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5 Teen Movies That Should Be TV Shows

Word on the blogosphere is Disney Channel has a ton of new shows in the works (which sound pretty terrible to be honest). One of their new shows is Madison High, a High School Musical spin-off featuring that kid from Ugly Betty. Sorry Wildcats, but I don’t really think High School Musical needs or deserves a spinoff. So I’ve decided to make a list of my favorite teen movies that should be made into TV shows instead.

Mean Girls

"What do you mean High School Musical has a spinoff and I don't? Boo you whore!"

Has anyone reading this blog felt personally victimized by Regina George? Of course you have. And it was awesome! I think it’s high time everyone’s favorite bitch (sorry Blair!) got her own television show. No one cares about Cady and the other plastics are replaceable.

Need a premise? Maybe after high school was turned into Utopia, Regina was knocked out during a lacrosse game. Two weeks later she wakes up, looks at all the scars on her body and mud on her clothes and has a nervous breakdown. She immediately works to take over the school again, struggles and succeeds — just by being evil! If she faces too much happy-go-lucky opposition, she can just transfer schools and take over. Regina George world domination! Need I say more? This show should go to ABC Family — they need to make amends for the travesty of Mean Girls 2 and prove they understand what being in a clique is all about.

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John Hughes Invented Teen TV

During last night’s Oscars, it was impossible not to tear up when the John Hughes tribute began. Molly Ringwald, forever the queen of 80′s teens, and Matthew Broderick, our dear Ferris, came out, dressed to the nines and paid tribute to the late Hughes, whose films include Sixteen Candles, Some Kind of Wonderful, the Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Though many were critical of the prolonged tribute (because typically there’s just a quick flash of their face on camera), I argue that John Hughes deserved it. His work, his films, struck a chord with the American teenager and have managed to redefine the way that teens are represented in film and television.

The Breakfast Club is one of John Hughes's most popular films.

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