Episodes

Wednesday,July 12
Series Premire
"Young Americans"-(9:00-10:00 p.m.ET)
"Pilot Episode"(TV-PG,D)

Character from "Dawson's Creek"Returns In The new summer series "Young Americans"-Blue blood collar as summer session begins at Rawley Academy, a prestigious New England boarding school. Will Krudski (Rodney Scott, "Dawson's Creek") is a local boy on scholarship and his new roomate, Scout Calhoun (Mark Familglietti), represents everything that made Will always want ti attend Rawley- to be one of those guys for whom anything is possible. While Will struggles with an ethnical crisis relating to his acceptance into Rawley, Scout falls for Bella Banks (Kate Bosworth), a luminous local girl, but their blossoming romance may turn out to be star-crossed. Meanwhile, a student on the fringe of the new entering class at Rawley, Hamilton Fleming (Ian Somerhalder), is edgy, alternative, and the antithesis of what you'd expect the Dean's son to be- which he is. His outsider status attracts the friendship of Jake Pratt (Katherine Moennig), who matches Hamilton in his aloof stance. These teenagers are led by Finn (Ed Quinn), the teacher and crew coach who hopes to inspire them to shoot their arrows high in what will be the greatest summer of their lives. James Whitmore, Jr. directed the episode written series creator Steven Antin (160318).

July 12,2000 : Pilot
July 19, 2000 : Our Town 
July 26, 2000 : Kiss and Tell 
August 2, 2000 :  Cinderbella

Episode 2:"Our Town"
TO BE OR NOT TO BE � A TOWNIE � Achieving his life-long goal of escaping the wrong side of the tracks, Will Krudski (Rodney Scott) thought his life would be perfect once he began at Rawley Academy, but trying to reconcile his new life with his old ties tests his growing friendship with Scout (Mark Famiglietti). Scout and Bella (Kate Bosworth) test the waters of their own newly platonic relationship and the end of their love affair, but Scout�s jealousy over an admirer leads to a bloody brawl. Meanwhile, Hamilton (Ian Somerhalder) and Jake (Katherine Moennig) work through their own weird moments and find a common ground of friendship. Ed Quinn also stars. James Whitmore, Jr. directed the episode written by series creator Steven Antin.