Sweet Valley High: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the best-selling book series, this show revolved around the lives of the Wakefield twins and their friends. Although they are absolutely identical, they have totally different personalities; Liz is everyone's best friend while Jessica is manipulative and devious. The show started out very drama-like, there was little comedic relief and dealt with serious, if not somber issues. As it progressed it took on a more lighthearted, comedic position. Although there were cast changes every season, a few stayed for all four years, including Brittany and Cynthia Daniel who played the Wakefield twins. Not only was the theme song an original song created just for the show, but the songs used throughout the episodes were too. A soundtrack was released in 1995 featuring the songs from the series.

Series details

• Title: Sweet Valley High
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1994-09-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-10-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: UPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 4466

Cast and credited roles

• Brittany Daniel — Jessica Wakefield
• Cynthia Daniel — Elizabeth Wakefield

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-09-05; final listed air date 1995-02-20.
• Season 2: premiered 1995-09-11; final listed air date 1996-03-25.
• Season 3: premiered 1996-08-26; final listed air date 1997-02-10.
• Season 4: premiered 1997-09-15; final listed air date 1997-10-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sweet Valley High on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.