Scripted series · ABC Family
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Expect the Unexpected
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Shailene Woodley
Amy Juergens
121 eps
Molly Ringwald
Anne Juergens
96 eps
Mark Derwin
George Juergens
114 eps
Megan Park
Grace Bowman
121 eps
Daren Kagasoff
Ricky Underwood
121 eps
Ken Baumann
Ben Boykewich
121 eps
Greg Finley
Jack Pappas
121 eps
India Eisley
Ashley Juergens
84 eps
Francia Raísa
Adrian Lee
121 eps
Steve Schirripa
Leo Boykewich
109 eps
Michael Grant
Ethan
29 eps
Cierra Ramirez
Kathy
22 eps
Amy Rider
Alice Valko
77 eps
Allen Evangelista
Henry Miller
78 eps
Renee Olstead
Madison Cooperstein
86 eps
Brando Eaton
Griffin
23 eps
Alice Hirson
Mimsy
6 eps
Jennifer Coolidge
Betty
35 eps
Brandon Katzke
Robie
6 eps
Ernie Hudson
Dr. Ken Fields
18 eps
Camille Winbush
Lauren Treacy
87 eps
Paola Turbay
Cindy Lee
31 eps
Ben Weber
David Johnson
14 eps
Reid Scott
Dr. Jeff Zegay
9 eps
Josie Bissett
Kathleen Bowman
90 eps
Andrew McFarlane
Jason
14 eps
Matthew Levinson
John
64 eps
Joseph Levinson
John
64 eps
DeVaughn Nixon
Omar
30 eps
Grant Harvey
Grant
32 eps
Chasen Joseph Schneider
Joe Hampton
12 eps
Beverley Mitchell
Kaitlin O'Malley
28 eps
Natalie Dreyfuss
Chloe
11 eps
Tom Virtue
Reverend Stone
20 eps
Luke Zimmerman
Tom Bowman
89 eps
Jorge-Luis Pallo
Marcelino Molina
16 eps
John Schneider
Marshall Bowman
17 eps
Christopher Michael
Coach Carter
11 eps
L. Scott Caldwell
Margaret Shakur
32 eps
Alex Boling
Donovan
14 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Secret Life of the American Teenager actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Secret Life of the American Teenager reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 121 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200823 episodes
10.0IMDbEveryone at Grant High School has something to hide. Amy Juergens, viewed as a "good girl" and a band geek, is pregnant and does not know how to break the news to her parents. Cheerleader Grace Bowman struggle to keep her vow of chastity she made to her parents, Ricky Underwood hides his skeletons in the closet and even Amy's parents conceal the truth behind their shaky marriage.
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200924 episodes
10.0IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201026 episodes
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201124 episodes
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201224 episodes
4.0IMDb
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Brenda HamptonProducer
Writing
- Brenda HamptonWriter
- Elaine ArataWriter
Direction
- Ron UnderwoodDirector
- Gail BradleyDirector
- Anson WilliamsDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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