“I was in my trailer the other day, and one of these other teen shows was on, and a lot of these characters are pretty outwardly conniving. I think our characters were pretty well-intentioned, and very smart, very precocious as teenagers are.”
TeenDramaWhore
There's always drama but without it, what fun would TV be?
TeenDramaWhore 
Yeah back then, they were well intentions but now its about doing everything for popularity or wealth, if he was talking about Gossip Girl.