The creative team behind ABC Family's well-regarded "10 Things I Hate About You" has been told that the comedy will not be renewed for a second season. As so often happens these days, the news was initially reported first-hand via Twitter. Early Thursday (April 29) afternoon, series creator Carter Covington tweeted, "Sad news... ABCFamily canceled the show :-( Thanks 2 our Amazing fans - U R the reason I do this! Enjoy the last 5 eps - they're fantastic!" ABC Family sources confirm Covington's tweet that these will be the last five "10 Things I Hate About You"...
- 4/29/2010
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
ABC Family has canceled comedy series "10 Things I Hate About You."
The sophomore show will finish out its current second season run.
Executive producer Carter Covington announced the show's fate on Twitter: "Sad news," he wrote. "ABCFamily canceled the show :-( Thanks 2 our Amazing fans - U R the reason I do this! Enjoy the last 5 eps - they're fantastic!"
The show was based off a 1999 movie with the same title. Its 2009 premiere set a then-record for the for a half-hour comedy on the network.
The sophomore show will finish out its current second season run.
Executive producer Carter Covington announced the show's fate on Twitter: "Sad news," he wrote. "ABCFamily canceled the show :-( Thanks 2 our Amazing fans - U R the reason I do this! Enjoy the last 5 eps - they're fantastic!"
The show was based off a 1999 movie with the same title. Its 2009 premiere set a then-record for the for a half-hour comedy on the network.
- 4/29/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC Family has set up its new lineup.
Following the success of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," the cable network has picked up three new female-oriented series, comedies "Ruby and the Rockits" and "10 Things I Hate About You" and drama "Perfect 10." All three have received 10-episode orders.
Additionally, ABC Family has renewed college dramedy "Greek" for a third season and black family drama "Lincoln Heights" for a fourth season with 10-episode pickups, while canceling 3-year-old sci-fi mystery "Kyle Xy."
Pending is the renewal of smash hit "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," the size of whose order is still being determined.
Based on the feature of the same name, "10 Things I Hate About You" is a single-camera comedy about the Stratford sisters -- the strong-willed Kat (Lindsey Shaw) and social butterfly Bianca (Meaghan Jette Martin).
Carter Covington penned and exec produces the series, whose pilot was directed by the film's helmer,...
Following the success of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," the cable network has picked up three new female-oriented series, comedies "Ruby and the Rockits" and "10 Things I Hate About You" and drama "Perfect 10." All three have received 10-episode orders.
Additionally, ABC Family has renewed college dramedy "Greek" for a third season and black family drama "Lincoln Heights" for a fourth season with 10-episode pickups, while canceling 3-year-old sci-fi mystery "Kyle Xy."
Pending is the renewal of smash hit "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," the size of whose order is still being determined.
Based on the feature of the same name, "10 Things I Hate About You" is a single-camera comedy about the Stratford sisters -- the strong-willed Kat (Lindsey Shaw) and social butterfly Bianca (Meaghan Jette Martin).
Carter Covington penned and exec produces the series, whose pilot was directed by the film's helmer,...
- 1/31/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gregory Peck's actor grandson Ethan Peck is to take on the role Heath Ledger played in 10 Things I Hate About You when the hit film is made into a TV series.
Based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew, the 1999 movie starred Ledger and Julia Stiles.
Peck will play opposite Lindsey Shaw in the TV series adaptation, according to Hollywood Reporter.
Based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew, the 1999 movie starred Ledger and Julia Stiles.
Peck will play opposite Lindsey Shaw in the TV series adaptation, according to Hollywood Reporter.
- 11/20/2008
- WENN
ABC Family has assembled the main cast of its high school comedy pilot "10 Things I Hate About You," an adaptation of the 1999 feature that in turn was based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
Ethan Peck (grandson of Gregory Peck), Lindsey Shaw, Meaghan Jette Martin, Kyle Kaplan and Nicholas Braun have been tapped to star in the pilot, which revolves around two sisters -- strong-willed feminist Kat (Shaw) and social butterfly Bianca (Martin) -- facing the challenges of starting at a new high school.
Braun will play schoolmate Cameron, who is smitten with Bianca. Kaplan, repped by Greene & Associates and manager Michael Abrams, will play his friend Michael. Peck will play the dark and mysterious Patrick, a student who intrigues and bothers Kat from a distance.
In the movie, Kat and Patrick were played by Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger in his breakthrough performance. Michael was played by David Krumholtz.
Ethan Peck (grandson of Gregory Peck), Lindsey Shaw, Meaghan Jette Martin, Kyle Kaplan and Nicholas Braun have been tapped to star in the pilot, which revolves around two sisters -- strong-willed feminist Kat (Shaw) and social butterfly Bianca (Martin) -- facing the challenges of starting at a new high school.
Braun will play schoolmate Cameron, who is smitten with Bianca. Kaplan, repped by Greene & Associates and manager Michael Abrams, will play his friend Michael. Peck will play the dark and mysterious Patrick, a student who intrigues and bothers Kat from a distance.
In the movie, Kat and Patrick were played by Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger in his breakthrough performance. Michael was played by David Krumholtz.
- 11/20/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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