Listmania!
Best School TV
By an Amazon.com customer
Freaks and Geeks - The Complete SeriesFreaks and Geeks - The Complete Series
Buy new: $54.99 / Used from: $41.25
In 1999 NBC ran this wonderful look at 1980 high school life at McKinley High School in Whitehall, Michigan. The show was fittingly about a group of outcast freaks and a group of nerdy (younger) geeks. No other show has captured the glory and tragedy of high school life better. Ran for one season.
Undeclared - The Complete SeriesUndeclared - The Complete Series
Buy new: $36.99 / Used from: $29.50
Made by the same producers/writers and often the same actors as "Freaks and Geeks", only the setting had changed to the University of North Eastern California. The plot followed a freshman and his three roomates through their first year of college. Sadly Fox pulled the plug on this 2001 sitcom after just one year.
The Wonder YearsThe Wonder Years
Perhaps this show was more about the late 60's than it was about school, but often the story lines set at Robert F. Kennedy Middle School were the best part of this show that ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993.
Degrassi Junior High - The Complete CollectionDegrassi Junior High - The Complete Collection
Buy new: $71.99 / Used from: $48.44
This Candian import has sucessfully mixed the realisim of "Freeks and Geeks" and the slight zanie-ness of "Saved by the Bell". Has run on the CBC and CTV since 1987 in one form or another.
Square Pegs - The Complete SeriesSquare Pegs - The Complete Series
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $15.48
Another one season run. Square Pegs ran on CBS for the '82-'83 TV season and nicley captured the 80's high school crowd as two slighly nerdy girls try to become cool.
Beverly Hills, 90210 - The Complete First SeasonBeverly Hills, 90210 - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $12.66
All high school reality flys out the window with 90210, but that was part of the fun. Two kids from Minnesota move to vapid Southern California and start a new life at Beverly Hills High. Ran on FOX from 1990 70 2000.
Friday Night Lights - The First SeasonFriday Night Lights - The First Season
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $14.99
Critics love this show, but unlike 90210, "Nights" seems bogged down in reality. Still it's a soild drama about young life and football in Dillion, Texas. Currently running on NBC.
Fame - The Complete First SeasonFame - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $12.44
From 1982 to 1987 life at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts was explored. Much like "Friday Night Lights", "Fame" took itself a little too seriously and never lived up to the wonderful film it was based on. Ran first on NBC but was also in syndication.
Saved by the Bell - Seasons 1 & 2Saved by the Bell - Seasons 1 & 2
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $11.32
For a Saturday morning kids show, "Saved by the Bell" was surprising good, but ridiculously silly at the same time. It followed the high-jinxs of a group of friends at Bayside High. Ran on NBC from 1989 to 1993.
Welcome Back, Kotter - The Complete First SeasonWelcome Back, Kotter - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $15.11
Gabe Kotter returns to teach the trouled kids at James Buchanan High after he himslf was a troubled kid there. Ran on ABC from 1975 to 1979. This sitcom was very funny it's first year, not so much after that.
A Different World - Season 1A Different World - Season 1
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.72
A spin off of "The Cosby Show", Denise Huxtable goes off to the mostly African-American Hillman college, with predictable results. Fans of this show, love this show, but I feel that it never found it's stride. Ran on NBC from '87 to '93.
Boston Public - The Complete First SeasonBoston Public - The Complete First Season
This often over the top series about Winslow High School in Boston. The show was more about the teachers than the students and the plots often became silly and sensationalized. Still it had it's moments. Ran on FOX from 2000 to 2004.