX in the United States and subsequently on various networks around the world. The show followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the posh, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and then fictitious California University. The show was created by Darren ...Beverly Hills, 90210 and an inspiration for many variations on the teenage angstAngst is the German word for fear or anxiety. It is used in English to describe an intense feeling of emotional strife. In German, it is the fear of possible suffering and a behavior situated from uncertainty and strain which is caused by pain, loss, and death, and the term Angst distinguishes itself from the word Furcht (German for "fear") in that it is Furcht that usually refers to a material threat (arranged fear), while Angst on the other hand is usually a nondirectional emotion. It is usually, but not always, ...angst theme, including The O.C.The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. The series, created by Josh Schwartz, portrays the fictional lives of a group of teenagers and their families residing in Orange County, California. The O.C. has been broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. It was one of the most popular new dramas of 2003, The final episode of The O.C. was broadcast on February 22, 2007. The O.C. ...The O.C. on FoxThe Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. It is owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Since its launch on October 9, 1986, Fox has grown from an upstart "netlet" to the highest-rated broadcast network among young adults. The Fox name has been used on other entertainment channels internationally that are affiliated with News Corp., including in Australia ...Fox."

Dawson's Creek generated a high amount of publicity before its debut, with several television critics:See also review. The word critic comes from the Greek κριτικός, kritikós - one who discerns, which itself arises from the Ancient Greek word κριτής, krités, meaning a person who offers reasoned judgement or analysis, value judgement, ...critics and watchdogConsumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse. Unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution are all examples of corporate abuse. Consumer organizations may operate via protests, campaigning or lobbying. They may engage ...watchdog groups expressing concerns about its anticipated "racy" plots and dialogue; the controversy even drove one of the original production companies away from the project, but numerous critics praised it for its realism and intelligent dialogue that included allusions to American television icons such as The Dick Van Dyke ShowThe Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966, created by Carl Reiner and starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Totalling 158 episodes and five seasons, the show was also produced by Reiner, who wrote many episodes and played the part of Alan Brady. Reiner based the main character on himself and the Brady character on his former boss Sid Caesar. Many of the show's plots were inspired by Reiner's experiences ...The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore ShowMary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. It was "one of the most acclaimed television programs ever produced" in US television history. It also was a breakthrough for leading female characters in television, as it was the first time that a central figure on a television show was an independent career woman: "As ...The Mary Tyler Moore Show. By the end of its run, the show, its crew, and its young cast had been nominated for numerous awards, winning four of them. The series is known for the verbosity and complexity of the dialogue between its teenaged characters—who commonly demonstrate vocabulary and cultural awareness that went beyond the scope of the average high school student, yet that is combined with an emotional immaturity and self-absorption reflecting actual teensNo quick definition available.teens. This precociousness has been a staple of a number of teenaged-themed shows since, notably including Gilmore GirlsOn May 3, 2007, The CW announced that the series would not be renewed. According to Variety, "Money was a key factor in the decision, with the parties involved not able to reach a deal on salaries for the main cast members. Other issues, such as number of episodes and production dates, may have also played a role". On May 23, 2007 ...Gilmore Girls and The O.C.The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. The series, created by Josh Schwartz, portrays the fictional lives of a group of teenagers and their families residing in Orange County, California. The O.C. has been broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. It was one of the most popular new dramas of 2003, The final episode of The O.C. was broadcast on February 22, 2007. The O.C. ...The O.C.