How College-Set TV Shows Are Finally Portraying the Student Loan Debt Crisis

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Writers behind shows like “The Sex Lives of College Girls” tell TheWrap about portraying a very real issue on TV, sometimes over the pushback of their networks

From left, "All American" actor Daniel Ezra, Pauline Chalamet of "The Sex Lives of College Girls," and Trevor Jackson from "Grown-ish." (The CW, HBO Max, Freeform)

The national conversation around student loan debt has reached fever highs, yet college-set television shows have historically avoided including that reality of higher education in meaningful story lines. But there’s a growing amount of showrunners and writers who are trying to change that.

Right now, the clock is ticking as the moratorium on federal student loan repayments is set to expire on Dec. 31 after President Joe Biden moved to extend the executive order one final time while also forgiving up to $10,000 from borrowers who make less than $125,000 per year. The debt cancellation is just a drop in the ocean for the 43

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