http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/tv-teens-are-not-teens

Dear television producers: If an actor is 30 years old, they probably shouldn’t be playing a teenager (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DawsonCasting).

Another thing is teenage boys don't have washboard abs unless they were on steroids and on the football team.

The first name that pops into my mind about older actors playing teens is Richard Crenna. Wasn't he in his 20's playing Walter Denton on Our Miss Brooks.

Also, check out http://actualteenadultteen.tumblr.com/ vit also have very compelling photo of the actor's actual photo when they were an teen and an photo when they were in their mid-20's portraying an teen,hence the name Actual Teen vs Adult Teen!

I hope this trend ends so that we can real teens to play teens.

I hope this trend ends so that we can real teens to play teens.

that's the thing it won't,due to the child labor laws!

I just learned that Miss Brahms from Are You Being Served? wa s supposed to be 18, in the first season. The actress playing her - Wendy Richard- was actually 30!

In the movie The Love Ins, Susan Oliver is supposed to be a college student and she was 35 at the time.

I hope this trend ends so that we can real teens to play teens.

Were seeing this now with shows such as iCarly and Victorious...

I think at least part of the reason we didn't typically see teens play teens until recently is because there weren't outlets on television dedicated only to broadcasting pre-teen and teen-oriented programming like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.

that's the thing it won't,due to the child labor laws!

Meh, that doesn't really have anything to do with it (see my post above about Nickelodeon and Disney Channel).

The fact is while children and teenagers tend to be cheaper to hire for acting roles, they simply lack experience and are thus harder to work with.

Meh, that doesn't really have anything to do with it (see my post above about Nickelodeon and Disney Channel).

The fact is while children and teenagers tend to be cheaper to hire for acting roles, they simply lack experience and are thus harder to work with.

But what about all those teen dramas that air on the CW and ABC Family?