Young Americans

– Young Americans is an American television drama created by Steven Antin. The show debuted on July 12..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
7.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour
Release Year:
2000
Young Americans (2000)

Young Americans is an American television drama created by Steven Antin. The show debuted on July 12, 2000 on The WB network as a summer replacement for, and spin-off from, another Columbia TriStar Television production, Dawson's Creek. The series was originally ordered for the fall 1999-2000 season but was delayed due to unresolved matters between the ColumbiaTriStar and The WB. The main character, Will Krudski, was introduced late in season three of Dawson's Creek as a childhood friend of the group who has kept in contact with Pacey Witter. Will goes to Capeside to visit with old friends while on spring break. After briefly dating Andie McPhee he returns to Raleigh.

The show explores themes of forbidden love, morality, social classes and gender roles.

Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

12 Jul 2000

Language:

English

Writer:

Steve Antin

Main Actors:

Kate Bosworth, Mark Famiglietti, Katherine Moennig, Rodney Scott

Plot:

This series portrays life at Rawley Summer Academy, an elite school in Connecticut where boys with a bright Ivy League future spend the summer industriously in classes and rowing training on the lake. It's mainly told from the viewpoint of Will Krudski, a gifted, genuinely inquisitive student and future writer, who feels guilty having cheated at the entry exams. His roommate, Scout Calhoun, is a school legacy who makes an effort to become friendly with some underprivileged local kids and falls in love with the daughter of a garage owner who turns out to be family. Most of his classmates are golden spoon boys, but still have their problems, among each-other, at home and sometimes with the locals. Actually Jacqueline 'Jake' Pratt is a girl pretending to be a boy as the only way to get in, causing great confusion for Hamilton, the school dean's son, who begins to fall for her.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10