New Show on ABC Family
There is a new sh
ow on ABC FAMILY called, The Secret Life Of The American Teenager. Interesting show that depicts students in various “teenage” situations including the plot of the show a pregnancy. Strong religious undertone throughout the show as some students wanting to wait mess up and others who have no desire to wait make their move. Last night was the first episode of the show. What I found interesting is I think this goes on in more homes than people would like to admit. The battle between knowing what to do and doing what you really want to do. Then after making the choice, having to deal with the consequences. Sadly I feel the show depicts all to well the issue of once a poor choice is made how and who can we talk about it with. The built in defense mechanism of hiding it and trying to deal with it on our own kicks in. The show is from the creators of 7th heaven and seems to have a decent cast.
New Research On Teen Preferences…5 of 5
Ypulse had a great summary the other day of some new research about teen preferences in a bunch of areas. It will be broken into 5 posts. Last up: Retail And Shopping
- During a typical month teens spend an average of $135 across nine product categories
- Nearly half of their spending goes towards clothing and accessories
- For 16 and 17 year-old teens who have a part-time job (minimum of 5 hours per week), their spending across the same nine categories jumps sharply to $264 a month, just about double the average among all teens and about 45% higher than the average for all 16 and 17 year-olds
- For tweens, it’s all about candy, gum and games
- The most visited specialty clothing retailer among teen females is Victoria’s Secret followed closely by Hollister
- Teen males visit American Eagle Outfitters more often than any other specialty retailer followed by Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister
- Old Navy, for both tween boys and girls, remains the most shopped at specialty clothing retailer by a considerable margin…well ahead of second place The Gap and third place Aeropostale by about 17 share points
New Research On Teen Preferences…4 of 5
Ypulse had a great summary the other day of some new research about teen preferences in a bunch of areas. It will be broken into 5 posts. Fourth up: Entertainment & Pop Culture
- During a typical month teens see an average of 1.8 movies (in a movie theater)
- Tweens see an an average of 1.3
- Tween attendance is consistent with a year ago, while the average number of movies teens see in a typical month has increased slightly from 1.5 movies a year ago
- Most appealing move genres for teens – action/adventure titles followed by comedies
- Tweens prefer comedies followed by animated features, action/adventure
- For the third straight year, “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp retains the title as the most popular Hollywood celebrity among teen and tween females
- Funny man Adam Sandler is tops among the boys followed closely by the two Will’s–Will Smith and Will Ferrell
- The most popular female celebrity among teen girls? Miley Cyrus, followed by Reese Witherspoon, Keira Knightley and Amanda Bynes
- The top female celeb among teen boys is Jessica Alba for the second straight year followed by Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale, and Alicia Keys
