Dawson's Creek

For the city in British Columbia, see Dawson Creek.

Dawson's Creek
250px Series intertitle, seasons 3–6
Genre	Teen drama Soap Opera
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
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)
Production location(s)	Wilmington, North Carolina Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Columbia TriStar Television (1998–02) Procter & Gamble Productions Outerbanks Entertainment Sony Pictures Television (2002–03)
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, who moves from New York to Capeside. Kerr Smith and Meredith Monroe plays siblings Jack and Andie McPhee.

The show was created by Kevin Williamson and debuted on The WB 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 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.

Cast and characters

Main characters

The following is a list of series regulars from Dawson's Creek. Grey boxes represents "star billing cast members", White boxes represent that the character was not present in the season while Blue boxes represents "recurring/guest cast members". Characters are listed in the order they were first credited in the series.

Legend

Main Cast

Recurring Cast/Special Guest

Does Not Appear

Actor	Character	Duration
		S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6
James Van Der Beek	Dawson Leery
Michelle Williams	Jen Lindley
Joshua Jackson	Pacey Witter
Katie Holmes	Joey Potter
Mary-Margaret Humes	Gail Leery
John Wesley Shipp	Mitch Leery
Mary Beth Peil	Evelyn "Grams" Ryan
Nina Repeta	Bessie Potter
Kerr Smith	Jack McPhee
Meredith Monroe	Andie McPhee
Busy Philipps	Audrey Liddell

