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The show stars [[Stacey Farber]] and [[Michael Seater]] as Jessie Hill and Tom Bellow, a young couple who decides, on dare |
The show stars [[Stacey Farber]] and [[Michael Seater]] as Jessie Hill and Tom Bellow, a young couple who decides, on a dare, to get married right out of [[high school]]. The cast also includes [[Peter Keleghan]] and [[Ellen David]] as Tom's parents Ben and Judith Bellow, and [[Alain Goulem]] and [[Angela Asher]] as Jessie's parents Phil and Tara Hill. The two families live next door to each other and ascribe to the [[adage]] that "good fences make good neighbors". Jessie's parents are free-spirited and do not believe in societal constructs of marriage or organized religion. They have a refugee from Iraq living in their basement. Tom's parents are traditional [[White-collar worker|white-collar]] sticklers for rules. Tom's father is a judge who converted to [[Judaism]] when he married and Tom's mother is a homemaker. Jessie and Tom eventually settle into the attic suite of Tom's parents' house as their first marital home and try to balance college, work, and the trials of being young newlyweds. The show is set in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. |
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Revision as of 18:01, 26 March 2011
| 18 to Life | |
|---|---|
 18 to Life intertitle | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Derek Schreyer Karen Troubetzkoy |
| Starring | Stacey Farber Michael Seater Peter Keleghan Ellen David Alain Goulem Angela Asher Arielle Shiri Jesse Rath Tiio Horn Erin Agostino |
| Composer | Ned Bouhalassa |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (aired) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Derek Schreyer Karen Troubetzkoy Andrew Orenstein Arnie Gelbart |
| Producers | Ian Whitehead Neil Bregman |
| Production locations | Montreal, Quebec |
| Editors | Benjamin Duffield Arthur Tarnowski |
| Camera setup | Single |
| Running time | 22 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | January 4, 2010 – present |
18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010 on CBC Television.[1] The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.[2]
Synopsis
The show stars Stacey Farber and Michael Seater as Jessie Hill and Tom Bellow, a young couple who decides, on a dare, to get married right out of high school. The cast also includes Peter Keleghan and Ellen David as Tom's parents Ben and Judith Bellow, and Alain Goulem and Angela Asher as Jessie's parents Phil and Tara Hill. The two families live next door to each other and ascribe to the adage that "good fences make good neighbors". Jessie's parents are free-spirited and do not believe in societal constructs of marriage or organized religion. They have a refugee from Iraq living in their basement. Tom's parents are traditional white-collar sticklers for rules. Tom's father is a judge who converted to Judaism when he married and Tom's mother is a homemaker. Jessie and Tom eventually settle into the attic suite of Tom's parents' house as their first marital home and try to balance college, work, and the trials of being young newlyweds. The show is set in Montreal, Quebec.
Production
The series was originally announced in 2008 as a co-production between CBC and the American television network ABC,[3] although ABC later dropped out of the production.[4] The pilot was filmed in 2008 and the rest of the first season was filmed in the summer of 2009.[5] The CW, another U.S. network, had interest in the series and announced on July 15, 2010 that it would pick up the show.
