10 Things I Hate About You, based on the 1999 movie of the same name, follows the lives of teenage sisters Bianca and Kat Stratford, negotiating the tough world of high school from opposite perspectives. Peppy Bianca just wants to be popular, while surly Kat just wants to be taken seriously; their father, however, just wants them to stay away from boys.
Aired:
July 7, 2009-May 24, 2010 (two seasons, 20 episodes) on ABC Family
See It:
Season 1 is available on DVD.
History:
10 Things I Hate About You started life as a movie in 1999, based loosely on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, and starring Larisa Oleynik as Bianca, Julia Stiles as Kat and Larry Miller as their father. A decade later, ABC Family put the movie into development as a TV series, signing Greek writer and producer Carter Covington to develop it for TV, and enlisting both Miller and original film director Gil Junger to return. The show premiered in July 2009 to record ratings, and a second season was soon ordered. Ratings slipped in the second season, though, and the show was canceled in May 2010.
Cast:
Lindsey Shaw as Kat Stratford
Meaghan Martin as Bianca Stratford
Larry Miller as Walter Stratford
Ethan Peck as Patrick Verona
Nicholas Braun as Cameron James
Dana Davis as Chastity Church
Creators:
10 Things I Hate About You was developed for TV by Carter Covington, a writer and producer on the ABC Family drama Greek, and based on the film written by Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith (which in turn was based on the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare). Covington also serves as executive producer.
