52 Most Popular Teen TV Shows For Binge Watching

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Teen TV shows have undergone a huge change in recent years, and gone are the days when teens loved any random show. Teenagers today are specific about their TV show choices. And therefore, to fulfill the rising demand for revolutionary concepts, many new TV shows for teens focus not only on providing entertainment but also on offering value.

Current teen dramas and series showcase a variety of characters from different backgrounds, address issues of race, gender, and sexuality, and include narratives about friendship, identity, and social issues. Such storylines provide relatable and valuable lessons on navigating the complexities of adolescence. As a result, teenagers connect with them instantly.

Read this long list of interesting TV shows for teenagers that are sure to enhance their knowledge and offer them entertainment.

52 Best TV Shows For Teenagers

1. Never Have I Ever

Watch on: Netflix

Based on the complicated life of Devi, Never Have I Ever reflects the life of a teen girl who lost her father and wants to improve her status in school. However, her family and friends make it tough for her to survive school. This is one of the best teen drama shows on TV.

2. The Society

Watch on: Netflix

Full of mystery and thrills, The Society involves a group of teenagers who learn to run their own community and establish orders and alliances as the population of their town vanishes.

3. Euphoria

Watch on: Disney + Hotstar

This is a drama series that depicts the miserable life of a 17-year-old girl, Rue, who is addicted to drugs. The series shows a group of teens’ experiences on drugs, sex, friendships, love, identity, and trauma.

Trivia

Actress Zendaya bagged two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Satellite Award for her outstanding performance as the drug addict teen Rue in Euphoria.

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4. Grown-ish

Watch on: Hulu

Grown-ish is a comedy series that revolves around Zoey, who leaves her family to go to college. Later, she discovers that her journey towards adulthood and her departure from the family is far from how she imagined it to be.

5. Riverdale

Watch on: Netflix

Another mysterious teen drama series, Riverdale explores the dark and weird side hidden behind the perfect image of the town Riverdale.

Did you know?

Riverdale is inspired by the characters of the popular Archie comics.

6. Sex Education

Watch on: Netflix

The takeaway of this comedy-drama is to accept both yourself and your sexuality. This show educates audiences on topics that are seldom discussed and encourages self-acceptance.

7. The O.C.

Watch on: Netflix

The O. C. series centers on Ryan Atwood, who is a gifted and troubled young adult from a broken home. Ryan gets adopted by a wealthy family in Orange County and finds a foster brother there.

8. Boy Meets World

Watch on: Disney + Hotstar

Here is another comedy-drama TV series that chronicles the life events of a young schoolboy, Cory Mathews, and his best friend, Shawn Hunter. They often get into trouble with their school’s funny principal, Mr. Feeny.

9. The Vampire Diaries

Watch on: Netflix

Loaded with fantasy, supernatural, horror, and romantic episodes, The Vampire Diaries has the lead characters Elena, a teenage girl, and Stefan, a 162-year-old vampire. On the first day at high school, Elena meets Stefan and soon starts feeling a connection with him.

Quick fact

The Vampire Diaries is the TV show adaptation of the book series, of the same name, by author L. J. Smith.

10. Wayne

Watch on: Amazon Prime and YouTube Premium

Wayne is an action-comedy TV series that follows a teenage boy, Dirty Harry, who sets out to retrieve the stolen car of his late father along with the help of a girl, Del, whom he has a crush on.

11. Derry Girls

Watch on: Netflix

Derry Girls is a family comedy TV series that revolves around a teen girl, Erin, and her friends. They grow up in a world of armed police in Northern Ireland. Erin is concerned about her boy crush who does not know she exists.

12. Elite

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Watch on: Netflix

A thrilling teen drama TV series, Elite revolves around teen relationships between three working-class students enrolled at the school through a scholarship program and their wealthy classmates.

13. Teen Wolf

Watch on: Netflix

Teen Wolf is a supernatural horror TV series in which an awkward teen, Scott McCall, turns into a werewolf after being bitten by an alpha werewolf, a day before the sophomore year.