It was announced in May 2010 that season 2 would be filmed in the summer of 2010 and that the series will return to CBC on January 3, 2011, with 13 new episodes.[6][7]
CBC has officially canceled the show and there will be no season three. Season 2 finale (now series finale) will be telecast on 28th March 2011 which will be the 25th episode. [8]
Episodes
International distribution
18 to Life was broadcast in the United States on The CW. The first six episodes were shown in August 2010.[9][10] On August 19, 2010, The CW announced that it had removed the series from its schedule.[7] On August 24, 2010 it was reported that Arnie Gelbart, executive producer of the series and CEO of the production company Galafilm Productions, said The CW would show the remaining six episodes of the first season in December 2010.[11]
In India, Zee Café began broadcasting the first season on 9 February 2011.[12]
Also, it will start broadcasting in Latin America by Sony Entertainment Television in March 2011
Reception
Critical reception
John Doyle of The Globe and Mail said that 18 to Life "crackles with wit" and that "Peter Keleghan is in fine fettle as Tom's uptight dad."[13] Quebecor Media's Bill Harris called the premise "kind of refreshing" and described it as a "Canadian combination of Meet the Parents and Modern Family."[14] Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described the series as a "gentle, intermittently entertaining Canadian import." He also compared 18 to Life to the sitcom Dharma & Greg.[15] Roger Catlin of The Hartford Courant found 18 to Life to be "kind of sweet in a Disney/ABC Family kind of way."[16]
Brad Oswald of the Winnipeg Free Press said there is "plenty of next-door comedy" however he found the premise "simply isn't believable".[17] Glenn Garvin of The Miami Herald does not like the series. "The CW, a network aimed a teenage girls, apparently couldn't find an American network stupid or venal enough to make a sitcom about the amusing foibles of teen marriage. Thanks for stepping in, Canada. What would we do without you?"[18] Megan Angelo of The Wall Street Journal leads off her review by mistakenly claiming this is "adapted from a Canadian hit" when there is no American adaptation of the show. She then mentioned the general critical decrying of the glamourisation of out-of-wedlock pregnancy in the films Juno and Knocked Up and then says that out-of-pregnancy wedlock is not any better for teenagers. Angelo goes on to say that "what makes it really hard to watch is Tom and Jessie’s casual discourse on sex." She further explains that what makes 18 to Life so difficult to watch compared to shows such as Gossip Girl and 90210 is that creating a believable world and "trying to legitimize the whole thing only makes it worse — and usually, the CW doesn’t try."[19] Mary McNamara, television critic for The Los Angeles Times, opens her review by saying, "The setup for this CW show isn't anything new. Except, possibly, in its old-fashioned commitment to marriage." McNamara later makes the bold and somewhat contradictory statement that "It is much more shocking to see these young people leap into matrimony than it would be if they were just having sex or even moving in together." As to the writing, McNamara said it "plays like an improv exercise in a high school drama class".[20]
Jaime Weinman of Maclean's reviewed the negative American reviews, in particular those from The LA Times and The Wall Street Journal, and had concern about their "criticizing the show because it’s about two over-18 teenagers who get married." In writing of The Wall Street Journal review Weinman said it is an "odd presumption" that "a relatively realistic portrayal of teenage sex, of somewhat normal and (comparatively) de-glamourized teens who have been sexually active, is worse than the glossy version we get on the CW’s own shows." In response to McNamara's comment in The LA Times about the marriage of the two main characters being shocking Weinman said, "That’s part of the point of the show: the characters make a decision that has more impact, legally and culturally, than any other, and one that their parents fear will ruin their lives."[21]
Ratings
The show premiered on January 4, 2010 on CBC. Only the weekly top 30 ratings are available to the public in Canada and 18 to Life never ranked in the top 30 during its first season.
The U.S. premiere on The CW on August 3, 2010[22] garnered 1.01 million viewers and a 0.4 rating with adults 18-49 and even lost viewers from an encore of the low rated summer reality series Plain Jane which preceded the premiere.[23] The next two episodes aired on The CW on August 10 and fell in the ratings even further with only 0.76 million viewers and a 0.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic.[24]
| Order | Episode | U.S. air date | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Modest Proposal" | August 3, 2010 | 0.7[25] | 1[25] | 0.4/1[23] | 1.010[23] | 5 |
| 2 | "No Strings Attached" | August 3, 2010 | 0.6[25] | 1[25] | 0.3/1[23] | 0.862[25] | 5 |
| 3 | "It's My Party" | August 10, 2010 | 0.6[26] | 1[26] | 0.3/1[24] | 0.747[26] | 5 |
| 4 | "Detour" | August 10, 2010 | 0.5[26] | 1[26] | 0.3/1[24] | 0.776[26] | 5 |
| 5 | "Baby Got Bank" | August 17, 2010 | 0.5[27] | 1[27] | 0.3/1[28] | 0.802[27] | 5 |
| 6 | "Goy Story" | August 17, 2010 | 0.5[27] | 1[27] | 0.3/1[28] | 0.746[27] | 5 |
Home video
The first season is available for purchase from the Canadian iTunes Store.[29] In December 2010 the CBC Shop listed the first season DVD available for pre-order with a scheduled release date of January 18, 2011.[30]
References
- ^ "CBC winter season brings 3 new shows". cbc.ca. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
- ^ "Majeurs et mariés". Vrak.tv. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
{{cite web}}: Text "VRAK.TV" ignored (help); Text "Émissions" ignored (help) - ^ Schneider, Michael (28 July 2008). "ABC, CBC bring '18 to Life' to U.S." Variety.
