No more Seth Cohens: The Netflix binge model has killed off the long-lasting TV crush
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s fun to gossip about cute boys, and wade into cultural discourse on Connell’s chain in Normal People, the peculiarities of our affections for nerdy characters such as The Haunting of Bly Manor’s Owen Sharma, or the politics of crushing on You’s serial-killing stalker Joe Goldberg. Pre-Twitter thirsting, discussion of attractive men on the small screen was largely relegated to the pages of lifestyle magazines like Woman’s Own in the UK or pure word of mouth. It coincided with arguably the Golden Age of American teen TV, with dreamboats such as The OC’s Seth Cohen and Dawson’s Creek’s Pacey Witter arriving like perfectly packaged gifts for millennials like me. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery Milo Ventimiglia and his Gilmore Girls co-star Alexis Bledel in 2003 Jess was a TV boyfriend that only teenagers could be charmed by, yet he still occupies a tender place in my thirty-something heart.