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''Young Americans'' is an American
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television series created by
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. The show debuted on July 12, 2000, on
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network as a summer replacement for, and spin-off from another
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''. The series was originally ordered for the 1999–2000 United States television season with a planned fall debut, but was delayed due to unresolved matters between Columbia TriStar and The WB. The main character, Will Krudski, was introduced late in season three of ''Dawson's Creek'' as a childhood friend of the group who has kept in contact with Pacey Witter. The show explores themes of forbidden love,
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Plot summary

''Young Americans'' is set in the town of New Rawley at a prestigious
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, Rawley Academy. Will Krudski, a working class New Englander, earns a scholarship to his hometown's posh boarding school, starting with the summer session, as a means of escaping his abusive father. In a moment of carelessness he confesses to his roommate Scout Calhoun that he cheated on the entrance exam. Their professor, Finn, overhears Will and Scout discussing what to do. Before making a final decision about expelling him, Finn has Will write an essay on who he is. Throughout the series, Will faces moral dilemmas as he struggles to find his place at school while not alienating his friends in town. There is also the forbidden love between Scout and Bella Banks, Will’s childhood friend who may or may not share the same father with Scout. Jacqueline Pratt, in an attempt to see if her mother notices her, enrolls at Rawley Academy posing as a male student with the name Jake. Things get complicated when she develops feelings for Hamilton Fleming, the dean's son. Hamilton begins to wonder if he is gay as he realizes he has feelings for Jake. The story lines do not converge until the final two episodes of the show as Bella seeks the truth about her biological father.


Cast and characters


Main characters

* Rodney Scott as William "Will" Krudski, a poor but brilliant young man who cheated on the entrance exam to ensure his admission and has a complicated relationship to his father. *
Mark Famiglietti Mark Famiglietti (born September 26, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and author. He is best known for appearing in television shows such as ''Hang Time'' and ''Young Americans''. He also appeared in '' Terminator 3: Rise ...
as Scout Calhoun, Will's roommate at Rawley Academy. Scout meets, and dates, Will's old friend Bella until her stepfather explains his reasons why he disapproves. *
Katherine Moennig Katherine Sian Moennig (; born December 29, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on ''The L Word'' (2004–2009), as well as Jake Pratt on ''Young Americans'' (2000). Moennig played the role of Lena in ...
as Jacqueline "Jake" Pratt, a teenage girl who disguises herself as a boy to get the attention of her absent mother. *
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as Hamilton Fleming, a student at the school and the son of the dean. Hamilton finds himself confused by his attraction to Jake. *
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as Bella Banks, Will's childhood friend – a pretty townie torn between Scout and fellow New Rawleyian, Sean. *
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as Finn, coach of the
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team and also a teacher.


Notable guest appearances

*
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as Sean McGrail, Will's long-time best friend and baseball teammate as well as a childhood friend of Bella's, he eventually becomes Bella's boyfriend. * Deborah Hazlett as Susan Krudski, Will's mother. Works at a New Rawley beauty salon named "Glamorama". *
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as Gregor Ryder, bad-boy and student at Rawley Academy. *
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as Caroline Busse, Will's love interest. * Cyndi Johnson as Paige Bennett, old friend of Scout's family. * Kathleen Bridget Kelly as Kate Fleming, Hamilton's mother and the dean's wife. *
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as Grace, Bella's irresponsible sister. * Beau Gravitte as Senator Calhoun, Scout's dad. *
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as Donna Banks, Bella & Grace's mom. * Naomi Kline as Lena, a student visiting Rawley Academy for girls showing a romantic interest in Jake.


Production

Steve Antin credits a stop at a New England gas station as the inspiration for the series. He was a little surprised to see four teenage girls working as pump jockeys. "One of them said, 'My dad owns the station.' I just thought this was the sweetest thing I ever saw." The pilot was filmed in
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in 1999 and with a somewhat different cast. The character of Finn was played by
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in the pilot, but between the pilot and the reshoots for the series, Sisto was cast in the title role of CBS' miniseries ''
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''. When the production relocated they also replaced secondary roles, and the only original cast members that remained were the five principal actors. The pilot's soundtrack contained recognizable tracks by
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, New Radicals, and The Flys, but after the reshoots, Antin replaced them with favorites like Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Over the Rainbow", which at the same time became fashionable in commercials for Volkswagen's Cabrio convertible and eToys.com. A subplot in the pilot involving an affair between Finn and the dean's wife was dropped and later inserted into the third episode of the series. The series was filmed in
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where a new "town square", gas station and
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restaurant were built for the production of the show at the intersection of Congress Avenue and North Washington Street. Wilmington and
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, both in
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, had been considered possible filming locations for the series.


