Editing Square Pegs (section)

== Synopsis==
Created by former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' writer [[Anne Beatts]], the pilot introduces an eclectic group of eight freshmen on their first day at Weemawee High School.<ref name="Complete Brooks Marsh">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present]] |date=1995 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=9780345397362 |page=966 |edition=Sixth}}</ref><ref name="McNeil Total">{{cite book |last1=McNeil |first1=Alex |title=Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to the Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780140249163 |page=782 |edition=4th}}</ref> The series was much acclaimed by critics at the time for its realistic look at teenage life, reflecting a sensibility somewhat similar to the [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] teen comedies of later years.<ref name="halperin">Frank Halperin. "Sarah Jessica: Before 'Sex,' she was 'Square'" ("It List" column), ''The Courier-Post'' (Cherry Hill, New Jersey), August 23, 2007.</ref> The actual location of the suburban community served by Weemawee is never specified, but Beatts had grown up and attended high school in [[Somers, New York]], about an hourlong commute from New York City.<ref name="NBC Beatts">{{cite news |title=Anne Beatts, comedy pioneer and original 'SNL' writer, dead at 74 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/anne-beatts-comedy-pioneer-original-snl-writer-dead-74-n1263583 |access-date=March 16, 2024 |work=NBC News |date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>