LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," a new ABC Family effort from Brenda Hampton ("7th Heaven"), works feverishly to make an educational institution look like the equivalent of a Nevada brothel, but succeeds mostly in transforming high school to high camp. Eschewing subtlety for overt exposition at every turn, "Secret Life" fairly screams, "This is a middle-aged adult's fear-mongering perception of high school life circa 2008." And just in case we weren't feeling quite old enough, it co-stars Molly Ringwald as the mother of our teenage protagonist. It debuts Tuesday on the cable channel. An awkward cross between "7th Heaven" and "Grey's Anatomy," it stars Shailene Woodley as Amy, your basic band geek who naturally becomes pregnant after her very first sexual experience -- this with...
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