Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama

Teen drama

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 television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network

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 and was produced by Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

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. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons. It portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.

Reruns of the show are often seen in Australia on TV1

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, in Canada on TVtropolis

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, in Norway on TV3, in Denmark on TV2 Zulu, in the UK on Sony Entertainment Television

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, in France on TMC, in Greece on Macedonia TV

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, in Romania on Digi Film, in India on Zee Café

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, in Indonesia on TPI and Global TV

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, in Italy on Italia 1

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, in Spain on LaOtra

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, in Lithuania on TV3

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, in Latin America

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 on Liv, and in the Middle East

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 on MBC4 and on the Orbit - Showtime Network (OSN).
Aimed at a teenage audience, the semi-autobiographical show is based on the small-town childhood of its creator Kevin Williamson.