Every The WB Show, Ranked
What I Like About You
- Metascore41
- 2002-2006
- 4 seasons
- The WB Television Network
- Comedy
- TV-PG
When Holly (Amanda Bynes) is 16, her father takes a job in Japan and she moves in with her strait-laced sister Valerie (Jennie Garth) in New York City. Val finally has both a great career and a great boyfriend in a carefully organized life on the Upper West Side when Holly moves in and tries to become a part of her sister's fabulous life.
- Metascore41
- 2002-2006
- 4 seasons
- The WB Television Network
- Comedy
- TV-PG
When Holly (Amanda Bynes) is 16, her father takes a job in Japan and she moves in with her strait-laced sister Valerie (Jennie Garth) in New York City. Val finally has both a great career and a great boyfriend in a carefully organized life on the Upper West Side when Holly moves in and tries to become a part of her sister's fabulous life.
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DVD Pick of the Week: May 1, 2007
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Thoughts on Theme Song replacements
It's almost a given that a show with tons of music will have at least one song replaced when it comes out on DVD, but what if that one song is the theme for the show? The earliest theme-song replacements occurred on Dawson's Creek and Married... with Children, the former using the international theme, and the latter using a sound-alike song, but the replacements didn't stop there. Since then we've heard new theme songs for Life Goes On, the international theme for Las Vegas, a butchered theme for Baywatch, George Lopez uttering some words instead of "Low Rider" and the season 3 theme being used on season 2 of Happy Days. Why is this happening?Most songs are licensed on a per-play basis, so the theme song costs are multiplied by the number of episodes in the season. A $20,000 song quickly becomes $440,000 for the season, and the studios are telling us that the recording companies hold this songs hostage, knowing that it's the most important song to license. Sony delayed the third sea...
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EVERYBODY LOVES CONSTANTINE?
Caryn Lucas, executive producer of WB's What I Like About You, has been tapped to pen the half-hour comedy project ABC is developing for American Idol Season 4 finalist Constantine Maroulis. The series will be based loosely on the long-haired singer's real life and his family in New York. "None of it needs to be made up," Lucas tells the Hollywood Reporter. "[Constantine] has a wonderfully funny, rich family life" — and, conveniently, goofy neighbors named Lenny and Squiggy.
TAKE THAT, DYLAN!
Aww, there maybe be hope for Brandon and Kelly yet. Jason Priestley and Jennie Garth, who last shared the screen together in Beverly Hills, 90210's May 2000 series finale, are reuniting on Garth's WB sitcom, What I Like About You, in episodes airing Oct. 14 and Oct. 28. Priestley will play a love interest for his sometime leading lady, thus becoming the rival of Dan Cortese (Melrose Place), whose firefighter character weds Garth's Val during a drunken Atlantic City escapade. Both Luke Perry and Ian Ziering have previously guested on WILAY, meaning the guy who played Nat is like, so sitting by the phone.
FASHION FORWARD
Project Runway runner-up Kara Saun has landed a gig as lead costume designer on WB's What I Like About You. "We're going to funk it up a bit," she tells the New York Times of the sitcom's fourth-season look. "Make it a little edgier." Did she just get in a dig at Wendy Pepper? 'Cause it certainly sounded like she did.
I just discovered your column ...
Question: I just discovered your column and I love it. Maybe you could tell me if Luke Perry will become a regular on What I Like About You after marrying Jennie Garth's Val in the season's finale?Answer: I had to consult with TV Guide's resident What I Like About You expert Ali Gazan — I was shocked we had one of those, too! — for an answer to this question and, according to her, we never actually saw the two of them swap vows. So, technically speaking, Val could have hitched herself to any number of '90s pinups. And keep in mind that Perry's one of the stars of NBC's lottery soap Windfall, so it's unlikely he'd be available for a second full-time gig. A big thanks to TV Guide's Ali Gazan for sharing all her useless knowledge with us!
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