According to one trailer, Skins is “a smart show about a group of teenagers living in America, breaking all the rules, and living it up,” and “Beyond all the sex and drama, the ultimate message is about friendship.”

Skins extended preview:

According to me, Undressed is soft-core porn with themes of experimentation and acceptance at its core. Beyond all the bad acting and poorly constructed drama, the ultimate message is about sex.

And in case you forgot and/or remember how amazing it was, you can view full episodes of all 6 seasons (Seriously? 6 seasons?!) at UndressedTV.com. Here’s a solid clip about a sexually confused college boy with a lotta homework, and a lotta home to work.

Undressed Homework Schemer:

The Premise: Skins will follow the wily lives of a woven group of High School friends as they dabble deep in drugs, sex, drinking, partying, law run-ins, and I’m sure romance will get tangled in the mix. Undressed displays vignettes of sometimes interwoven lives as they engage in, talk about and scheme sexual encounters.

The Style: The people on Undressed look like people. Some average, some hot, some well dressed (by 1999 standards), some wearing WTF worthy Gap gear. The kids on Skins are less real, smokin’ hot and dressed to the hilt all the time. Played by actual 17-18-year-olds (finally, we won’t have the One Tree Hill effect) they dress like the dapper badasses they play.

The Production: Skins has a 2011 MTV-worthy budget, and so the production standards have jumped up miles from Undressed, but I do miss that raw soap opera footage. Skins takes it off the sound stage, into the town in which they live. Undressed kept it in the bedroom.

The Sex: With Skins, it’s all happening in High School, so the experimentation is going to be wild, but probably not as raunchily explored as Undressed. Undressed had a sharp focus on sex, which brought us right to the down and dirty of it all every time. Skins has a wider array of topics to uncover, with perhaps a touch more innocence. Unlike Undressed, it’s probably not going to be all sex all the time. They’ve got to have time to get wasted and crash cars and all that cute stuff in the middle.

My verdict: My opinions are bound to evolve upon seeing the first episode tonight, especially as I’ve never seen the UK version (sad I know). But I’m picturing Skins as the love child of a mènage á trois between Undressed, The O.C. and Degrassi. That would be a mighty precocious child, indeed.

….and speaking of The O.C. and One Tree Hill, before Adam Brody became Seth Cohen, he sexed it up as Lucas during season three of Undressed. In his first acting gig, Chad Michael Murray got pretty naked in an episode called “Surprize, Surprize: Part 3.”

How do they compare in your book?

1. Zac Efron: Musical male

2. Chase Crawford: Replacement for musical male, hot gossip male

3. Chad Michael Murray: Veteran male…how many seasons of One Tree Hill have there been?

4. Ryan Kwanten: Aussie male

5. Jesse McCartney: Musical male pt 2, also turned actor?

6. Chris Evans: Shirtless male. I literally could not find a picture of this guy with his shirt on.

7. Chris Pine: Chick flick  turned Trek male

8. Channing Tatum: What all these males would look like with muscles male

9. Tom Welling: Supernatural male

10. Ryan Phillippe: Original male (R.P. started out the male trend, without him, what would all of these other males look like!)

Leading lady, Miley Cyrus, hit the stage in boots and a dress accessorized to completion.

Favorite Ed Westwick hit the show dressed to impress while picking up his surfboard for favorite TV villain in confident style.

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens strutted the blue carpet with her favorite pair of black pumps and a chic dress. The outfit was simple, but it didn’t go unnoticed. Vanessa took home the surfboard for choice female hottie.

Living up to their reputation, the Jonas Brothers were ready to perform in their fashionable outfits. The brothers picked up six surfboards throughout the night.

Selena Gomez hit the awards in the perfect blue dress.

Picking up his surfboard for TV actor in a drama, Chad Michael Murray hit the show with high expectations. The One Tree Hill star’s outfit was less than impressive.

Rachel Bilson snagged a surfboard for her performance in Jumper. The star hit the scene in a blue dress with great heels to match.

Up for two surfboards, Sophia Bush went for a flowy floral pick as she sat on the edge of her seat for choice TV actress in a drama and choice TV show for a drama.

Much to our surprise, Kim Kardashian hit the blue carpet in style. We’re impressed, she doesn’t quite look like a bag of trash! Kim was up for two surfboards: choice TV celebrity reality and choice TV female reality/variety star.

Representing her hit show Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester took home TV breakout star for a female and choice TV show for a drama. Leighton was also up for choice TV actress for a drama. The gal looked as if she barely stepped out of character with her fashionable dress and pumps to match.

Lauren Conrad picked up two surfboards for choice TV female reality/variety star as well as choice TV celebrity reality. I guess even though her clothing line utterly failed, some things managed to work out.

David Beckham showed up at the Teen Choice Awards with wife Victoria. He was looking great and dressed to impress as he posed with his surfboard.

Hayden Panettiere was nominated for choice TV actress and choice TV show as the show began. Hayden showed up in a girlie pink pick with an elegant flair.

Ms. Lively showed up to the awards ready to get recognized for her success. As she showed up in a stylish purple gettup, the actress took home surfboards for choice TV actress in a drama and choice TV breakout show.

Chace Crawford and Zac Efron came to the awards with fashion at the forefront. Chace took home breakout male star and choice TV breakout show.

Though the Teen Choice Awards haven’t premiered yet, we’ve snagged a sneak peak at our favorite young Hollywood indies. As Miley Cyrus, woman in charge, took the stage to answer to her hosting responsibilities the night took off with a splash. With awards like breakout performance and breakout show, the surfboards were up for grabs and everyone was in awe of the results. The blue carpet didn’t stand alone; celebrities strutted their stuff with a fashion foot forward as cameras flashed before the show. Check out the Teen Choice Awards tonight at 8pm on FOX.

Thanks to Just Jared for the pics!

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