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

For over half of the first season, Jennie Garth was pregnant. Most of her scenes only showed the top half of her or showed her sitting down, behind a couch, etc.

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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

Tina Haven: Sometimes friends do really stupid things.
Holly: Especially if they're bummed because they just got broken up with and are vulnerable, and not thinking straight, and are maybe just a little bit slutty.
Tina Haven: Oh you know me so well.
[hug]
Val: What about me?
Holly: [hugs Val] Oh, you're slutty too.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #12.106 (2005)

User Reviews

A mixture of traditional fare and brilliant acting

The premise and scripting of WILABT are both reasonable, and compared to many comedies out there, they're excellent. However, by the standards of Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond and Frasier, this is a distinctly average show.

What makes me watch it every time it's on are Amanda Bynes and Wesley Jonathon. Jonathon is a great character actor, and livens up what could be a dull character (the "Best Friend"). The part of Henry is excellently written, which surprised me, as the Val and Jeff characters are both weak.

But as I said above, Amanda Bynes makes this a good show. Easily the most talented teen on television, and in the top 10, whatever age, of current times, she's a great asset to the show. Rubber faced, with what could be described as a "beauty in repose", she takes a part that's been poorly-written, with physical humour that could easily look horrible, and makes it funny.

What America may have found here is a true star - not a mildly talented actress like Lindsay Lohan who has the scripting to make her a star, or a "piece of ass" (to quote one critic) like Hillary Duff...but a true superstar. Long make she reign as Queen of Teens.