Editing Dawson's Creek (section)

==Spin-offs==
The show had, in the words of television experts [[Tim Brooks (television historian)|Tim Brooks]] and Earle Marsh, a "semi-spinoff" – ''[[Young Americans (TV series)|Young Americans]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present]] |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |publisher=Ballantine Books |year=2003 |isbn=978-0345497734 |location=New York |author-link=Tim Brooks (television historian)}}</ref> The protagonist of ''Young Americans'', Will Krudski ([[Rodney Scott (actor)|Rodney Scott]]), was introduced in three episodes at the end of the show's third season as a friend of Dawson, Joey, and Pacey's who had previously moved away and returned to Capeside for a visit. His character was never referred to before this story arc and did not appear again in the series after the season three episode "Show Me Love". ''Young Americans'' was made by the same company as ''Dawson's Creek'', [[Columbia TriStar Television]], and appeared in ''Dawson's Creek's'' time slot during the show's break in the summer of 2000.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last1=Adalian |first1=Josef |last2=Fleming |first2=Michael |date=December 13, 1999 |title=WB seeks 'Young' blood |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/wb-seeks-young-blood-1117759891/ |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Young Americans'' had 8 episodes. The reason the show is considered a semi-spinoff instead of a true spinoff is that the character of Will was not originally created for ''Dawson's Creek'', and was only introduced in ''Dawson's'' to set up and establish the premise of ''Young Americans''.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Young Americans |url=http://www.tv.com/young-americans/show/4183/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035605/http://www.tv.com/young-americans/show/4183/summary.html/ |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=April 6, 2012 |website=TV.com}}</ref>

===Foreign remakes===
The show served as inspiration for the production of the Argentine soap ''[[Verano del '98]]'', which received criticism for being a thinly veiled copy of ''Dawson's Creek''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 1998 |title=Telefé, en una inspiración de verano |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/telefe-en-una-inspiracion-de-verano-nid89807/ |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=[[La Nacion]] |language=es}}</ref> The 2007 youth drama series ''[[Kavak Yelleri]]'' is also a Turkish remake of the show.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}