Dawson's Creek is an hour-long American television drama aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired from 1998 to 2003. The show is semi-autobiographical, based on the small-town childhood of creator Kevin Williamson, writer of the slasher film Scream. Dawson Leery, the lead character, shares Williamson's interests and background. The show was set in a small Massachusetts seaside town and focused on four friends who began their sophomore year of high school as the show began. The program, part of a craze for teen-themed movies and television shows in America in the late 1990s, made stars of its leads and was a defining show for its network, The WB. It was the first series bold enough to pick up the mantle of Beverly Hills 90210 and an inspiration for many variations on the teenage angst theme, including The O.C. on Fox.
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