| 1 | * DawsonCasting: Though some characters subvert this, as they are either as old as their characters or only a couple years older. |
| 2 | * MoneyDearBoy: |
| 3 | ** Poor Creator/MollyRingwald. |
| 4 | ** In what might be a case of "Ratings, Dear Boy", show creator Brenda Hampton has said in regards to the many negative reviews that she'd rather the show get good ratings and bad reviews than bad ratings and good reviews. |
| 5 | * NoExportForYou: If you live in the Philippines, and you love this show so much, don't expect it to come there. The Catholic church leaders will just hound this show to death before it can air there. Fortunately this was averted, limiting the show's airing on local cable. |
| 6 | * ProductionPosse: In additions to sharing most of the same writing team from Brenda Hampton's previous show ''Series/SeventhHeaven'', multiple actors from that show appear in ''Secret Life'': Creator/CamilleWinbush (Lauren), Creator/AliceHirson (Mimsy), Creator/BryanCallen (Ricky's dad Bob), Creator/BeverleyMitchell (Katelyn O'Malley), Creator/MackenzieRosman (Zoe), Creator/DeborahRaffin (Dr. Hightower), etc. |
| 7 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot / RealitySubtext: Molly Ringwald's pregnancy was written into the storyline. |
| 8 | * SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The show was shopped around to different networks for about ten years before getting picked up by ABC Family. |
| 9 | * StarMakingRole: Ultimately subverted for Creator/ShaileneWoodley (alongside her role in ''Film/TheDescendants''), as people will now usually cite ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' as her StarMakingRole. |
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