Watching Sterling Point, Amazon’s new series from the My Old Ass director Megan Park, you’re struck by how little it resembles adolescence as previous generations imagined it. Sterling Point is part of a genuine new wave of original teen TV. Sterling Point is its latest attempt to build an original teen franchise rather than revive an old one. The rise of this new wave of TV shows feels particularly significant because they are competing with the creatorverse for viewers’ attention. Teen TV flourished from the late 90s through the early aughts, when aspirational teenagers populated Beverly Hills, 90210, Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl.