Which television station is the secret life of the American teenager on?
The new ABC Family hit The Secret Life of the American Teenager (already renewed for a second season) was created by Brenda Hampton, the auteur behind 7th Heaven. Like Heaven, Teenager is filled with didactic messages and a lotta wooden acting. It also makes you realize that on TV these days, the concepts of chastity and shame can seem thrilling, if only because they so rarely arise. The secret held by 15-year-old, straight-arrow Amy (Shailene Woodley) is that she’s pregnant after losing her virginity during a one-night stand with a smirky suburban playa, Ricky (Daren Kagasoff). Mortified, she hasn’t told her parents, and can only hint at it to the boy she really loves, charming wise guy Ben (Kenny Baumann, who looks like a young Bob Saget). There’s also a major subplot about a Christian couple, classmates Grace (Megan Park) and Jack (Greg Finley), who pledged to God that they won’t have sex until they’re married. A pent-up Jack promptly went out and hooked up with the local floozy, Ad
