Television series

The Sex Lives of College Girls

Name: The Sex Lives of College Girls
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2021
Cast: Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Renika Williams, Christopher Meyer

Comedy
Light-hearted

Four college freshmen navigate friendship, identity, and yes, sex, with unsentimental humor and genuine warmth. It's brash and messy without being cruel, finding comedy in awkwardness and kindness in chaos. For anyone who remembers the absolute weirdness of becoming yourself at eighteen.

TVMaze rating

3.3

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