Teen Drama TV Shows: What Watch Waiting for 'Euphoria' Season 3

Get those streaming services ready, because there’s a lot to watch while you wait for Euphoria season 3.

The HBO show premiered its first season in June 2019, and fans had to wait more than two years for season 2 — which premiered in January 2022. Now that the second season has officially come to an end — with tons of questions still to be answered — fans are at a loss for what to watch. Thankfully, there is more than one teen drama on the market.

In fact, the reimagined Gossip Girl series on HBO Max is a great alternative. Full of sex and drugs, this show takes place in New York City, which immediately makes it different from Euphoria while tackling some of the same topics. The original iteration of Gossip Girl aired via The CW from 2007 to 2012 and starred Blake Lively (Serena), Leighton Meester (Blair), Penn Badgley (Dan) and Chace Crawford (Nate), among others. While none of the original stars have made an appearance in the new series, there are tons of newcomers making names for themselves thanks to the series.

“These are new characters, new story lines,” Emily Alyn Lind (Audrey) told Dazed during a February 2021 interview. Whitney Peak (Zoya) added, “There’s a lot of representation, which I can’t say we saw a lot of in the first one. It’s dope being able to see people who look like you and who are interested in the same things, and who happen to be in entertainment, because it’s so influential and obviously reflective of the times.”

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Prior to the show’s premiere, showrunner Joshua Safran teased that “there is a twist” while speaking at Vulture Fest in 2019. What was the twist? Well, instead of Gossip Girl being, essentially, everybody who sends in tips to the anonymous website, the teachers from Constance Billard and St. Jude are in charge of the gossip blog. Talk about a scandal!

“Coming up with the idea of knowing who Gossip Girl was from the top — and having it be a teacher — was the thing that excited me the most, because it’s doing the show in a new way instead of just retreading,” Joshua told The Daily Beast in July 2021. “When you hear ‘teachers’ you think older, more stodgy, more matronly — all these things that are actually unrealistic to teachers, and you’re like, no, in reality, private school teachers’ median age is 31.”

Gossip Girl isn’t the only teen drama with plot twist after plot twist. Scroll through the gallery for what to watch while waiting for Euphoria season 3.

‘The O.C.’

An oldie, but a goodie! The show premiered in 2003 and is responsible for launching Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson and Ben McKenzie‘s careers. When a troubled teen finds himself involved in the high-profile world of California’s most wealthy families, a lot goes down.

Available to stream via Hulu.

‘Gossip Girl’

Not the original, but the new version! In 2021, the fan-favorite show came back and this time, it’s way more inclusive — of everyone. Yes, it still takes place on the Upper East Side of New York City, but with the inclusion of social media, there’s so much more drama. Plus, there are tons of up-and-coming stars to swoon over.

Available to stream via HBO Max.

‘One of Us Is Lying’

Based on the young adult thriller by Karen M. McManus, the series has some wild twists and turns that even those who know the story won’t see coming! When five students go into detention and only four come out alive, there’s tons of questions about the death of Simon Kelleher.

Available for streaming via Peacock.

‘Outer Banks’

Relax, John B, we’re not asking you to replace Euphoria with Outer Banks — but it does come in at a close second! Viewers will become invested as they watch a group of friends travel around Outer Banks, North Carolina (and the Bahamas) to go on a treasure hunt for gold from a sunken merchant ship.

Available to stream via Netflix.

‘Skins’

MTV attempted to create an American version of the show in 2011, but the U.K. version will always come out on top. Each generation of the show brought new actors to the series, and some are even major stars now. Through their daily lives, the British teens address topics like mental illness, sexuality, love, substance abuse and more.

Available to stream via Hulu.

’13 Reasons Why’

This series is sure to get you over the Euphoria hiatus hump with four seasons of major drama. The first season is based on the book of the same name by Jay Asher, but once main character Hannah Baker’s (Katherine Langford) story comes to a close, the other characters are brought to the forefront.

Available to stream via Netflix.