6 Series for Tweens

Too old for cartoons, too young for “adult” TV. These six series are great for that middle ground. Links are to IMDb. Make sure to read all reviews before deciding if any media is a good fit for your family.

Alexa & Katie. Lifelong best friends Alexa and Katie are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The pals confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in.

A Series of Unfortunate Events. After the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three Baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.

Bunk’d. Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross head off to a rustic summer camp in Maine, where their parents met as teens. Along with their new friends, love triangle, and the fears of the camp, the trio tries their best to settle into their exciting and challenging new lives at Camp Kikiwaka.

K.C. Undercover. An outspoken and confident technology wiz and skilled black belt discovers that both her parents are spies and expect her to follow in their footsteps.

The Middle. The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the town of Orson, Indiana.

Sydney to the Max. Set in the present day with flashbacks to the 1990s, the comedy revolves around outgoing middle school Sydney Reynolds who lives with her single dad Max and with her progressive grandmother Judy--three generations under one roof.