Top 10: TV Shows About High School (Inspired By Sqaure Pegs On DVD)

Before she knew anything about sex in the city, Sarah Jessica Parker starred on the brief but great TV series Square Pegs. It was 1982, and CBS cast Parker and Amy Linker as Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson, unpopular high school freshmen trying to move from the outside to the inner sanctum of cool. [see photos] Created by Anne Beatts, the first female editor of National Lampoon, the show had what LA Times critic Robert Lloyd called “a bad attitude and a good heart.” Inspired by the release of Square Pegs on DVD, here’s a list of the 10 top TV shows about high school.

10. Head Of The Class: A laidback teacher provides needed guidance about life for a special class of exceptional students. [see photos]
9. Freaks and Geeks: Two unique groups of teenagers dealing with life in high school during the 80’s.
8. Saved By The Bell: It follows six individual students and their four years at Bayside High School. [see photos]
7. Fame: The stories of the students and faculty of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. [watch full episodes]
6. Friday Night Lights: [watch full episodes]

5. Degrassi High: The lives and trials of students of a city high school. [see photos]
4. Room 222: African American teacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant in the politically and racially charged late 60s. [see photos]
3. Square Pegs: Two female freshmen adjust to life at Weemawee High School. Plus the best theme song of any of these shows. [see photos]
2. Welcome Back Kotter: A Brooklyn-born teacher returns to teach at his old high school — and yes, it featured John Travolta. [see photos]
1. My So-Called Life: A realistic mid-nineties teen drama series that takes a look at a 15 year-old girl and her trials and tribulations with being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents and school - plus Claire Danes. [see photos of Danes]

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