Sponsorship

''Young Americans'' was originally supposed to be a mid-season show in 2000 but was put on hold until Coca-Cola offered to sponsor the show. The character of Will Krudski was then written into ''
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'' to associate ''Young Americans'' with one of The WB's established shows. When ''Dawson's Creek'' went on hiatus in the summer of 2000, ''Young Americans'' occupied its timeslot of Wednesdays at 9 P.M. Repeats were shown at 9 P.M. on Fridays.
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paid $6 million to be the primary sponsor, the show being billed as "Coca-Cola Presents ''Young Americans''". ''Young Americans'' was profiled by
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on the August 22, 2000 episode of ''
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'' in the Ad Nauseam segment due to the Coca-Cola tie ins. Carell constantly referred to "The Beginning" as an "hour-long commercial". Some of the scenes also took place in a
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restaurant, which was built from an old pizzeria for the show.
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products are seen or mentioned in most episodes. The unaired pilot episode does not contain the product placement. Among the changes to the pilot is a scene that was reshot in order to show the characters drinking Coca-Cola.


Promotion

A scene from the pilot, which was heavily promoted prior to the show's premiere, where the characters and other students at Rawley run in slow motion to the school's lake while stripping off their clothes was parodied in another WB show, ''
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''.


Episodes

The main character, Will Krudski, was introduced late in season three of ''Dawson's Creek'' as a childhood friend of the group who has kept in contact with Pacey Witter. In a three-episode story arc, Will goes to Capeside to visit with old friends while on spring break. After briefly dating Andie McPhee, he leaves Capeside to attend Rawley Academy.


Pilot


Season 1 (2000)


Music

The soundtrack features several songs with
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from his album ''
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''. *
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– "
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" (ep 1.1 and 1.7) *
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– " Six Pacs" (modified) (ep 1.1 and theme song) *
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– " From the Morning" (ep 1.1) * Blur – " Tender" (ep 1.1) *
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– "You're so cool" (ep 1.1) *
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– " Over the Rainbow" (ep 1.1 and 1.8) *Crash Poets – "Goodbye" (ep 1.2) *
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– " Which Will" (ep 1.3) *
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as Bella Banks – "
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– "
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" (ep. 1.4) * David Gray – " This Years Love" (ep. 1.5) *
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– " Place to Be" (ep 1.7) *
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" (ep 1.8)


Theme song

The theme song " Six Pacs" by
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from the album
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was changed at the request of the producers to remove the original reference to
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in the lyric. Joe Voci, the show's executive producer, said in an interview with VH1.com that "Unlike other teen shows that are angst-driven, ours is about a group of kids who want to do the right things, and how they handle the obstacles they're presented. The song presented a mood, tone and feel that is optimistic and implies a sense of adventure."


Reception

David Zurawik of ''
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'' described the series as "Shakespeare Summer Lite, with some gender-bending and woodland trysts to go along with the star-crossed lovers." In comparing the series to another debut
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of ''
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'' found that "it at least avoids the unearned angst of the summer's other 15-year-olds-in-school show,
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's hapless '' Opposite Sex''".
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creative writing professor Jane Rosenzweig found that ''Young Americans'' "has a breadth of focus that's far more true to life than the so-called reality-based shows like
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's '' Real World'' and
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's summer hit '' Survivor''." Rob Owen of the ''
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'' said that the show presents as though the creator "looked at the blueprints of other WB shows and plucked out the elements that would give his series the best chance for success with the Gen Y set." After naming a checklist of elements of the show that are common to many shows on The WB, Owen says that it is admirable from a business standpoint to make a show in such a manner but that it is not very original. Owen concludes by calling ''Young Americans'' "mindless and clichéd" but still "guilty summer fun." Michele Hewitson of ''
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'' compared the show to the film ''
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'' and said that it is not often "an American television series manages to exceed all expectations - of utter awfulness." Despite being a spin-off of one of the most popular WB shows, ''Young Americans'' received low ratings throughout its summer run and was cancelled in August 2000. As of September 2010 ''Young Americans'' ranks 49th among unreleased TV shows on
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