All this fuss about the WB's Dawson's Creek gave us deja vu. Where else have we seen a randy young man and his impossibly articulate friends exploring the angst-filled vagaries of pubescence? Then it hit us: Dawson's Creek was merely an update of James at 15, NBC's seminal late-'70s teen drama. To wit:
JAMES AT 15
TITLE CHARACTER 15-year-old James Hunter (Lance Kerwin), an aspiring photographer. (And he's a virgin!)
LOCALE The Boston area
BEST FRIENDS Plain-Jane brunet Marlene (Susan Myers) and mouthy wisecracker Sly (Ludwig Hazeltine)
ROMANTIC INTEREST Sexy blond out-of-towner Christina (Kirsten Baker)
SERIES CREATOR Hot auteur Dan Wakefield, who gained fame writing novels (Starting Over)
SERIES LIFESPAN Premiered Oct. 27, 1977, and ended July 27, 1978
DAWSON'S CREEK
[TITLE CHARACTER]15-year-old Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), an aspiring filmmaker. (And he's a virgin!)
[LOCALE]The Boston area
[BEST FRIENDS]Plain-Jane brunet Joey (Katie Holmes) and mouthy wisecracker Pacey (Joshua Jackson)
[ROMANTIC INTEREST]Sexy blond out-of-towner Jen (Michelle Williams)
[SERIES CREATOR]Hot auteur Kevin Williamson, who gained fame writing features (Scream)
[SERIES LIFESPAN]Premiered Jan. 20, 1998, and ended...
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