Recurring characters and guest stars

Actor	Character (season which they appeared)
Ed Grady	Gramps Ryan (Season 1); Jen's terminally sick grandfather
Leann Hunley	Tamara Jacobs (Season 1-2); a teacher at Capeside High and Pacey's first love interest
Scott Foley	Cliff Elliot (Season 1); a student who shows an interest in Jen
Obi Ndefo	Bodie Wells (Season 1, 3, 4, and 6); Bessie's boyfriend
Ian Bohen	Anderson Crawford (Season 1); a rich boy from out of town and minor love interest for Joey
Dylan Neal	Doug Witter (Season 1, 3-6); Pacey's older policeman brother
Monica Keena	Abby Morgan (Season 1-2); Jen's trouble-making friend and the main antagonist of the first two seasons
Gareth Williams	Mike Potter (Season 1, 2, and 6); Joey's father
Edmund J. Kearney	Mr. Peterson (Season 1-2); an abusive reading teacher at Capeside High and secondary antagonist
Jason Behr	Chris Wolfe (Season 2); a student at Capeside High
John Finn	John Witter (Season 2, 4, and 6); Pacey and Doug's father and police chief of Capeside and minor antagonist
Rachael Leigh Cook	Devon (Season 2); a wannabe film actress who stars in one of Dawson's films
Eddie Mills	Tyson 'Ty' Hicks (Season 2); a crewperson and student who shows an interest in Jen
David Dukes	Will/Joseph McPhee (Season 2-4); Andie and Jack's father
Obba Babatundé	Principal Howard Green (Season 3); the stern but humane principal of Capeside High
Brittany Daniel	Eve Whitman (Season 3); a trouble-making stranger to Capeside and minor antagonist
Aubrey Dollar	Marcy Bender (Season 3); a student at Capeside High
Michael Pitt	Henry Parker (Season 3); a football student who develops a crush on Jen
Mel Harris	Helen Lindley (Season 3); Jen's mother
Robin Dunne	A.J. Moller (Season 3); a college student from Boston and Joey's love interest
Adam Kaufman	Ethan (Season 3); Jack's first gay love interest
Bianca Lawson	Nikki Green (Season 3); the daughter of Principal Green
Jonathan Lipnicki	Buzz Thompson (Season 3); a neglected child whom Pacey takes under his wing
Sasha Alexander	Gretchen Witter (Season 4); Pacey's older sister and Dawson's love interest
Carolyn Hennesy	Mrs. Valentine (Season 4); the owner of Capeside's Yacht Club, Drue's snobbish mother, Joey's harsh boss, and minor antagonist of the season
Mark Matkevich	Drue Valentine (Season 4); Jen's former friend from New York and the main antagonist of the season
Harve Presnell	Arthur "A.I." Brooks (Season 4); a crouchy retired film director who Dawson admires
Harry Shearer	Principal Peskin (Season 4); Capeside High's pompous principal.
David Monahan	Tobey Barret (Season 4-5); Jack's love interest
Jane Lynch	Mrs. Witter (Season 4); Pacey's troubled and subservient mother
Ken Marino	Professor David Wilder (Season 5); an English college professor and Joey's casual love interest
Nicole Bilderback	Heather Tracy (Season 5-6); Dawson's Hollywood film producer
Chad Michael Murray	Charlie Todd (Season 5); Jen's college boyfriend
Hal Ozsan	Todd Carr (Season 5-6); an ill-tempered and egotistical hack film director and Dawson's mentor, and minor antagonist of the final two seasons
Lourdes Benedicto	Karen Torres (Season 5); a waitress and love interest of Pacey and Danny
Ian Kahn	Danny Brecher (Season 5); a restaurant owner and Pacey's boss
Ryan Bittle	Eric (Season 5); a fraternity student
Jordan Bridges	Oliver Chirckirk (Season 5-6); a struggling film student
Marion Raven	Herself (musical guest as M2M), (Season 5) episode: 100 Light Years from Home
Marit Larsen	Herself (musical guest as M2M), (Season 5) episode: 100 Light Years from Home
Sherilyn Fenn	Alexandra 'Alex' Pearl (Season 5); Pacey's new boss at Civilization Restaurant
Megan Gray	Emma Jones (Season 6); a waitress and Pacey and Jack's roommate
Roger Howarth	Professor Greg Hetson (Season 6); Joey's non-conformist and cynical English professor, and a secondary antagonist of the season
Oliver Hudson	Eddie Doling (Season 6); a college student and Joey's love interest
Sebastian Spence	Professor Matt Freeman (Season 6); a professor at Boston Bay college
Jensen Ackles	C.J. (Season 6); Jen's friend and later boyfriend
Dana Ashbrook	Rich Rinaldi (Season 6); a ruthless and greedy stockbroker and Pacey's boss, and the main antagonist of the season
Bianca Kajlich	Natasha Kelly (Season 6); a brash film actress and Dawson's love interest
Mika Boorem	Harley Hetson (Season 6); Professor Hetson's headstrong daughter
Murderdolls	Themselves (musical guest), (Season 6) episode: Living Dead Girl
Greg Rikaart	David (Season 6); Jack's love interest
No Doubt	Themselves (musical guest), (Season 6) episode: Spiderwebs
Sarah Shahi	Sadia Shaw (Season 6); a reporter who investigates Pacey
Seth Rogen	Bob (Season 6); a stranger who Audrey has a one night stand with
Mimi Rogers	Helen Lindley (Season 6); Jen's mother

Production

Development

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.

Williamson said, "I pitched it as Some Kind of Wonderful, meets Pump Up the Volume, meets James at 15, meets My So-Called Life, meets Little House on the Prairie". The show's lead character and main protagonist, Dawson Leery, was based on Williamson himself: obsessed with movies and platonically sharing his bed with the girl down the creek.

The entire first season, thirteen episodes, was filmed before the first episode even aired.

After the end of the second season, Williamson left to focus on Wasteland, a new show for ABC, but returned to write the two-hour series finale.

File:Dawson-katie.jpg

Joey Potter (Katie Holmes) and Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) in the "Pilot" episode (c. 1998).

Procter & Gamble Productions (the company behind such daytime dramas as Guiding Light and As the World Turns) was an original co-producer of the series. The company, however, sold its interest in the show three months before the premiere when printed stories surfaced about the racy dialogue and risqué plot lines.

