Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling, played by Melissa Joan Hart, is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to describe the things that are happening in her life; dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little brother.
Clarissa Explains It All aired for five seasons and a total of 65 episodes from March 23, 1991 to October 1, 1994, later going into reruns. Reruns of the show have appeared intermittently on TeenNick‘s channel block The ’90s Are All That since July 25, 2011.
In 2015, Mitchell Kriegman released a novel, Things I Can’t Explain, which serves as a sequel to the series. In the novel, Clarissa is now in her late 20s and trying to navigate life as an adult.
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