10 Things I Hate About You (2009–2010)

Kat and Bianca Straford may be sisters but all comparisons end there. Kat is an outspoken, independent feminist. Bianca is a social butterfly who wants nothing more to be popular, even if ... See full summary »

Stars:

Lindsey Shaw, Meaghan Martin, Ethan Peck

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Lindsey Shaw	...	Kat Stratford (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Meaghan Martin	...	Bianca Stratford (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Ethan Peck	...	Patrick Verona (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Nicholas Braun	...	Cameron James (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Dana Davis	...	Chastity Church (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Larry Miller	...	Walter Stratford (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Chris Zylka	...	Joey Donner (16 episodes, 2009-2010)
Ally Maki	...	Dawn (16 episodes, 2009-2010)
Kyle Kaplan	...	Michael Bernstein (11 episodes, 2009-2010)

Storyline

Kat and Bianca Straford may be sisters but all comparisons end there. Kat is an outspoken, independent feminist. Bianca is a social butterfly who wants nothing more to be popular, even if it means bowing to the whims of people like the demanding, Chastity Church. The series highlights the Stratford sisters as they experience the highs and lows of high schools, deal with their overprotective father and find love. In Bianca's case this is her friend Cameron who has a huge crush on her, while Kat finds herself in an interesting relationship with school bad boy Patrick Verona.

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Plot Keywords:

digit in title | based on film | number in title

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC Family

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

10 Dinge, die ich an dir hasse

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the 1999 film of the same name, which in turn was based on William Shakespeare's comedy "The Taming of the Shrew," written in the early 1590s.

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Connections

Referenced in Beauty & the Briefcase (2010)

User Reviews

Really Good, but Something's Missing

10 Things I Hate About You is a show that teeters on the precipice of being really funny, but doesn't quite make it. Lindsey Shaw, who plays the main character Kat, is fantastic in the part, playing an unapologetically smart and politically-minded teen, who tries hard not to care about the popularity contests of high school. In contrast, her sister Bianca (Meaghan Jette Martin) is obsessed with becoming popular.

The problem is their paranoid father (Larry Miller) won't let Bianca date until Kat does. And Kat has no intention of dating. Until she meets the "mysterious" Patrick Verona (Ethan Peck, grandson of Gregory Peck). In the movie, a geek with a crush on Bianca pays Verona to date Kat, so he can date Bianca, but that hasn't happened yet. The show doesn't try to copy the plot lines and characters of the movie, and I think the show is the better for it.

This show has a lot of things going for it: Lindsey Shaw was a pleasant surprise (since I wasn't all that impressed with her on Aliens in America), and the chemistry between her and Ethan Peck is great. And every episode is full of great quips.

It's a little surreal, which I think works both for and against it. Meaghan Jette Martin and Dana Davis, who plays the mean girl villain of the piece, both go at their roles with over-the-top panache that makes the show fun to watch. But the over-the-topness is really annoying in the case of the nerds, especially Michael (Kyle Kaplan). They're a little too pathetic and clueless for my taste.

But overall, this is a really good sitcom. Lindsey Shaw is a star. A-

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