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Season Two Background
The success of Season one of "What I Like About You", compared to what had come before, led the WB to renew the series on May 13, 2003. It was the only one of the WB's four new 2002-2003 sitcoms to get a second year, and avoided cancellation in a year where five of the network's sitcoms bit the dust -- "Sabrina", "Off Centre", "Family Affair", "Do Over" and "Greetings from Tucson". The series, which had scored points for its marvelous young female demographics and surging male numbers (due to the WB's positioning of Amanda Bynes as a teen babe-in-waiting), looks to advance one or more featured players to full regular status.  
     The biggest change for WILAY in Season Two will be night and time. It becomes the Thursday tentpole, at 9PM, leading out of the slowly-building "Jamie Kennedy Experiment". And the competition is headier then ever before, including a show that's been in the top five nearly all season long: CBS' "CSI".
 

Competition: Thursday Night Schedule
Fall 2003-2004 New shows in bold.

  8PM 8:30 9PM 9:30 10PM 10:30
Threat Matrix Extreme Makeover Primetime Thursday
Survivor CSI Without a Trace
The O.C. True Calling    
Friends Scrubs Will and Grace Coupling ER
Steve Harvey's Big Time Jamie Kennedy What I Like
About You		 Run of the House    
WWE Smackdown!    
 

WB SCHEDULE -- FALL 2003
  7PM 7:30 8PM 8:30 9PM 9:30
MON     7th Heaven Everwood
TUE     Gilmore Girls Fearless
WED     Smallville Angel
THU     Steve Harvey's Big Time Jamie Kennedy Experiment What I Like About You Run of the House
FRI     Reba Like Family Grounded for Life All About the Andersons
SUN Smallville: Beginnings Charmed Tarzan and Jane

Easyview Sunday: "Fearless" and "Everwood"
 

Taping History: Season 2
Shows will be listed in production order. Tapings will resume in August. When we have concrete info on tape dates and episode titles, we will list the information here. The production company will likely repeat the Monday-Friday production schedule: table read Monday, run throughs and rewrites Tuesday and Wednesday, pretapes and camera blocking Thursday, dress and camera shows Friday.
Prod# Episode# Title/Synopsis Tape U.S. Air
  2-01      
  2-02      
  2-03      
 

Project Chronology: Season Two
May 13, 2003: Amanda Bynes and company get set for a return to the WB schedule as "What I Like About You" is announced for a second season. The show will air on Thursdays in the fall.