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TV SHOWS

DAWSON'S CREEK

Dawson's Creek was a popular American serial television drama aimed at teenagers, which aired in hour-long episodes from 1998 to 2003. The show is semi-autobiographical, being based on the small-town childhood of its creator Kevin Williamson, who also wrote the slasher film Scream. The lead character, Dawson Leery, shares Williamson's interests and background. Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, the show was set in a small Massachusetts seaside town and focused on four friends who began their freshman year of high school as the show began. The program, part of a craze for teen-themed movies and television shows in America in the late 1990s, made stars of its leads and was a defining show for its network, The WB. Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times declared in 2005 that "The WB is turning out to be the television equivalent of the United Nations" and that "Dawson's Creek was its Dag Hammarskjöld: It was the first series bold enough to pick up the mantle of Beverly Hills, 90210 and an inspiration for many variations on the teenage angst theme, including The O.C. on Fox".

Joey Potter "is a headstrong, vibrant, wily, sultry, and determined go-getter. And yet, in a gloriously contradictory manner, in spite of her tough-as-nails exterior demeanor, Joey's also a frail, sometimes uncertain, emotionally sensitive, in-need-of-love person," said the show's official book.[23]. Joey, named for Jo in Little Women, for years had been climbing in Dawson's bedroom window and platonically sharing his bed. Joey's mother had died from cancer when Joey was thirteen and her father, Mike (Gareth Williams), was in prison for "conspiracy to traffic in marijuana in excess of 10,000 pounds.” Her harried and very pregnant sister, Bessie (Nina Repeta), about ten years older than Joey, was raising her while running the Ice House restaurant, where Joey worked as a waitress. GQ described Joey as "kind of an uptight fussbudget—one who's always twisted up over doing the right thing and bungling-up ways to hook up with her crush and across the creek neighbor, Dawson."

TV APPERANCES

"Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show"

Original Air Date: 12 January 2006

2005 MTV Movie Awards

"Getaway"

Original Air Date: 16 June 2005 (Season 14, Episode 19)

"Live with Regis and Kathie Lee"

Original Air Date: 13 June 2005

"Late Show with David Letterman"

Original Air Date: 9 June 2005

"Good Morning America"

Original Air Date: 9 June 2005

"The Oprah Winfrey Show"

Original Air Date: 23 May 2005

"Late Night with Conan O'Brien"

Original Air Date: 23 September 2004

"Live with Regis and Kathie Lee"

Original Air Date: 23 September 2004

"The View"

Original Air Date: 7 July 2004

Punk'd

November 9, 2003 "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show"

Original Air Date: 23 October 2003

"RI:SE"

Original Air Date: 7 October 2003

2002 MTV Movie Awards

Saturday Night Live

Holmes hosted Saturday Night Live on February 24, 2001, participating in a send-up of Dawson's Creek where she falls madly in love with Chris Kattan's Mr. Peepers character and singing "Hey, Big Spender" from Sweet Charity.

"The Rosie O'Donnell Show"

Original Air Date: 7 February 2001

2000 MTV Movie Awards

"The Rosie O'Donnell Show"

Original Air Date: 30 November 2000

The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999)

1999 MTV Movie Awards

"The Rosie O'Donnell Show"

Original Air Date: 15 April 1999