how is a story arc developed on a teen soap like Dawson's Creek?
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I guess it's supposed to last as long as the producers or writers want.  Basically, they'll probably make it last as long as necessary.  For example, in Dawson's Creek, I noticed that the Joey-in-love-with-Dawson story arc lasted for one season.  That was probably to create suspense among viewers and keep them tuning in to see "Will they or won't they?"
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Yeah Im the biggest Dawson's Creek freak if thier ever was and is one, so i remeber that episode, it was GHretchen, Pacey's sister, Pacey and Joey were going out with each other at the time, and Dawson and Gretchen were also together, It was Paceys birthday and Joey wanted to surprise him with a party at his parents house and his parents and Gretchen were throwing the party to, but as u no pacey and his parents dont get along well at all, but Joey and Gretchen wanted to fix things so decided to give the party with thier parents thier and at thier house, Pacey and Dawson were still pretty mad at each other i think, but Gretchen needed his support and i think it was thier first public dating thing, but pacey didnt like the idea of dawson with his sister, so things were already hectic, but anyway, when the parents first started up with the stupid pacey jokes and what not, he got mad and stormed off and Joey followed him, they were going to go to the basement to talk about things about her colledge that she got a letter to or something, but when they got thier and went in they found dawson and gretchen making out on top of each other on the couch, with thier train of though totally blew off, they left in total shock they stood thier with thier mouths open for a while, Joey clearly wasnt completly over dawson and pacey was mad at dawson and didnt even want gretchen near him, so the evening was complety crazy and gretchen was trying to get her thoughts together on the evening so got some of her many nieces and nephews that was at the party and took them in the whitter basement and got the star lamp or whatever and told a story about how it was a gift from her grandmother when she was young, the kids all fall asleep and then dawson comes and and reasures her that everythings going to be ok between them and joey and pacey would just have to get over it because he really liked her, she agreed and they kissed while the lamp thing was still going, which made another good memory of the good feelings she gets when the lamp is on, very sweet and romantic, a favorite episode of mine, so i no the lamp very well, \nabout the lamp though, im not sure the name of it , but do u no what QVC is?  its a shopping network in the united states, i watch it quite often for fun, and i remeber them selling some on thier, you can visit thier website at qvc.com  they might be on thier, but i do no what your talking about, and thier really pretty and neat, at my school when i was younger in middle school, thier was a old retired teacher and he came sometimes to talk about the earth and stuff, and a couple times a year he would bring a huge blow up baloon tent thing and it was called a star lab, it reached to the top of the ceiling, inside you had to crawl into it and inside were all these little stars and planets and everything , it was in a projector box thing and it spun to, so you could possibly find one on a scientic website to, good luck!\nemail me if you need to, see mt chart thing
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The American soap opera The Guiding Light started as a radio drama in January 1937 and subsequently transferred to television. With the exception of several years in the late 1940s when Irna Phillips was in dispute with Procter & Gamble, The Guiding Light has been heard or seen every weekday since it started, making it the longest story ever told. Other American soaps that have been telecast for more than thirty years (and are still in rotation) include As the World Turns, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live, All My Children, and The Young and the Restless. Due to the shows' longevities, it is not uncommon for multiple actors to play a single character over the span of many years. It is also not uncommon for a single actor to play several characters on other shows over the years. Actors such as Robin Mattson, Roscoe Born and Michael Sabatino have played no less than six soap roles. As actors transition between soap roles, it is not uncommon nowadays to be dropped from contract status to recurring status, a part of contract negotiations which is almost completely unique to U.S. soaps.\n\nIn the USA, the shows purely known in the vernacular as soap operas are broadcast during daytime. In the beginning, the serials were broadcast as fifteen-minute installments each weekday. In 1956, the first half-hour soaps debuted, and all of the soaps broadcast half-hour episodes by the end of the 1960s. When the soap opera hit a fever pitch in the 1970s, popular demand had most of the shows, one by one, expanded to an hour in length (one show, Another World, even expanded to ninety minutes for a short time). More than half of the serials (and all of the pre-'80s hour-long serials on the air today) expanded to the new time format by 1980. Today, eight out of the nine American serials air sixty-minute episodes each weekday.\n\nPort Charles used the practice of running 13-week "story arcs", in which the main events of the arc are played out and wrapped up over the 13 weeks, although some storylines did continue over more than one arc. According to the 2006 Preview issue of Soap Opera Digest, it was briefly discussed that all ABC shows might do telenovela arcs, but this was rejected.\n\nfor more info go to\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera#Soaps_in_the_United_States
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I agree with Bobbie V.  I think the boys are just being normal teenagers.  I think it's up to Matt & Amy to tighten the reins every now and then and so far, this season we've seen them do just that on occasion.
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Degrassi has thus far dealt with very mature topics, such as homosexuality, rape, various sex-related subjects, suicide, and even a school shooting.\n\nYou can watch that show, and know that things just like that happen at your school everyday... \nOne tree hill and The gilmore Girls are how teens deal with each other, Degrassi is how teens deal with everything else
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It's not a movie. It's Joey from  Dawson's Creek - Season 4 - "Promicide".
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full house and the wounder years great tv shows oh and dawsons creek
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None. Save your time for the one-hour dramas. Some good ones: Prison Break, Alias, Commander in Chief, E-Ring, Boston Legal, CSI, CSI:Miami, Numbers
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I think I have answered this queston 3 times here, but don't have the darn link for you.  The producer "cannot decide" whether he wants to do a Fall series....gotta be on crack.  What is there to decide?  I love that show!
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I don't know if this is an acceptable answer, but here goes:  they just want something to complain about!  I mean, like most television shows today, the storylines that take place are completely fictional!  (With that said, I don't see anyone complaining about some of these oh-so-crappy shows that, for some odd reason, get some of the best ratings!) What is so hard to understand and/or accept?  Moreover, though the action may differ, wrestling is no different then, let's say, a soap opera!  Like you said, it's just entertainment!  Geez!
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They don't have any daytime soaps available for sale. I wish they did have a dvd set for Port Charles, the show was great in the begining! You can watch reruns if you have Soapnet.
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I have absolutely no idea what you are asking!  Lay of the Laguna Beach episodes, stay in school, study, and then maybe you can ask a coherent question without the words "as if" and "like" all the time.\n\nAnd what is an sb?
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degrassi. it has alot more interesting story lines. we're in a day and age where it's ok to go there. back when dawson was out, they still had to be a little discreet about what they showed. so my pick is definetly degrassi. plus it just seems so much real and deal with more serious teen issues then just who is sleeping with whom.
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I think you are refering to the episode "Kissing Bridge" of Everwood TV series..(on WB Television Network)\n\nCheck on the net: WB Kissing Bridge.
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I agree, Dawson's Creek is the absolute best show ever made in the entire world!!  I love that show and record the reruns while im at school, how do u no that thier getting married 2morrow in italy?  Suri is so cute!  Katie Holmes  is my favorite actress, so im with you on that one, about the gift?  i dont really no about that, but your right on the dawsons creek and suri and katie and all that!
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I couldn't find the song you were looking for from Noah's Arc.  The episode is available on DVD so maybe you can rent it or buy it from your local video store.  By the way, the new season begins on August 9th.  The links below had some good info on the show.
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American TV writers can learn how to write coherent multi-episode storylines. 24 is closest thing American TV has to anime-style storytelling.