I'm Sorry, but You Need to Be Watching Riverdale

FULL DISCLOSURE: I’M a sucker for a teen soap. I blame Beverly Hills, 90210. Maybe Dawson’s Creek. Also anything John Hughes touched in the 1980s. (Though those definitely became problematic faves as I grew up.) I understand that very few, if any, teen dramas would fit squarely into the category we now call Prestige TV, but not everything can be The Crown—and on the nights when unending news cycles have everyone on edge, there’s something comforting about settling in with some gossip girls and pretty little liars.

I'm Sorry, but You Need to Be Watching Riverdale

Full disclosure: I’m a sucker for a teen soap. I blame Beverly Hills, 90210. Maybe Dawson’s Creek. Also anything John Hughes touched in the 1980s. (Though those definitely became problematic faves as I grew up.) I understand that very few, if any, teen dramas would fit squarely into the category we now call Prestige TV, but not everything can be The Crown—and on the nights when unending news cycles have everyone on edge, there’s something comforting about settling in with some gossip girls and p...