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What I Like About You (TV series)

What I Like About You
What I Like About You title card.png
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
Shelley Zimmerman
Rich Kaplan
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)
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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.

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".

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.


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