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American Teenager's Secret Life

Many televised serials look at the private life of the American teenager and the conflicts in that. Teenagers have always been considered as being on a distinct level from adults. Neither elders nor kids, they have a complete different behavior which adults do not approve too easily. The TV series the 'Secret Life of the American Teenager', is one created by Brenda Hampton and has been a hit after its first display on July 1, 2008. Does reel life imitate true life or is it the other way around? Amy Jurgens, one of the lead characters, is a pregnant young teenager attempting to manage with the modifications in her own physical structure. It also looks at how Amy figures the problems in having a kid and relations in her life, while many other characters too fight with conflicting kinships.

Although the 'Secret Life of the American Teenage',

confronted a lot of criticism when released, TV audiences took to it immediately and its evaluations soared up even higher than that of 'Gossip Girl'. A large audience today follows 'Secret Life of the American Teenager' , becoming one of Americas popular TV shows. The show also acquired some awards like the Teen Choice Award. Working on a theme alike to movies like Juno, which speaks about a important subject like teenage pregnancy, the serial has become very popular with teens and adults, likewise.

Season 1 is about Amy, an American teenager, and her kinship with Ricky Underwood, which spreads out into a complication with her being pregnant. The series also focuses on how Amys pregnancy shakes up her parents already shaky wedlock. In Season 2, Amys smaller sister gets dearer to her, as she struggles to come to terms with all the disputes in her life, in the individuals around her and her relationships as well.
American Teenager's Secret Life


The show, 'Secret Life of the American Teenager', was a made by Brenda Hampton who was turned down for the show by production heads in Fox network. Also recognized for '7th Heaven', Brenda continued to write and send out scripts for the show to several other networks. Being a disputable topic, that of teenage pregnancy in America, it was not taken well by network chiefs. The complications that develop in the life of an American teenager is also depicted distinctly in the soap opera. The show, 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager', looks at the ups and downs of teenage pregnancy, without losing the seriousness of the thread.

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