In her personal blog, Arianna Herrion lists Teen Wolf as her favorite show. She says, “The reason I like Teen Wolf is because I find the action very entertaining & very cool how the show uses makeup to transform them into different breeds of werewolves & other things. I also like the fact that it is a nonfiction story about a teenager that was bitten by a wolf. Another thing I like is that this TV show not only shows what it is like to be a new wolf but it shows how (Tyler Posey) who plays ‘Scott’ juggles both his normal life & wolf life (i).”

14. East Los High

Watch on: Hulu

This teen drama series follows a group of Latino teenagers navigating their last years at a high school in East Los Angeles.

15. My Mad Fat Diary

Watch on: Hulu

This series revolves around the 16-year-old Rae Earl, a fictional writer who navigates body image and mental health problems.

16. Friday Night Lights

Watch on: Hulu

Friday Night Lights is a sports drama TV series that shows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, a high school football team in the rural town of Dillon, Texas, where the state football championship is prized above all else.

17. Daria

Watch on: Paramount +

This is an adult animated comedy TV series based on the life of Daria, an intelligent and unpopular girl who navigates her life among the idiotic adolescents at Lawndale High School.

18. The Fosters

Watch on: Amazon Prime and Hulu

A family drama TV series, The Fosters follows the life of Adam Foster’s family, including a lesbian couple, a police officer, and a school vice principal who has one biological son and four adopted teens.

19. All American

Watch on: Netflix

Inspired by the life of an American football player, Spencer Paysinger, this sports TV series is all about a football player struggling to grab a spot in the new team.

20. Pretty Little Liars

Watch on: HBO Max

Pretty Little Liars is a mystery thriller that follows the lives of four teenage girls who fall apart after the disappearance of their leader but later reunite as they begin to receive threat messages from a stranger.

Quick tip

Post conclusion of Pretty Little Liars, the six female leads of the show got similar tattoos on their index fingers to commemorate their time working together on the super hit show.

21. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

Watch on: Disney +

This is a musical TV series that introduces the theater students of the drama club with their advisors as they make their way for the opening night of their musicals.

22. David Makes Man

Watch on: HBO Max

The series depicts a teen prodigy, David Makes Man. He lives in two different worlds: the streets that raised him, and the school that offers him a way out of poverty.

23. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Watch on: Hulu and Amazon Prime

Based on the supernatural drama, this series revolves around Buffy, a teen girl who is destined to battle against demons, vampires, and other evil forces of darkness.

24. SKAM Austin

Watch on: Facebook

This is a teen drama TV series that focuses on the lives of a group of students of Bouldin High School in Austin, Texas.

25. On My Block

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Watch on: Netflix

A combination of comedy and drama, this TV series follows four bright, street-savvy friends navigating their way through high school.

26. PEN15

Watch on: Hulu

Here is another comedy TV series that depicts the life of teenagers in middle school. Adult Maya and Anna, pretending to be their younger selves, are surrounded by actual teenagers.

27. American Vandal

Watch on: Netflix

American Vandal is a true-crime TV series that shows the consequences of high school pranks. One of the aspiring students, Peter Maldonado, finds out who is the main culprit behind these crimes.

28. Runaways

Watch on: Amazon Prime

Filled with adventure and drama, this TV series revolves around six teenagers from various backgrounds who discover that their parents have a dark secret.

29. Julie and The Phantoms

Watch on: Netflix

Julie and The Phantoms is a musical comedy-drama TV series based on the life of a teenage girl, Julie, who discovers her passion for music with the help of a band of teen boys, The Phantoms.

30. Teenage Bounty Hunters

Watch on: Netflix

This is a teen comedy-drama TV series that centers on the life of two fraternal twin sisters, Sterling and Blair, who try to balance their teen life at Southern High School.

31. Dare Me

Watch on: Netflix

Exploring the volatile female friendships, loyalty, jealousy, and dynamics of power, the thrilling series, Dare Me, follows the lives of competitive high school cheerleaders and a fraught relationship between two best friends as a new coach arrives.

32. Looking For Alaska

Watch on: Hulu

A teen mini-series, Looking For Alaska depicts the life of Miles Pudge Halter, who arrives at a boarding school for a deeper understanding of life. He gains a friend circle with loyal friends and falls in love with Alaska.

33. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Watch on: Netflix

Here’s a supernatural horror TV series that is filled with dark fantasy. Sabrina, a teenage witch, struggles to reconcile her dual nature of half-witch and half-human while fighting against the evil forces.

34. Outer Banks

Watch on: Netflix

Full of action, adventure, mystery, and drama, this teen TV series involves a group of teens determined to figure out what happened to the missing father of John B.

35. The End of The F***ing World

Watch on: Netflix

This is a dark comedy-drama TV series revolving around two 17-year-old outsiders, Alyssa and James. Alyssa proposes that they go on an adventure, and James grabs this opportunity to kill her.

36. Switched At Birth

Watch on: Netflix

Switched At Birth is a teen and family drama TV series that revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in different environments.

37. 13 Reasons Why

Watch on: Netflix

This series revolves around a high school student, Clay Jensen, who finds a box in which Hannah Baker, who had committed suicide, mentions her 13 reasons for taking her own life.

38. 7^th Heaven

Watch on: Amazon Prime

Here comes one more interesting family drama TV series that centers on the Camden family that includes Reverend Eric Camden, his wife Annie, and their seven children.

39. Freaks and Geeks

Watch on: Netflix

With the add-ons of comedy and drama, this TV series depicts the sad and hilarious unfair teenage life of Lindsay Weir and her younger brother, Sam.

40. Beverly Hills, 90210

Watch on: Amazon Prime

Beverly Hills, 90210 is a teen drama TV series that follows the lives of teen friends residing in the upscale and glamorous community of Beverly Hills in California.

41. Dawson’s Creek

Watch on: Netflix

This is another interesting teen drama TV series that depicts the lives of two childhood best friends, who help each other tackle adolescence.

42. My So-Called Life

Watch on: Amazon Prime and Hulu

The series, My So-Called Life, depicts Angela, a high school student, who is always confused about her exposure to boys, drugs, sex, and friends, and her crush, Jordan Catalano.

43. Party Of Five

Watch on: Amazon Prime

Party Of Five is a teen and family drama that revolves around five siblings who lost their parents in a car accident. Their new situation makes them put aside their personal goals to keep the family together.

44. Gilmore Girls

Watch on: Netflix

This comedy-drama TV series centers on the relationship between a single mother and her teen-daughter. They face many ups and downs in life but share a close bond with each other.

45. Smallville

Watch on: Amazon Prime

A superhero action-adventure TV series, Smallville portrays the many miraculous rescues by the local wonder boy, Clark Kent. However, Clark pretends to be a normal boy.

46. One Tree Hill

Watch on: Amazon Prime

This is a sports drama TV series that follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas Scott and Nathan Scott. They start out as enemies but gradually forge a strong bond.

47. Veronica Mars

Watch on: Hulu

This TV series centers around Veronica Mars, a teen student, who is traumatized by the murder of her best friend and solves the toughest murder mystery of the town.

48. Glee

Watch on: Netflix

Glee, a musical comedy-drama TV series, centres on the glee club, a high school show choir. Will takes charge of the glee club and tries to restore its former glory with a group of rag-tag misfit teens.

49. The Wonder Years

Watch on: Amazon Prime

This is a comedy-drama TV series that covers the social and family life of Kevin Arnold, son of Jack and Norma Arnold. The story depicts Kevin’s reflections as an adult in his mid-thirties.

50. Skins

Watch on: Netflix

Skins is a teen comedy-drama TV series that circles around the lives of a group of teenagers dealing with various life issues including substance issues, mental illness, eating disorders, sexuality, and teenage pregnancy.

51. Heartstopper

Watch on:Netflix

Heartstopper is a must-watch if you’re into warm and feel-good shows. Adapted from Alice Oseman’s graphic novel, this British series depicts the growing romance between two teenage boys, Nick and Charlie. The show has garnered praise for its tone, pacing, and representation of the LGBTQ+ community and the first season earned nine nominations and five wins at the inaugural Children’s and Family Emmy Awards.

52. Stranger Things

Watch on:Netflix

Stranger Things is an American sci-fi thriller by the Duffer Brothers. The show mixes investigative drama with supernatural elements, infusing horror with childlike sensibilities, while paying homage to the 1980s pop culture. This show will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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