http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/high-school-shows-graduating-to-college.html

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beverly Hills 90210 and Veronica Mars are among the shows that struggled at the college level.

Saved By The Bell comes to mind. The College Years didn't even last a full season.

How about Welcome Back Kotter? The Sweathogs stayed in high school for 4 years and they were still sophmores. They should have to college in the fourth year.

How about Welcome Back Kotter? The Sweathogs stayed in high school for 4 years and they were still sophmores. They should have to college in the fourth year.

Yeah, the Sweathogs in college, like that would be believable.;)

Yeah, the Sweathogs in college, like that would be believable.;)


Yeah!! It went bad when three were still in high school and one dropped out and had the job at the hospital ( Vinnie/ John Travolta so he could pursue his movie career) And they brought in Beau ! Even that didn't work,:( and yeah the sweat hogs weren't over achievers or even average achievers who would pursue college! They barely could get through high school! ;)

I think "The Facts of Life" did a good job, but they had the advantage of all the girls already living and working together. As the series progressed, academics wasn't central to the show so they could explore other topics.

Boy Meets World transitioned pretty well (from middle school, to high school, to college, nonetheless!!)

Yeah!! It went bad when three were still in high school and one dropped out and had the job at the hospital ( Vinnie/ John Travolta so he could pursue his movie career) And they brought in Beau ! Even that didn't work,:( and yeah the sweat hogs weren't over achievers or even average achievers who would pursue college! They barely could get through high school! ;)

They definitely shouldn't have been college students, that's for sure. Then again so many college kids shouldn't be in college. I think Head of the Class did it right, they ended with them graduating.

I have two thoughts on this:

1. Viewers who watch high school shows are in high school themselves. Once the show goes into college these viewers are in college or working and don't have time to watch the show anymore.

2. Shows that tend to enter characters into college, alot of the time write other character out. This happened to both Saved by the Bell and Dawson's Creek. Both had ratings dropped do to this.

I think The Fresh Prince had no trouble. Will went on to a community college.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/high-school-shows-graduating-to-college.html

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beverly Hills 90210 and Veronica Mars are among the shows that struggled at the college level.

Maybe it's because during high school you're underage, living home with your parents, then you go through rebellious phase, first drink, smoke, missing curfew, driving licence, all those great and not so great things about being teenager, all that goes away when you enter college.

As for BH90210 I think the reason is Shannen Doherty leaving the show, S5 was still good without her, but with Gabrielle and Luke leaving show shortly afterwards BH90210 was no longer the same show.