The WB Press Release for "Young Americans"
Blue
blood meets blue collar and town clashes with gown in "Young Americans," a
provocative new drama series starring an exciting cast of newcomers premiering
this summer to The WB. Set at a New England boarding school, the series unfolds
with the frenzy of a new school year, where kids who come from different pasts
and face uncertain futures are thrown together to prepare for the rest of their
lives.
Will Krudski (Rodney Scott), a local boy at Rawley Academy on scholarship who
can't hide the fact that he's completely out of his element, is assigned to room
with Scout Calhoun (Mark Famiglietti). Scout's charisma, good looks and innate
confidence represents everything that made Will want to attend Rawley - to be
one of those guys for whom anything is possible.
Both boys are mesmerized by Bella Banks (Kate Bosworth), a luminous local girl
who was brought up by her overprotective father who is confident in the
knowledge that Rawley guys are only after one thing. Teenage poetry in motion,
Bella grew up with Will and sees him as sort of a brother, while she
affectionately teases Scout as being this "Fresh Prince of South Hampton" kind
of guy who always gets what he wants.
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. His outsider status attracts the friendship of Jake Pratt
(Katherine Moennig), who matches Hamilton in his aloof stance. Jake is
surreptitiously working his way through every prep school on the Eastern
seaboard - and harboring a deep secret - just waiting for someone to notice.
Star-crossed loves, scandalous affairs, and culture clashes with local "townies"
thread the day-to-day lives of these young adults. As they shoot their arrows
high, going through rites of passage with no parents in sight, these strangers
become friends, and along the way they learn about passion, the potential for
greatness, the power of love, friendship, trust, dreams and the need to make
every moment count.
"Young Americans" was created by feature film writer Steven Antin ("Inside
Monkey Zetterland"), who serves as co-executive producer. Joe Voci and Scott
Sanders are executive producers of the series from Mandalay Television in
association with Columbia TriStar Television.
YA Episode Guide