From Deseret News archives:
ABC's 'life as we know it' is all about sex, sex, sex
And on the WB, Drew Carey turns 'Green'
"How are you supposed to go to school when all you can think about is sex?" one of the characters asks early in tonight's premiere (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4).
For that matter, it must be tough turning out scripts when all you can think about is sex.
The hourlong drama features actors who look too old to be high schoolers, sort of like, say, "Dawson's Creek." And, in the premiere, one of the boys wants to have sex with a teacher and another discovers that his mother is having an affair, which is just the way "Dawson's Creek" started out.
Just a coincidence, we're assured. (The show is based on Melvin Burgess' novel, "Doing It.")
Anyway, the show revolves around three best buddies. Dino (Sean Faris) is the popular, athletic one who's pressuring his girlfriend to have sex. Ben (Jon Foster) is the smart one who wants to have sex with his English teacher. Jonathan (Chris Lowell), the shyest of the three who doesn't know how to handle his relationship with his friend and possible girlfriend (Kelly Osbourne yes, that Kelly Osbourne), who isn't exactly a teenage boy's image of the ideal woman.
"We wanted to push it," said executive producer Jeff Judah. "You're trying to find what that line is and you push it. . . . You're doing it, trying to make it real, like kids and teenagers talk."
Not that he's willing to admit that "life as we know it" is all about sex, sex and more sex.
"I think in the pilot it's more than teenage sexuality," Judah said. "It's also friendships. . . . It is about the relationships and just growing up, and what it's like to be a teenager."
There's actually a good show in here someplace. There are some good characters and interpersonal dynamics and lots of potential for what could be a thoughtful, interesting hour.
And there's even a hint that maybe, just maybe, the writers will tone it down a bit in succeeding episodes.
"I think that the pilot, obviously, focuses a lot on the kids being promiscuous," said D.B. Sweeney, who stars as Dino's father. "I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention to break through. . . . So maybe you push a little further in the first show."
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