Teen drama

shows on

Netflix

Teen drama shows on

netflix

Published at Petitcodiac Regional School

May 2016

Contents

Introduction: Best teen tv

shows on Netflix

#5 – The Secret Life of An

American Teenager

#4 – Glee

#3 – Pretty Little liars

#2 – The Vampire Diaries

#1 – Grey’s Anatomy

I Thought…

What do you think?

Do you ever feel like binge-watching Netflix? Are you a

teen? Do you like drama shows? Then this is a book for

you. This top 5 book consists of medical drama,

romance drama, and just drama in general. There’s a

lot of teen drama TV shows and it was hard to narrow

it down to just 5, but it’s been done. If you’ve heard of

most of these shows but don’t know the rating: if it’s

worth your time, or don’t know what it’s about, this

book has all of it! Just read the rest to find out the top

5 teen drama shows on Netflix.

The secret life of an American teenager

Rating on Netflix: 3 1/4 Episodes: 121 Seasons: 5 Date : July 1 2008 – June 3 2013

Honestly you might want to watch this with

someone older because it’s at some points a

little bit inappropriate. But other than that

this show’s an rollercoaster. Just like life. This

show explains that having a child at 15 is not

the best was to go. This show explains that

having a child at such young age will exclude

you from playing sports, being in after school

activities, and even hanging out with friends.

5

The secret life of an

American teenager

According to Brenda Hampton this show was supposed to be called the sex life of the American teenager.

Quick Fact

The theme song is ‘let’s do it, let’s fall in love.’

Did You

Know…

Megan park (grace in the show) is Canadian.

Shailene Woodley is also in The Fault In Our

Stars and she had to cut her hair short for the

main role. She donated all the hair that was

cut off to an organization called children With

Hair Loss, wich makes wigs for kids who lost

their hair to cancer treatments and/ or other

diseases

Take Note

Plot

This show’s a teen drama about

teenager who gets pregnant and how

it effects the lives of her family,

friends, and herself. She faces a lot of

challenges, and learns that most teens

(besides her) have issues they must

deal with.

Cast seen in every episode

Shailene Woodley Amy Juergens

Ken Baumann Ben Boykewich

Daren Kagasoff Ricky Underwood

Megan Park Grace Bowan

Francia Raisa Adrian Lee

Memorable moment

In the first season Amy goes to band

camp and her biggest crush happens to

be there, Ricky. She was just wondering

around when she met Ricky, they had a

conversation when it was almost

curfew. She said that she had to go but

Ricky said no stay a little longer. And

she did… They talked a little more than

it happened. Of course she didn’t want

to tell her parents, because she was

only 15 years old and pregnant… she

went to the store and picked up some

pregnancy tests and it came back

positive. She told her friends and they

also bout pregnancy tests, 3 more!

They all came back positive…

# 5 4 3 2 1

Glee

Rating: 3 3/4 Episodes: 121 Seasons: 6 Date: May 19 2009- March 20 2015

Do Re Mi Fa So la Ti Do is not everyone’s

warm-up song. Well, at least not this glee

group. Usually a talk about life or just getting

right to the song. They practice every day

until the big day. Competing on the Choir

Competition Circuit. Trying their best to be

number 1.

4

Glee

tHEME

Theme song: Time for some girl talk

Quick Fact

Cory died in 2013 after he was found dead from a drug and alcohol overdose in a Vancouver Hotel.

Mark Salling (puck) lied during his audition! He

said he was 19 when he was really 26.

Take Note

Plot

Glee is and American musical comedy-

drama show about a glee club at the

William McKingley High School. In the

group they don’t only sigh but they

also deal with social issues, sexuality,

race, relationships, and learning to be

an effective team.

Memborale moment

It was the day of graduation and Rachel

gives and incredible performance. Then

out of nowhere Finn heartbreakingly

tells her that he no longer wants to

marry her, and that she should move to

New York without him.

# 5 4

3 2 1

Cast seen in every episode:

Chris Colfer Kurt Hummel

Jane Lynch Sue Sylvester

Kevin McHale Artie Arhams

Lea Michele Rachel Berkel

Matthew Morrison Will Schuester

Pretty little liars

Rating: 4 ¼ Seasons: 6 (number 7 coming soon) Episodes: 140+ Date: June 8 2010- present

What would you do if your best friend goes

missing during a campout? Alison goes

missing, Aria moves to a different country

and the whole group drifts apart. Once Aria

moves back, thinking things would be better,

all 4 girls start receiving weird messages and

they team up to figure out who’s behind

these messages. Is Ali actually dead? Who’s

sending these messages? Why? We all have

questions, but some will never be answered.

3

Pretty Little Liars

This show is based on a series by Sara Sheperd.

Did you know…

Sasha (Alison) started this show at the age 12.

Toby (

Toby (Keegan) is also a talented

photographer and has a book called

Life.Love.Beauty.

Take Note

Plot

In the town of Rosewood, PA, the

series follows the lives of 4 girls,

Hanna, Emily, Spencer, and Aria.

After Alison (leader of the group goes

missing, the four girls start receiving

messages from a figure named ‘A’

who threatens to expose their

deepest secrets, even ones only

Alison knew.

Memorable moment

After Aria moved away and Ali passed,

Hanna became good friends with

Mona. In this episode the FBI

searched Ali’s house and found a clip

that they wanted to investigate by

asking the four girls if they had any

information about this clip. That day

was also Mona’s birthday and she

wanted to go out to the mall for lunch

with Hanna. Hanna had to bail, of

course. But Mona didn’t like that.