Filming locations

Dawson's Creek was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, at EUE/Screen Gems studios and on location around Wilmington, Southport and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. College scenes in the fifth and sixth seasons were shot at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and additional shooting was done in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1999, some scenes were shot on the University of Richmond campus. The fourth season episode "Eastern Standard Time" also did location shooting in New York City, including at Grand Central Terminal.

The Wilmington area benefited greatly from the show. While a number of films, commercials and music videos had been shot at the studios, the show was the first to occupy numerous soundstages for many years. One Tree Hill later occupied some of those same soundstages for several years and used some of the same locations in Wilmington.

In addition to business brought into the community by the project, it attracted attention to the city as a filming location and boosted tourism. The visitors' bureau distributed a special guide to filming locations used in the show. When the program was cancelled in 2003, the news was reported on the front-page of Wilmington's daily newspaper, the Wilmington StarNews.

• Dawson's Creek and home (6424 Head Road)

Sunset shots of Dawson standing on his dock among the marsh grass were filmed along Hewlett's Creek on Pine Grove Road between Masonboro Loop Road and Holly Tree Drive in Masonboro, North Carolina. The private residences used as homes for Dawson, Jen, and Joey are all located along the shores of Hewlett's Creek.

Some of the scenes shown during the opening credits and miscellaneous scenery shots throughout the episodes were filmed in Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. One of which is a pan of Oak Bluffs Harbor and another includes a shot of Circuit Avenue also in Oak Bluffs, MA.

• Capeside

Capeside is a fictional town in Massachusetts where Dawson's Creek takes place. It is located on Cape Cod, possibly somewhere mid-Cape between Falmouth and Yarmouth, as an early episode includes these real towns in a "hurricane day" announcement. Incorporated in 1815, the town has a population of 35,000 and is located between the cities of Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. Capeside exteriors were shot in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Its bays and coastlines are similar to those found along the coast of Massachusetts.

Capeside High School is the high school in Capeside, Massachusetts attended by several characters during the first four seasons of the show. Exteriors were filmed at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

A Dawson Creek actually exists in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is named for the river of the same name that runs through it. Another exists in Oriental, NC, which flows into the Neuse River. This served as the inspiration for the show's name. There is also a Dawson's Creek that runs through Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

• Restaurants and bars in the show

Interiors for The Icehouse were filmed at The Icehouse bar in downtown Wilmington several blocks from less picturesque water so exteriors were filmed at the Dockside Restaurant at 1308 Airlie Road in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Nearby constructions at the real IceHouse forced producers to eliminate the bar from the storyline by burning it down.

The Hell's Kitchen bar featured in the show was a natural food store at 118 Princess Street in Wilmington which was purchased by producers, dressed as a seedy college bar and used for production during the show's last season. When production completed, the building was purchased by a local restaurateur, along with much of the set and decorations, and converted it into a real restaurant and bar. It retains the name as well.

Leery's Fresh Fish, exteriors were filmed at Water Street Restaurant at 5 South Water Street in Wilmington.

• Worthington University

Worthington University is a fictional university from Dawson's Creek. Joey (played by Katie Holmes) and Audrey (played by Busy Philipps), characters from the series, attended this school. It is supposed to be located in Boston, Massachusetts and to have been founded in 1787 by Josiah Worthington. It is sometimes said to be an "Ivy League college".

Producers had not planned for the show to extend beyond the characters' high school years. The architectural uniformity of UNC Wilmington prevented it from being used for Worthington University exteriors. The scenes at Worthington were filmed over two hours away at Duke University, and a number of its students served as extras. Some filming was also done on Franklin Street adjacent to nearby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reception

Critical reception

Dawson's Creek generated a high amount of publicity before its debut, with several television critics and consumer watchdog groups expressing concerns about its anticipated "racy" plots and dialogue. The controversy drove one of the original production companies away from the project.

John Kiesewetter, television columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer wrote, "As much as I want to love the show—the cool kids, charming New England setting, and stunning cinematography—I can't get past the consuming preoccupation with sex, sex, sex." In his defense, Williamson denied this was his intention, stating that "I never set out to make something provocative and racy".

