Dawson’s Creek

Dawson's Creek
Series intertitle, seasons 3–5
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Kevin Williamson
Starring	James Van Der Beek Michelle Williams Joshua Jackson Katie Holmes Mary-Margaret Humes John Wesley Shipp Mary Beth Peil Nina Repeta Kerr Smith Meredith Monroe Busy Philipps
Opening theme	"I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole (U.S.) "Run Like Mad" by Jann Arden (DVD Releases)
Composer(s)	Danny Lux (season 2) Stephen Graziano (season 2) Mark Mothersbaugh (season 3) Adam Fields (vast majority) Dennis McCarthy (season 2, and closing theme that season)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	128 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tom Kapinos Greg Prange Paul Stupin Kevin Williamson (1998–99)
Location(s)	Wilmington, North Carolina Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Columbia TriStar Television (1998–02) (seasons 1-6) Outerbanks Entertainment Sony Pictures Television (2002–03) (season 6)
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	The WB
Original release	January 20, 1998 (1998-01-20) – May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14)
Chronology
Related shows	Young Americans One Tree Hill
External links
Website

Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series about the fictional lives of a close-knit group of friends beginning in high school and continuing in college.

The series stars James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery, Katie Holmes as his best friend and love interest Joey Potter, and Joshua Jackson as their fellow best friend Pacey Witter. Michelle Williams plays Jen Lindley. Kerr Smith and Meredith Monroe play siblings Jack and Andie McPhee.

The show was created by Kevin Williamson and debuted on The WB (renamed The CW three years after the series finale) on January 20, 1998 and was produced by Columbia TriStar Television (which was renamed Sony Pictures Television before the sixth and final season). The series, set in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Part of a new craze for teen-themed movies and television shows in America in the late 1990s, it catapulted its leads to stardom and became a defining show for The WB. The series ended on May 14, 2003.

The show placed at No. 90 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list in 2007.

Following on the success of his screenplay for Scream, Kevin Williamson was approached to write a pilot for a television series by television executive, Paul Stupin. Williamson's script was initially turned down by Fox, but the WB picked it up for its new Tuesday night lineup.