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My So-Called Life Freaks and Geeks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Popular DeGrassi: The Next Generation The O.C. The Wonder Years Daria Fifteen James at 15/16

Still the closest thing to a high school student's diary -- emotional, angst-filled, challenging, unflinching. As Angela Chase, Claire Danes set an incredible benchmark.

Few recognized its quality when it was on, but there's no escaping the talent from that series now -- Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel and Linda Cardellini, for starters.

The Sarah Michelle Gellar series extended several seasons beyond its lead characters' high school years. But at its best, it made the "freak of the week" only part of the scariness of growing up in Sunnydale.

This WB series only ran for two seasons, but its characters perfectly captured cliques. You could identify at some point with every one.

This Canadian import about life in high school is a gritty mix of comedy and drama.

Its take on dark humor and cynicism reflect the push-pull of trying to be an adult at childhood's end.

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Music licensing has limited this series to two best-of sets.

MTV's wise-beyond-her-years geek chick is available in two movies. No series sets.

This early '90s Nickelodeon drama has its fans but no planned DVD release.

No word on NBC's seminal 1970s series.