American High is a series that chronicles the lives of ordinary suburban teenagers as they experience the acute joys and sorrows of adolescence. Produced for primetime broadcast in thirteen half-hour episodes, American High weaves the stories of twelve high school students who bear their souls in intimate video diaries as well as in professionally-produced observational footage shot over the course an academic year. The show focuses on the difficult questions asked by all high school students: Who am I? How can I find friendship and love? Am I an adult or a child? How do I become an individual? The intended audience is not just teenagers. Anyone who has attended high school, or been faced with the challenges of coming of age, can be drawn in by the true stories of American High.