SummaryMy So-Called Life started in 1994 on ABC. It was very popular. It was a show that many could relate to and came off as more realistic than many other high school shows. Unfortunately, ABC cancelled it after one season. It has remained a favorite for long after. There are many questions left unresolved. If there was a season 2, would Rayanne an... Read More
Created By:Winnie Holzman
❮ My So-Called Life
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Aug 25, 1994
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
92
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.5
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
92
95% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Aug 27, 2015
100
For viewers who scream for quality, this is it...I can't answer for today's teens, but from this geezer-gazing distance, the show is amazingly, wonderfully right. As an added benefit, it's a perfect reminder of why I never again want to be 15. [24 Aug 1994, p.C1]
Aug 27, 2015
100
Marshall Hershkovitz and Ed Zwick, the team that brought us "thirtysomething," have a grasp of adolescence that's so real you can smell the Clearasil. [25 Aug 1994, p.45]
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.5
91% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
0% Mixed
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9% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Aug 26, 2011
10
Angela Chase à o melhor personagem de qualquer seriado que eu já vi. Sem falar no restante do elenco: todos entrosados e interessantes. Uma pena ter acabado em uma única temporada. Pelo menos, fica a dica para as sÃries teens que não sabem fazer direito o que My So-Called Life faz com maestria: impressionar.
May 19, 2018
8
I honestly really enjoyed this series both as a teenager and as a young adult. I think it takes a realistic look into the lives of not only teenagers, but the people around them. This is one of the most realistic aspects of the confused teenage mood and I am sorry that they didn't continue on with another season.
Aug 27, 2015
100
Easily the best new series coming to TV...With enough rich characters to fill several series, Life could become the latest show to shake up network television. [25 Aug 1994, p.1C]
Aug 27, 2015
90
The show's other standout is Bess Armstrong, as Angela's loving, conflicted mother, Patty. She is equally compelling and convincing as a woman still so in touch with her youthful idealism and values that she can't believe she's also a disapproving mother. [23 Aug 1994]
Aug 27, 2015
80
There is much in the next few weeks that is touching, humorous, painful and admirable. But not insightful, or at least not insightful enough to make going back to high school something that seems like must viewing between 8 and 9 on Thursday nights...Still, My So-Called Life is likely to be as good as you're going to get this season as far as new shows are concerned. [24 Aug 1994, p.65]
Aug 27, 2015
42
My time spent in Angela's life was a wasted hour in my own so-called life. [24 Aug 1994, p.47]
May 22, 2013
8
A classic, and the quintessential teen drama. Brilliant script, great acting (particularly from Claire Danes) and a validity that no others in its genre can match. Peerless.