Earlier that week she got a invitation

to Camp Mona (her birthday party) so

after she got uninvited. Hanna was

devastated! Then she got a text

message. From A. It said that at that

party they could find out who A was.

Hanna went on a look out for A. SHE

KNOWS WHO IT WAS! She texted the

three other girls and told them to go

to the parking lot and so they did

Hanna started running when a car

came out of know where. It hit her.

Seconds later, one of the girls got a

message saying “she knew too much”

Cast seen in every episode:

Troian Bellisario Spencer Hastings

Ashley Benson Hanna Marin

Lucy Hale Aria Montgomery

Shay Mitchell Emily Fields

Ian Harding Ezra Fitz

Laura Leighton Ashley Marin

Sasha Pieterse Alison DiLaurentis

# 5 4 3 2 1

Theme

Theme song: Secret by The Pierres

Quick Fact

The Vampire Diaries

Rating: 5 Seasons: 7 Episodes: 148+ Date: September 10 2009- present

The vampire diaries moves like a freight train.

It introduces a new story and tells it at a

breakneck pace, for the same reason there’s

a lot of cliff hangers. They’re shocking.

They’re unexpected and they’ll leave you

thinking.

2

Vampire diaries

All episodes in season 6 is named after 90’s songs.

Quick Fact

Nina Dobrev’s favorite episode is lost girl. (Episode 6, season 1)

In season 2, a girl showed a phone number and

some fans called the number, and there was a

recorded message from the cast!

Take Note

Plot

The series focosus on the

fictional town of Mystic Falls,

Virginia, that is charged with

super naturel history. It follows

Elena Gilbert, portrayed by Nina

Dobrev, as she begins to get over

her parents’ death and two

vampire brothers, Stefan and

Damon Salvatore, portrayed by

Paul Wesley and Ian

Somerhalders, respectfully.

Cast seen in every episode

Paul Wesley Stefan Salvatore

Ian Somerhalder Damon

Salvatore

Kat Graham Bonnie Bennet

Candice King Caroline Forbes

Zach Roerig Matt Donovan

Memorable Moment:

Elena is Jeremy’s adoptive sister and after he got killed, she couldn’t

bear with the death that all she wanted to do was burn down the place

with all the good memory’s in it. She said that just that one bad

memory flicked the switch that says she has to burn the house down.

Damon tried to ask her to turn her humanity off that she wouldn’t burn

the house down. She poured alcohol everywhere and. Burn.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Grey’s Anatomy

Rating: 3 3/4 Episodes: 269+ Seasons: 12 Date: 27 March 2005- present

Blood, sweat, tears, and a whole lot of

drama. What else do you expect from a TV

show that centers around interns and doctors

of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital (or now

as they call it Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital.)

Merideth Grey (main character) narrarates

the show. Did you know that she (out of 4)

has been in the show all 12 years it’s been

aired? Want to know more? Keep reading!

1

Grey’s Anatomy

Theme song: Cosy in a rocket

Quick Fact

The show was originally going to be called Complications.

The title of each episode is also a famous song.

Take Note

Plot

Grey’s Anatomy is an American

medical drama series that focuses on

the fictional lives of surgical interns

and residents as they gradually evolve

into seasoned doctors while trying to

maintain personal lives and

relationships.

Cast seen in every episode

Ellen Pompeo Merideth Grey

Justin Chambers Alex Karev

Chandra Wilson Miranda Bailey

James Pickens Jr. Richard Webber

Memorable moment

Near the end of season 11 on April 23 20015, a very tragic car crash happened in the show. Derick saw the two cars upside down, Derick slams his breaks (he’s on a highway) and gets out to check on

the people. A black sports car had hit a suv. Derick checks on the people in the suv first (since the sports car hit the suv) There’s a mom and a daughter. They’re both fine but the mom is in bad shape.

She had hit her head and she bleeding pretty bad. Her daughter in the back thinks she’s dead so Derick checks her pulse and told her that she is still alive. After he checks on the people in the sports

car. No one is there. He gets a bad feeling when he hears a girl’s voice in the bushes saying “help”. He runs over and finds a young girl laying there, all banged up. She’s okay and Derick brings her up

the road. She tells him that there was another person that drove the sports car. He goes looking for him and finds him stumbling down the road. The young man’s skull was covered in blood. He brings

him back and looks in the SUV for a first aid kit because the one in his car is useless… He gets the little girl to keep the two teens company while he goes and pulls the mom out of the car. Then the

little girl screams. The car is on fire. Derick grabs the young man and runs across the high was and the car bursts into flames. Then the ambulance came. When all the people got taken to the hospital,

Derick goes back to his car and goes to make a U turn. His phone starts ringing from in-between the seats so he stops the car to look for it. He found it and looks up, a massive truck slams into the

driver side of his car. He gets taken to the worst hospital ever and a doctor orders a CT (x ray) then another doctor says no because Derick is bleeding on the inside of his stomach. They bring him to

the surgery room and say that the surgeon will be there in 20 minutes. Derick knows that’s too long (he is a doctor too) It took the surgeon too long to get there. It’s too late.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Here are the criteria I used in ranking the best teen shows on Netflix:

Number of seasons

Number of episodes

Star rating on Netflix

I thought…

1. Do you agree with my ranking? If you don’t, try ranking them yourself. Justify your ranking with data. You may use my criteria or you may use your own. 2. Here are 5 other remarkable shows that I considered but in the end did not make it into the top 5 list:

The walking dead

The fosters

Switched at birth

Once upon a time

Find out more about these shows. Do you think they should’ve made the list? Give reasons for your response.

Are there other teen shows on Netflix that you think should have my list?

What do you think?