Syndicated columnist John Leo said the show should be called "When Parents Cringe," and went on to write "The first episode contains a good deal of chatter about breasts, genitalia, masturbation, and penis size. Then the title and credits come on and the story begins." Tom Shales, of The Washington Post commented that creator Kevin Williamson was "the most overrated wunderkind in Hollywood" and "what he's brilliant at is pandering."

The Parents Television Council proclaimed the show as the single worst program of the 1997–98 and 1998-99 seasons by being "the crudest of the network shows aimed at kids," complaining about "an almost obsessive focus on pre-marital sexual activity", references to pornography and condoms, and the show's acceptance of homosexuality. The Council also cited it as the fourth worst show in 2000–2001. Former UPN President Lucie Salhany criticized WB for airing Dawson's Creek which features "adolescent characters in adult situations" in an early timeslot while the network is supposed to be "the family network". However, on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum, the National Organization for Women offered an endorsement, deeming it one of the least sexually exploitative shows on the air.

Numerous critics praised the show. Before its premiere, San Francisco Chronicle explained the buzz around the show was due to its creator Kevin Williamson who wrote the screenplays for Scream and Scream 2 and that the show might be "one of the year's tangier hits". He also found Dawson's Creek scenically "downright luxuriant" and liked that it "doesn't have the rushed feel of so many teen shows. The edginess is in the situations, not the pacing." Variety wrote that it was "an addictive drama with considerable heart...the teenage equivalent of a Woody Allen movie—a kind of 'Deconstructing Puberty'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called it "a teen's dream". The Dayton Daily News listed Capeside as a television town they'd most like to live in. The Seattle Times declared it the best show of the 1997–1998 season and said it "belongs to the small-pantheon My So-Called Life, James at 15 and to a lesser extent, Party of Five and Doogie Howser, M.D..

Awards and accolades

Dawson's Creek was nominated for fourteen awards, including ALMA Awards, Casting Society of America Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, TV Guide Awards, and YoungStar Awards. In 2000, the show was awarded a SHINE Award for consistently addressing sexual health issues on TV. By the end of its run, the show, its crew, and its young cast had been nominated for numerous awards, winning four of them. Joshua Jackson won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Actor three times, and the show won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Drama once. The series also won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Drama Series.

Year	Result	Award	Category	Recipients
2001	Nominated	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Director of a Drama Series	Gregory Prange
1998	Nominated	Artios Award	Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot	Marcia Shulman
2000	Nominated	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding TV Drama Series
2001	Nominated
2004	Nominated	Satellite Awards	Best DVD Release of TV Shows	Dawson's Creek - The Complete Second Season
2000	Nominated	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Teen Show
1999	Won	Teen Choice Awards	TV - Choice Drama
	Won		TV - Choice Actor	Joshua Jackson
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actor	James Van Der Beek
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actress	Katie Holmes
	Nominated		TV - Breakout Performance	Rachael Leigh Cook
	Nominated			Meredith Monroe
2000	Won		TV - Choice Drama
	Won		TV - Choice Actor	Joshua Jackson
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actress	Katie Holmes
2001	Nominated		TV - Choice Drama
	Won		TV - Choice Actor	Joshua Jackson
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actress	Katie Holmes
2002	Nominated		TV - Choice Drama/Action Adventure
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actor, Drama	Joshua Jackson
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actress, Drama	Katie Holmes
	Nominated		TV - Choice Sidekick	Busy Philipps
2003	Nominated		TV - Choice Drama/Action Adventure
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actor - Drama/Action Adventure	Joshua Jackson
	Nominated		TV - Choice Actress - Drama/Action Adventure	Katie Holmes
	Nominated		TV - Choice Sidekick	Mika Boorem
1998	Nominated	YoungStar Awards	Outstanding TV Drama SeriesBest Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series	Michelle Williams
1999	Nominated

