What I Like About You 

When Holly's father is transferred to Japan, she is sent to live with her big sister Valerie in New York City, turning Valerie's life upside down.

Creators:

Wil Calhoun, Dan Schneider

Stars:

Amanda Bynes, Jennie Garth, Wesley Jonathan

10 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Amanda Bynes	...	Holly Tyler 86 episodes, 2002-2006
Wesley Jonathan	...	Gary Thorpe 86 episodes, 2002-2006
Jennie Garth	...	Valerie Tyler 86 episodes, 2002-2006
Leslie Grossman	...	Lauren 66 episodes, 2003-2006
Allison Munn	...	Tina Haven 59 episodes, 2003-2006
Nick Zano	...	Vince 54 episodes, 2003-2006

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

new york city | female protagonist | female lead | friend | teenage girl | 

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Taglines:

New York. New Season. New Night. (2nd Season Tagline)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook The WB [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ce que j'aime chez toi

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Weller/Grossman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 17th episode of the third season, What I Like About You: Dangerous Liaisons (2005) included many callbacks to Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) (on which Jennie Garth played Kelly Taylor for all 10 seasons), including Luke Perry (as Todd) mentioning his high school girlfriend Brenda (Perry's character "Dylan" on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) dated Brenda Walsh, played by Shannen Doherty), and in a flashback where Todd and Val are talking in their high school, a male extra walks by and Todd addresses him as Brandon (Brandon Walsh was also a character on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), played by actor Jason Priestley, who would go on to guest star on What I Like About You (2002) the following season).

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Goofs

In the first season, the door next to Val's door is proven useless. Her apartment is too widely spaced for that door to lead to a neighboring apartment, and it's entrance would have been covered up by a large wooden dresser.

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Quotes

Val: [She see's Lauren crying on the bed and points at her] Wah! Wah! Wah!
[laughing]

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Teen Sitcoms (2016)

User Reviews

Lots of Slapstick

I wasn't expecting much. Just another boring, predictable "talking heads" situation comedy. But this show was different. Amanda Bynes has a background of playing broad comedy on Nickelodeon shows. Jennie Garth is best remembered for playing teen angst on "Beverly Hills, 90210". Inside the silly plot of the pilot, which was similar to an RKO short subject comedy of the 1940s or 1950s, physical comedy abounded. Bynes comes off like a teenaged Lucille Ball and Garth is dragged into the action. No, Garth is no straight women; she handles the physical stuff better than expected. The pilot was a good start. Now only if the writers don't allow the show to get soft and sentimental! Keep the physical comedy coming!