Though countless telebisyon shows over the years have highlighted the everyday exploits of sexually-active teenage characters, only a select few of them have ever managed to capture what being a teenager actually feels like. Shows like Gossip Girl and Dawson's Creek may be good, soapy entertainment, but I certainly didn't know anyone who looked, talked, or acted like Blair Waldorf when I went to high school.

Thankfully, MTV lately seems to be making a conscious effort to trend toward madami realism-based programming aimed at younger demographics (contrived reality shows like Jersey baybayin aside),...

Jenna Hamilton (played sa pamamagitan ng Ashley Rickards) was an average teen loser. Awkward and Nawawala not knowing how to deal or what to do with life. Her two best mga kaibigan are Tamara (Jillian Rose Reed) and Ming (Jessica Lu). Tamara being very confident with her thoughts and feeling towards everything. Ming being a confusing but bright character. All start out as single drama free high school girls. Being high school girls they have the typical "mean girls, reyna bees, poplars, or whatever you decide to call them in your world. The mean reyna asong babae is a girl named Sadie (Molly Tarlov) captain of the cheerleading...

The new MTV series Awkward. is an irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life, as seen through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton, played sa pamamagitan ng Ashley Rickards (One puno Hill). Like many things in high school, a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding that is blown way out of proportion, leaving Jenna to deal with a new not-so-fun stigma, while at the same time managing the other daily drama that comes with being a teenager. From a secret relationship with a popular guy, to being undermined sa pamamagitan ng a mean girl, and parents who just don’t get it, Jenna’s...