What I Like About You (TV series)

What I Like About You
Genre Teen sitcom
Created by Wil Calhoun
Dan Schneider
Starring Amanda Bynes
Jennie Garth
Wesley Jonathan
Simon Rex
Michael McMillian
Leslie Grossman
Nick Zano
Allison Munn
Dan Cortese
Theme music composer Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Rich Cole, and Jimmy Marinos (lyrics)
Philip Steir (seasons 2-4; remixed version of theme song)
Opening theme "What I Like About You", performed by Lillix
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 86 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Brian Robbins
Mike Tollin
Joe Davola (all; entire run)
Wil Calhoun
Dan Schneider
(both; seasons 1–2)
Caryn Lucas (seasons 3–4)
Producer(s) Drew Brown
Location(s) Los Angeles, California
Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California
Camera setup Film; Multi-camera
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) Schneider's Bakery
Tollin/Robbins Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network The WB
Picture format 480i (SDTV; entire run)
720p (HDTV; seasons 2–4)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Original release September 20, 2002 (2002-09-20) – March 24, 2006 (2006-03-24)
Website

What I Like About You is an American television sitcom set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters, older sister Valerie Tyler (Jennie Garth) and teenaged sister Holly (Amanda Bynes). The series ran on The WB from September 20, 2002, to March 24, 2006, with a total of 86 episodes produced. With the exception of a brief period early in the second season, What I Like About You was a headline on The WB's Friday Night Comedy Lineup.

Cast and characters

Throughout their time on the series, two main characters - Vince and Lauren - were never given last names. Jeff was also never given a last name, although in the artwork for the Season 1 DVDs he is listed as "Jeff Campbell".

Main characters

Actor Character Seasons
1 2 3 4
Amanda Bynes Holly Tyler Main
Jennie Garth Valerie "Val" Tyler Main
Wesley Jonathan Gary Thorpe Main
Simon Rex Jeff Campbell Main
Leslie Grossman Lauren Recurring Main
Michael McMillian Henry Gibson Recurring Main Recurring
Nick Zano Vince Main
Allison Munn Tina Haven Main

Recurring cast

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 22 September 20, 2002 May 9, 2003
2 22 September 11, 2003 May 7, 2004
3 24 September 17, 2004 May 20, 2005
4 18 September 16, 2005 March 24, 2006

Production

Theme song and opening sequences

The series takes its title from the song of the same name, which was originally released on a hit record by The Romantics in 1980; it was written by the group's members Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Rich Cole, and Jimmy Marinos. A cover version of the song, performed by the Canadian all-female rock group Lillix, was used as the theme song for the show. Lillix's cover version was also heard on the soundtrack of the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday and the soundtrack of the film 13 Going on 30. The theme was remixed into a techno/dance style theme for the second season by Philip Steir (who composed all the music for remainder of the series).

The pilot episode had a short opening sequence and the cast members' names were only shown over the cold open. The title sequence used scenes of New York as a background, with an animation of the show's logo in which the letters "i" and "o" appeared first in a larger size than other characters, the word "what" slid in from the left side of the screen, the word "like" expanded and contracted, the "ab" and "ut" in "about" slid in from both sides of the screen to meet the "o", and the word "you" slid upward from the bottom of the screen, appearing to collide with the rest of the title before all the characters settled into place. This same animation was carried over to the season one opening titles.

The first season's opening sequence featured intercut scenes (as from home movies) of two girls portraying younger versions of Holly and Val, with shots of Bynes and Garth sticking their tongues out at the camera, mixed with footage excerpted from the first four episodes; each of these elements were framed in rounded rectangles that moved from right to left across the screen. After every two to five such rectangles, the headshot of each cast member would appear with its name. Newer footage excerpts were inserted in the sequence for the episode "Valentine's Day" and again for the episode "The Fix-Up", which replaced nearly all of the excerpts from the first four episodes.

The opening title sequence used for the rest of the series featured the show's cast in front of digitally inserted scenes of New York at night. Different versions of the sequence were used for SD and HD broadcasts: the SD version seen in The WB, TeenNick and until October 6, 2010 in ABC Family airings, featured a letterbox-style version with the cast and creators' names in a black bar below the sequence; HD broadcasts on The WB and in ABC Family airings since October 6, 2010, featured the cast and creators' names within the sequence itself. The sequence was modified twice; the first time was in the episode "The Incredible Shrinking Group" when Stephen Dunham's video headshots were removed and the second modification was in "The Longest Night of the Year" when all traces of Michael McMillian were removed from the sequence and a yellow streak of light was added to the sequence as well.

Syndication

From February to September 2006, the series aired as reruns in a new weekday afternoon block called "Daytime WB" on its home network, The WB alongside Reba. After the show was ended by The WB in 2006, reruns of the series aired in syndication in most markets until September 2008.

In 2008, the program moved over to ABC Family to air in various timeslots during the daytime, in a letterbox format. Secondary rights are also held by TeenNick which has aired the series since 2009 shortly before the network's rebrand from The N; that channel mainly aired episodes of the show in two-hour marathon form, until October 2010, when TeenNick began airing three one-hour blocks of the series in different timeslots. Canadian syndicated rights are held by YTV, broadcasting the series for the first time in High Definition when the network introduced an HD channel in 2011.

DVD release

DVD NameRelease DateEp #Additional Information
The Complete First SeasonMay 1, 200722Bonus features include a Gag Reel.

Awards and nominations

GLAAD Media Award

Teen Choice Awards

Young Artist Awards

References

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