- ^ Vlessing, Ethan (10 March 2009). "CBC ready to commit to '18 to Life'". The Hollywood Reporter (Subscription required).
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ The Canadian Press (4 January 2010). "New CBC-TV show 18 to Life takes light-hearted look at teenage newlyweds". The Journal Pioneer. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103774074984&v=wall&story_fbid=402057379984 Retrieved 20 May 2010. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Exclusive: The CW Yanks "18 to Life"". The Futon Critic. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ "18 to Life Canceled, no season 3". 22 March 2011.
- ^ Adalian, Josef (15 July 2010). "The CW Picks Up Canadian Comedy 18 to Life to Save Its Summer (and Possibly Its Fall)". nymag.com. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Porter, Rick (15 July 2010). "The CW gets '18 to Life,' '60 Minutes' leads News and Doc Emmy noms". Zap2it. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Davidson, Sean (24 August 2010). "Life returns to The CW". c21 Media. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ "18 to Life (Season 1))". zeecafe.tv. Retrieved 05 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Doyle, John (2 January 2010). "Television". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Harris, Bill (30 December 2009). "Getting married at 18 - for love Actress Stacey Farber discusses her new series '18 to Life'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Owen, Rob (26 July 2010). "Coming soon: 'Masterchef,' '18 to Life,' 'Plain Jane' and more". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Catlin, Roger (3 August 2010). "On Tonight: '18 to Life,' Shaq's Return". The Eye (The Hartford Courant). Retrieved 19 August 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Oswald, Brad (12 January 2010). "Those clever Kids in the Hall turned into brilliant grownups". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Garvin, Glenn (1 August 2010). "A look at the week ahead in the movies and on TV". Miami Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Angelo, Megan (2 August 2010). "CW's '18 to Life' Puts Spotlight on Teen Marriage — For Better or Worse". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ McNamara, Mary (3 August 2010). "Television review: '18 to Life'". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Weinman, Jaime (3 August 2010). "18 To Life Shocks the U.S. Critics". Maclean's. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ ""18 TO LIFE" BRINGS SUMMER LOVING TO THE CW" (Press release). The Futon Critic. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d Seidman, Robert (4 August 2010). "TV Ratings: 'Hell's Kitchen,' & 'MasterChef' Best 'Wipeout' & 'Shaq Vs.'". tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ a b c Seidman, Robert (11 August 2010). "TV Ratings: 'Hell's Kitchen Finale ' & 'America's Got Talent' Top Tuesday Viewing". tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Calabria, Rosario T. (4 August 2010). "Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 3, 2010". yourentertainmentnow.com. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Calabria, Rosario T. (11 August 2010). "Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 10, 2010". yourentertainmentnow.com. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Calabria, Rosario T. (18 August 2010). "Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 17, 2010". yourentertainmentnow.com. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ a b Seidman, Robert (18 August 2010). "TV Ratings: 'Wipeout's Big Balls Dominate; 'Shaq Vs.' Stands Taller". tvbythenumbers.com. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ "18 to Life Season 1". iTunes. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "18 to Life Season One DVD - PRE ORDER". cbcshop.ca. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
