The first way, of course, is what Paramount is currently marketing: a teen comedy about high school girls battling for guys and social prestige. Debuting screenwriter Tina Fey, a head writer on "Saturday Night Live" and co-anchor of the show's popular "Weekend Update" segment, lays a serious theme behind the high school high jinks. Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence, a book that explores the power of school cliques and the role of girls within them.

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