Fall, the season where networks throw tons of new programming up against a wall and see what sticks. So far there seem to be a few shows that are okay, but for my money – and granted, this is not a lot of money we're talking about here – the best new program is "Skins," a British import currently airing on BBC America.

"Skins" is a show that follows a group of disillusioned teens. At first glance, what you're likely to notice is that the show is, well, a bit on the randy side. Frankly, these characters make the rich rabble rousers of "Gossip Girl" seem like prudes.

But there's more to "Skins" than mere shock value. The show also features a wicked sense of humor, as well as s surprising amount of heart, as a recent episode on anorexia showed.

While here in America, The CW network is seemingly content to center their whole line up around rich kids, in shows like "90210," "Privileged," and "Gossip Girl," the kids in the Brit-based "Skins" are misfits and outcasts. Most of them have trouble fitting in and are plagued by some sort of neurosis or lack of support structure that has thrown them over to the wrong side of the tracks. The closest comparison is probably Judd Apatow's one-season wonder, "Freaks and Geeks," which also showed that high school dramas didn't have to be all about fashion and who's kissing whom; that a show could actually deal with, you know, real types of problems that real teens actually have to endure.

That's not to say that there is not an over-the-top aspect to "Skins." There most assuredly is. But there's also something awfully relatable about the characters and their issues. Even if they do come from the other side of the pond.