U.S. television ratings

Season	Timeslot	Network	Season premiere	Season finale	TV seasons	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1	Tuesday 9/8c	The WB	January 20, 1998	May 19, 1998	1997–1998	#121	6.6
2	Wednesday 8/7c		October 7, 1998	May 26, 1999	1998–1999	#119	5.4
3			September 29, 1999	May 24, 2000	1999–2000	#122	4.0
4			October 4, 2000	May 23, 2001	2000–2001	#120	4.1
5			October 10, 2001	May 15, 2002	2001–2002	#134	3.9
6			October 2, 2002	May 14, 2003	2002–2003	#134	4.0

The show was rated TV14 for content.

While never a huge ratings success among the general television population, Dawson's Creek did very well with the younger demographic it targeted and became a defining show for the WB Network. The pilot episode was watched by 6.8 million viewers and had a 4.8 rating which was the network's highest rating at the time. The first season's highest ranked episode was the finale, which was fifty-ninth, while the second highest rated was the second episode (probably scoring so well partially because the other major networks carried President Clinton's State of the Union address in the midst of the Lewinsky scandal rather than their regular programming). The finale itself was watched by 7.8 million U.S. viewers, which was its largest audience ever.

Spin-off

The show had, in the words of television experts Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, a "semi-spinoff" - Young Americans. The protagonist of Young Americans, Will Krudski (Rodney Scott), was introduced in three episodes at the end of the show's third season, as a former classmate of Dawson, Joey, and Pacey, who had moved away some years before and had returned for a visit. He was never referred to before or seen again. Young Americans was made by the same company as Dawson's Creek, Columbia TriStar Television, and appeared in Dawson's Creek's timeslot when it went on hiatus during the summer of 2000. The show had 8 episodes. The reason the show is considered a semi-spinoff instead of a true spinoff is that Will was not originally created for Dawson's Creek. He was added to Dawson's solely to set up and promote the series Young Americans.

Simon & Schuster published a series of fifteen mass-market paperback novelizations of the series.

The Amanda Show featured a skit entitled "Moody's Point" to parody the show, but was discontinued when the show was cancelled.

Broadcast

International

The show was especially popular in Australia, where it rated #1 in its timeslot on Network Ten for several episodes and highly at other times from seasons one to four. The show originally aired in the UK on Channel 4 but later moved to Five for the last two seasons. In 2007, Five's sister channel FiveLife began airing reruns on weekdays at 7pm. In early 2008 with its evening showings having reached the final season it restarted the show in an early morning slot. From April 2011, it now airs on Sony Entertainment Television on the Sky digital platform.

The show also aired in numerous international markets, listed here with the premiere dates:

