Greek (stylized as GRΣΣK) is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC Family from July 9, 2007, to March 7, 2011.

The series follows students of the fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University (CRU), located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system.

[3] The first season was halted in September 2007 due to the Writers Guild of America strike and returned March 24, 2008, to a triple digit increase in ratings over the pilot's premiere.

Rusty Cartwright (Jacob Zachar) is a freshman at Cyprus-Rhodes University and in an effort to shed his nerdy image, goes through Greek recruitment to join a fraternity.

His older sister Casey (Spencer Grammer) is an active member of the Zeta Beta Zeta sorority (the top sorority on campus), and is dating Omega Chi Delta (the top fraternity on campus) active Evan Chambers (Jake McDorman), who is wealthy and popular because of his father's company, Chambers International.

Rusty later accepts a bid from Kappa Tau Gamma by the fun and laid-back Cappie (Scott Michael Foster), Casey's ex-boyfriend and Evan's enemy.

Rusty and Jen K. (Jessica Rose), a ZBZ pledge, begin dating after they help the Kappa Taus save Vesuvius.

Ashleigh (Amber Stevens), Casey's best friend and fellow ZBZ member, ends her long-distance relationship with boyfriend, Travis, and she attempts to move on to Calvin, who she finds out is gay.

When Frannie finds out she won't be graduating, she runs for Omega Chi sweetheart again, against Casey.

Rusty has some trouble accepting that he and Calvin are in rival fraternities, but they end up solving their differences in the season finale.

The Kappa Taus protest against the CRU board, with the help of Evan, and the Greeks retain their special treatment on campus.

Casey later begins crushing on Drew, who turns out to be Ashleigh's "Hot Ness Monster" from spring break.

So, Casey and Ashleigh recruit Rusty's resident advisor, Max (Michael Rady) to help them count cards and win money at the Omega Chi's casino night.

In the season finale, Rusty and Calvin both become actives in their respective fraternities, Kappa Tau and Omega Chi.

Evan becomes president of the Omega Chis and tries to recruit Calvin's high school friend Andy (Jesse McCartney), an all-state football star.

Jordan attends a Kappa Tau party on invite from Rusty, during which she makes out with Andy and decides to pledge ZBZ.

Calvin has trouble resisting his new gay roommate, Grant, and adopts Dale's purity ways to avoid conflict.

However, Evan does agree to help Rebecca save her laptop from the impound lot, which leaves viewers questioning whether they'll have a potential future relationship.

Inspired by the Kappa Tau's "End of the World" party, Dale and Calvin ditch their purity pledges and pursue their respective lovers.

Additionally, Dale loses his virginity to his landlady Sheila (Kristen O'Meara), causing him to doubt his religious faith.

Evan discovers their romance, but he helps them keep it a secret from the rest of the Omega Chis until Grant is ready to publicly come out as being gay.

However, they eventually break up when Jordan becomes disillusioned with university life and decides to leave CRU and move to New York City to pursue a photography internship.

Rusty discovers that his nerdy classmate Dana (Martha MacIsaac) has a crush on him, but he blows his chance by acting too cocky and she refuses to go out with him.

After the ZBZs suspiciously lose a Songfest competition, the ZBZ girls decide to investigate the Gamma Psi house for evidence of cheating.

Although ZBZ tries to keep it a secret, Casey eventually breaks down and tells Katherine what happened, after finding out that Natalie, the Gamma Psi president, slept with one of the Songfest judges.

[27] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asserted, "There are plenty of soapy twists to "Greek" with competing frat boys after Casey's affection, the outta-nowhere, down-low life of a freshman frat pledge and Rusty's attempts to protect Casey's honor, but writer/creator Patrick Sean Smith ("Everwood", "Wildfire") gives "Greek" a greater sense of light-hearted fun that seems more authentic to the real-world experience of college as the best years.

"[30] Kelly West of CinemaBlend called the show "worth watching", stating, "There are some laugh-out-loud moments and a fair amount of interesting character arcs that could play out well.

"[32] Greek's has been noted for the inclusion of character Calvin, a gay fraternity brother, who struggles with the stereotyping and homophobia that coming out of the closet entails.

[33][34] Elizabeth Fox of The Philadelphia Inquirer found the show predictable and called it a "teenage soap opera" that lacks originality.

However, upon viewing the pilot episode they held off on sending a letter to ABC Family, complaining about the depiction of the Greek System, when they realized there was more to the show than just parties.