The surprising 'Dawson's Creek' effect

“Dawson’s Creek" splashed onto the scene on Jan. 20, 1998, with a verbose bang: "I just think our emerging hormones are destined to alter our relationship," an apple-cheeked Katie Holmes' Joey told her male best friend, Dawson (James Van Der Beek), "and I'm trying to limit the fallout." The teen soap, set in the fictional...