Country	Premiere	Channel
Albania	2005	Vizion +
Argentina	1998	Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)
Australia	1998	Network Ten (Original broadcast – 1998–2003) TV1 (Syndication – 2001–present)
Austria		ORF 1, Reruns on Puls 4
Belgium	1999	VT4, Reruns on 2BE (2008), vtm (as of August 30, 2010) (Dutch), VijfTV (as of August 30, 2011) (Dutch)
		La Deux, Club RTL (French)
Brazil	March 3, 1998	Sony, Rede Globo, Record, Liv, MTV
Bulgaria	2000	Nova Television
Canada	January 20, 1998 May 14, 2003	Global
Chile	2000	MEGA
Croatia	2001, September	Nova TV
Cuba	2005, January	Cubavision
Czech Republic	September 9, 2000	TV Nova
Denmark		DR1, TV 2 and currently TV 2 Zulu
Ecuador	1998, September	sitv
France	January 10, 1999	TF1 and Télé Monte Carlo
Germany	January 3, 1999	Sat.1 (Seasons 1-3) and ProSieben (Seasons 4-6); Reruns aired on both channels, ZDFneo and on the premium channel TNT Serie
Greece	January 10, 1999	Mega
Hungary	September 11, 1999	TV2 S1-S3, RTL Klub S4-S5, Cool TV S6
India	April 2008	Zee Cafe
Indonesia	1999, rerun 2007	TPI, rerun by Global TV
Ireland	May 1998	RTE TWO reruns on 3e
Israel	September 1, 1998	Channel 3 Channel 10
Italy	January 3, 1999/ January 13, 2000	Tele+ (pay TV)/ Italia Uno (free to air)
Lithuania		TV3 later moved to TV6
Malaysia	2000	Radio Televisyen Malaysia Channel 2 (TV2)
Malta	July 2008	Net Television
Mexico		Canal 5
Netherlands		Net5
New Zealand	June 25, 1999	TV2 (New Zealand)
Norway	September 1, 1998	TV3
Panama	1998	Channel 4 RPC
Paraguay	1998	Channel 9 SNT
Peru		Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)
Philippines	1998	Studio 23 GMA-7
Poland	September 6, 1998	Polsat
Portugal	April 8, 2001	TVI
Romania	February 28, 1999	Pro TV
Russia	June, 1998	ORT
Saudi Arabia	December 2007	MBC 4
Serbia	September 2002	B92
South Korea		SBS
South Africa	1999	M-Net
Spain	2000	La 2 de RTVE
Sri Lanka	2000	ARTv
Switzerland	December 27, 1998	TSR 2
Thailand	May 15, 1999	True Series
Turkey	1999	CNBC-E, 2002 DiziMax, 2009 Kanal 1
Ukraine	2008	1+1
United Kingdom	May 2, 1998	Channel 4, Sky One, Trouble, Sony TV
Venezuela	1998	Televen
Vietnam	1999	HTV7

Merchandise

DVD releases

Main article: List of Dawson's Creek DVDs

Soundtracks

On April 27, 1999, the first soundtrack album of the teen soap opera, Songs from Dawson's Creek, was released. It features Sophie B. Hawkins, Jessica Simpson, Shooter, Heather Nova, Adam Cohen, Sixpence None the Richer, and Paula Cole, among others. The album was a commercial success in the United States and scattered two hits in the charts, "Kiss Me" and "I Don't Want to Wait". The first volume Songs from Dawson's Creek reached #1 on the Australian Album Chart and was certified five times Platinum, making it the fifth highest selling album of 1999, while the second also achieved Platinum status.

On October 3, 2000, a second soundtrack titled Songs from Dawson's Creek — Volume 2 was released.

Track listing from Volume 1

1. "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer
2. "Lose Your Way" - Sophie B. Hawkins
3. "Feels Like Home" - Chantal Kreviazuk
4. "Life's a Bitch" - Shooter
5. "Ready for a Fall" - P.J. Olsson
6. "Stay You" - Wood
7. "Any Lucky Penny" - Nikki Hassman
8. "Shimmer" - Shawn Mullins
9. "London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)" - Heather Nova
10. "To Be Loved" - Curtis Stigers
11. "Letting Go" - Sozzi
12. "Cry Ophelia" - Adam Cohen
13. "Did You Ever Love Somebody" - Jessica Simpson
14. "I Don't Want to Wait" - Paula Cole

Track listing from Volume 2

1. "I Think I'm in Love With You" - Jessica Simpson
2. "Crazy for This Girl" - Evan & Jaron
3. "Respect" - Train
4. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - The Jayhawks
5. "Givin' up on You" - Lara Fabian
6. "Superman (It's Not Easy)" - Five for Fighting
7. "If I Am" - Nine Days
8. "Never Saw Blue Like That" - Shawn Colvin
9. "I Think God Can Explain" - Splender
10. "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus
11. "Broken Boy" - Michal
12. "Just Another" - Pete Yorn
13. "Show Me Heaven" - Jessica Andrews
14. "Daydream Believer" - Mary Beth Maziarz

Charts

Album	Chart	Peak position
Volume 1	Billboard 200	7
	Billboard Top Internet Albums	9
	Top Canadian Albums	12
	ARIA Charts	1
Volume 2	U.S. Billboard 200	59

