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Tonight,Riverdalereturns to the CW, in all its gory, maple-syrupy glory.

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But its still teeming with sexual tension, and maybe funnier for its awkward-teen reality-show dating.

No one gets caught having sex in a shower or falls off a cliff or launches competing slumber parties.

As good asFNLis, its dramatics and sex appeal is in a separate universe from shows likePretty Little LiarsorSkins.

But like every teen drama, it has enough material for a stan to cut into a kiss reel.

Now hes hotter, with sharper instincts and more alarming rage.

8.The Vampire Diaries

WhenVampire Diariesbegan, it was basicallyTrue Bloodfor the teen set.

These teens kiss to Sara Bareilles songs, make out in motels, woods, and on deathbeds.

6.The O.C.

Summer wore a Wonder Woman bustier and Seth almost fainted.

Marissas mom slept with her ex-boyfriend.

Mischa Barton kissed Olivia Wilde.

But is there anything hornier and teen-ier than Seth and Summer re-creating Tobey Maguire and Kirsten DunstsSpider-Manupside-down kiss?

5.Elite

Maybe youre looking for aRiverdale-adjacent show that is not only horny but very murder-y, too.

Three working-class kids transfer into Spains most exclusive private school after an earthquake destroys their old school.

(Theyre gifted scholarships by the construction company looking for a little bit of good PR.)

4.Skins

Come on: Even the title sounds like a scandal in the making!

(Alishas whole special power is that anyone who touches her skin loses their mind over her prowess.)

2.Pretty Little Liars

Got a secret, can you keep it?

), and Arias cry-face.

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