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The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)

Comedy · Drama · Family

Amy and her friends at Grant High learn to define themselves while they navigate the perilous waters of contemporary adolescence. Between their love triangles, secrets, drama, accusations, gossip, confusion, and scandalous rumors, there's never a dull moment.

IMDb rating: 4.9 (21,717 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 ↑ +2.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Hulu · Disney+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

7.42 avg 23 episodes 6.9 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Falling in Love	6.9	230
2	You Are My Everything	7.0	122
3	I Feel Sick	7.8	114
4	Caught	7.4	110
5	What Have You Done to Me?	7.3	105
6	Love for Sale	7.6	102
7	Absent	7.3	94
8	Your Cheatin' Heart	7.3	95
9	Slice of Life	7.4	93
10	Back to School Special	7.7	95
11	Just Say No	7.1	80
12	The Secret Wedding of the American Teenager	7.8	93
13	Baked Nevada	7.2	82
14	The Father and the Son	7.2	74
15	That's Enough of That	7.8	76
16	Chocolate Cake	7.5	77
17	Unforgiven	7.6	70
18	Making Up Is Hard to Do	7.6	63
19	Money for Nothing, Chicks for Free	7.2	68
20	Maybe Baby	7.2	63
21	Whoomp! (There It Is)	7.3	62
22	One Night at Band Camp	7.6	77
23	And Unto Us, a Child Is Born	7.8	67

Season 2 (2009)

6.88 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 6.6 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Big One	8.0	78
2	What's Done Is Done	6.0	55
3	Par for the Course	6.3	52
4	Ciao	7.3	49
5	Born Free	7.3	49
6	The Summer of our Discontent	7.3	53
7	Summertime	7.1	49
8	A New Kind of Green	6.6	47
9	Hot Nuts	6.6	48
10	Knocked Up, Who's There?	6.7	49
11	Cramped	6.5	43
12	Be My, Be My Baby	6.2	49
13	You Don't Know What You've Got	7.8	49
14	'Til It's Gone	7.1	49
15	Loved and Lost	7.0	42
16	Just Say Me	6.1	53
17	The Second Time Around	6.1	47
18	Let's Try That Again	7.3	42
19	The Rhythm of Life	6.9	39
20	Mistakes Were Made	7.1	44
21	Choices	6.7	45
22	Good Girls and Boys	7.1	41
23	I Got You, Babe	7.4	45
24	Ben There, Done That	6.6	49

Season 3 (2010)

6.64 avg 26 episodes 6.2 → 7.7 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Do Over	6.2	58
2	Accentuate the Positive	6.9	46
3	Get Out of Town	5.9	47
4	Goodbye Amy Juergens	5.9	52
5	Which Way Did She Go?	5.9	46
6	She Went That A'way	5.8	44
7	New York, New York	6.0	49
8	The Sounds of Silence	6.1	42
9	Chicken Little	5.9	42
10	My Girlfriend's Back	7.1	49
11	Lady Liberty	6.5	47
12	Sweet and Sour	6.7	44
13	Up All Night	6.7	48
14	Rules of Engagement	6.9	47
15	Who Do You Trust	7.1	48
16	Mirrors	6.4	50
17	Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner	6.9	48
18	Another Proposal	7.7	41
19	Deeper and Deeper	7.1	49
20	Moving in and Out	6.9	45
21	Young at Heart	7.0	44
22	Loose Lips	6.7	47
23	Round II	6.8	42
24	It's Not Over Till It's Over	7.0	47
25	To Be...	6.9	42
26	... or Not to Be	7.7	68

Season 4 (2011)

7.22 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 6.2 44 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	When One Door Closes	7.6	66
2	Another One Opens	7.2	45
3	When Opportunity Knocks	6.4	49
4	One Foot Out the Door	7.7	41
5	Hole in the Wall	8.0	47
6	Don't Go in There	7.8	45
7	Cute	7.9	53
8	Dancing with the Stars	7.5	52
9	Flip Flop	7.8	43
10	4-1-1	7.8	42
11	The Games We Play	7.7	42
12	Pomp	7.5	39
13	And Circumstance	8.6	109
14	Smokin' Like a Virgin	7.4	50
15	Defiance	7.0	39
16	They Gotta Eat	6.9	41
17	Suddenly Last Summer	7.0	38
18	The Beach Is Back	7.0	40
19	The Splits	6.4	34
20	Strange Familiar	6.6	33
21	Allies	6.2	36
22	The Text Best Thing	6.5	42
23	4SnP	6.7	43
24	Love Is Love	6.2	38

Season 5 (2012)

6.83 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 3.0 41 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	To Begin with ...	7.7	53
2	Shotgun	7.1	41
3	I Do and I Don't...	6.8	46
4	Lies and Byes	7.1	43
5	Past History	6.9	37
6	Holy Rollers	7.0	35
7	Girlfriends	6.6	43
8	Setting Things Straight	6.9	34
9	Property Not for Sale	7.1	37
10	Regrets	7.1	39
11	Half Over	7.3	42
12	Hedy's Happy Holiday House	8.1	56
13	To Each Her Own	5.9	41
14	It's a Miracle	7.6	49
15	Untying the Knot	6.5	30
16	Shiny and New	6.4	29
17	Fraid So	6.9	30
18	Money for Nothin'	6.4	32
19	Interference	7.6	35
20	First and Last	6.9	37
21	All My Sisters with Me	6.9	29
22	When Bad Things Happen to Bad People	6.4	33
23	Caught in a Trap	7.6	36
24	Thank You and Goodbye	3.0	131