International rebroadcast

Reruns of the show are often seen in Australia on Foxtel, in Canada on TVtropolis, in Norway on TV3, in Denmark on TV2 Zulu, in the UK on Sony Entertainment Television, in France on TMC, in Greece on Macedonia TV, in Romania on Digi Film, in India on Zee Café, in Indonesia on TPI and Global TV, in Italy on Italia 1, in Spain on LaOtra, in Lithuania on TV3, in Latin America on Liv, and in the Middle East on MBC4 and on the Orbit - Showtime Network (OSN).

Bibliography

Darren Crosdale's Dawson's Creek: The Official Companion (Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 1999) (ISBN 0-7407-0725-6), thoroughly chronicles the show, but only covers events through to the end of the second season. Scott Andrews' Troubled Waters: An Unauthorised and Unofficial Guide To Dawson's Creek (Virgin Publishing 2001 (ISBN 0-7535-0625-4)) also covers the series thoroughly up to the end of Season Four. A less thorough book from about the same time, aimed at teens, is Meet the Stars of Dawson's Creek by Grace Catalano. Andy Mangels's From Scream to Dawson's Creek: An Unauthorized Take on the Phenomenal Career of Kevin Williamson (Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 2000) (ISBN 1-58063-122-3) covers the show well but omits later seasons.

Other references include:

• "The best (and worst) 1999 had to offer". Dayton Daily News. January 2, 2000. 5C.
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. 8th ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 2003. (General information on the show and Young Americans)
• "Cheers and Jeers". TV Guide. Issue 2619. v. 51, n. 23. June 7, 2003. 14.
• Tamara Conniff. "Music plays an important—and profitable—role in 'Dawson's Creek'". The Hollywood Reporter. April 17, 2002. (The show's sound)
• Robert Crane. "Twenty Questions: Kevin Williamson". Playboy. v. 45, n. 9. September 1998. 138. (Interview with the show's creator)
• "Dawson's Creek's low aim". (Editorial). The Cincinnati Post. September 22, 1997. 8A. (Editorial denouncing Procter and Gamble's role in the show, P&G being a Cincinnati company)
• Maureen Dowd. "Puppy Love Politics". The New York Times. June 9, 1999. A31. (Humorous mention of politicians)
• Jeffrey Epstein. "Unbound". The Advocate. August 31, 1999. 34. (Kevin Williamson profiled)
• Amanda Fazzone. "Boob Tube: NOW's Strange Taste in TV". The New Republic. Issue 4515. v. 225, n. 5. June 8, 2001. 26–35. (NOW's endorsement of the show)
• Matthew Gilbert. "'Dawson's Creek': A flood of hormones". The Boston Globe. January 20, 1998. C1. (Review of premiere)
• Matthew Gilbert. "Dawson, pals talk out into the sunset". The Boston Globe. May 14, 2003. D1. (Review of finale)
• Lynn Hirschberg. "Desperate to Seem 16". The New York Times Magazine. September 5, 1999. 42.
• John Kieswetter. "P&G execs reviewing family TV". The Cincinnati Enquirer. August 6, 2000. A1. (P&G considering its role in producing the show)
• John Kieswetter. "Readers divided on 'Dawson's'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. February 24, 1998. (Cincinnati viewers' reaction to the premiere)
• Caryn James. "Young, Handsome, and Clueless in Peyton Place". The New York Times. January 20, 1998. E5. (Review of the premiere)
• Ted Johnson. "Dawson's Peak". TV Guide. Issue 2345. v. 46, n. 10. March 7, 1998. 18–24. (Cover story on show's early success)
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• "Kevin Williamson: he's a scream". TV Guide. Issue 2337. v. 26, n. 2. January 10, 1998. 30. (Profile of creator Kevin Williamson)
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External links

• Dawson's Creek on Facebook
• Dawson's Creek at IMDb
• Dawson's Creek at TV.com