I grew up, and so did the TV I watch.

I've got nothing against the much ballyhooed comeback of teen entertainment. Honestly, I don't. Fine, Britney, do it one more time -- I couldn't care less. Courtney Love digs Dawson? Groovy. I can't wait to see her cameo. And, at last, "American Pie" gives us a high school sex flick with soul. Fantastic. I've seen it twice. But when it comes to television I can actually relate to, I don' t tune in to 'That '70s Show' or 'Buffy.' What I really want is to hang out with kids my own age.

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I want to get down with "Dawson" and "Buffy."

I don't like TV shows about people over 30. There, I've said it. Condemn me to a Britney-Spears-schoolgirl afterworld so I can pout eternally. Or worse, tell me in sympathetic tones (as many of my colleagues do) that I'm just afraid of aging. Now that's stating the obvious. I mean, only the truly oblivious would not fear aging in our youth-obsessed culture. These deluded dolts actually believe that youth is a state of mind.

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