What I Like About You (TV series)
What I Like About You is an American television sitcom co-created by Wil Calhoun and Dan Schneider. It is set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters: vivacious teenaged sister Holly (Amanda Bynes) and her responsible older sister Val (Jennie Garth). 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 block. 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". 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 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. 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. Due to music costs, and rights, DVD and streaming releases replaced the theme song of Lillix's cover of a song by the same name  of the series by The Romantics. Remarking upon it when the series was added to HBO Max in January 2021 with the replacement music, TVLine called it "royalty-free garbage that not even Shazam can identify." Broadcast. Episodes. History. "What I Like About You" premiered on Friday, September 20, 2002, in the 8PM timeslot. On September 11, 2003, the series moved to Thursday nights at 9PM, alongside "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment". On January 9, 2004, the series moved back to Friday nights, in the 8:30PM timeslot. On September 17, 2004, the series moved back to the original 8:00PM timeslot, remaining  there until the series finale in March 2006. International. In Canada, the series aired on YTV and later on Nickelodeon. Streaming. In January 2021, all four seasons of "What I Like About You," began streaming on HBO Max. Syndication. From April to September 2006, the series left the primetime block, to be moved to the "Daytime WB" afternoon programming block, alongside "8 Simple Rules". In September 2006, when The WB went off the air, The CW took over and began airing reruns of the series in the new daytime block, airing for a full hour at 3:00PM on weekdays, alongside  Reba. On September 24, 2007, The CW transferred their daytime block, airing "All of Us" at 3:00PM, and moving "What I Like About You" to 3:30PM, remaining until September 2008. Following the series' departure from The CW, the show began airing on ABC Family (now Freeform) in various timeslots during the daytime. The N aired the series in early 2009, few months before their rebranding to TeenNick, where the series aired before subsequently being removed in 2013. Home media. On May 1, 2007, Warner Home Video released the complete first season on DVD in region 1. The 3-disc set  included a gag reel as the set's only bonus feature. Due to music licensing issues along, Lillix's cover of the theme song was removed and replaced with a generic pop-rock song produced specifically for the set. Due to low DVD sales and high music licensing costs, no further seasons were given a general retail release. On March 7, 2017, Warner Archive released the complete second season on DVD in region 1. The 3-disc set is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available only from online sellers such as Amazon.com and their CreateSpace MOD program. Despite being  a Manufacture-on-Demand release, the theme song is still replaced with the same song used for the season 1 DVD set, and although it was originally broadcast in widescreen high definition (the first season of the series to do so), the episodes are presented on the DVD in fullscreen format. The complete third season was released on November 27, 2018. The complete fourth and final season was released on February 26, 2019. Awards and nominations. GLAAD Media Award Teen Choice Awards Young Artist Awards