Young Americans is a 2014 English-language Crime Drama show created by Steven Antin. Young Americans was produced under the production house Mandalay Television in collaboration with Lions Gate Television and Columbia TriStar Television. The series originally aired on The WB. On the verge of aging out of foster care, seventeen year old Mercedes Harper needs money and she needs it now. She manipulates Denver Thomas, a former high school classmate (who happens to have a massive crush on her) to help her plan and execute a bank robbery. Written by Anonymous. Young americans stars Rodney Scott, Mark Famiglietti, Katherine Moennig, Ian Somerhalder, Kate Bosworth, Ed Quinn and Grace Yang. The series has a running time of 43 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 8 episodes.