The Bedford Diaries (WB)

THE BEDFORD DIARIES centers around the lives of a group of students attending a small liberal arts college in Manhattan who are brought together in a thought-provoking human behavior and sexuality seminar where they must examine their sexual pasts and deal with their often-convoluted relationships in the present. Attending the seminar are Sarah (Tiffany Dupont), the student body president who has had an affair with a professor; cocky newspaper editor and wealthy recovering alcoholic Richard (Milo Ventimiglia); Natalie (Corri English), a cute co-ed who is the sole survivor of a mass suicide attempt the year before; Zoe (Victoria Cartagena), a promiscuous-but-technically-virginal sophomore; Lee (Ernest Waddell), an innocent freshman who lives at home with Mom; and Owen (Penn Badgley), Sarah's younger brother who has an eye for the ladies. Matthew Modine plays David Macklin, the seminar professor who coaxes out their innermost secrets via video diaries.

Viewers looking for intelligent programming will be sorely disappointed. That's because The Bedford Diaries is like Felicity on a steroid/Viagra cocktail. The ivy-decked buildings and snow-covered walkways are the only things that resemble a typical college campus. Instead of studying, students are thinking about sex, having sex, or discussing sex. Instead of focusing on choosing a major, the students are choosing their next bed partner.

Indeed, the show is so racy that The WB voluntarily deleted two controversial scenes from the pilot in the hopes of avoiding an FCC fine (the uncut version is available on The WB's Web site). Likewise, parents who allow their teens to watch should do so with caution.