life as we know it

Life As We Know It was an American television drama on the ABC network during the 2004-2005 season. It was created by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. The series was based on the novel Doing It by British writer Melvin Burgess.

Set at Woodrow Wilson High School in Seattle, Washington, Life As We Know Its lead was Dino Whitman (Sean Faris), a star ice hockey player. He had an uneasy relationship with his girlfriend, Jackie Bradford (Missy Peregrym), a soccer player. Jackie's best friend was Sue Miller (Jessica Lucas), a very competitive academic star. His best friends were Ben Connor (Jon Foster), who was carrying on an affair with a teacher, Monica Young (Marguerite Moreau); and Jonathan Fields (Chris Lowell), a nervous soul, especially about his girlfriend, Deborah Tynan (Kelly Osbourne). Jonathan was made even more nervous by Deborah's mother Mia (Sarah Strange), a nurse, sitting him down for a frank and graphic discussion about sex and its consequences.

Dino's parents' marriage fell apart after his mother had an affair with his hockey coach. His father, Michael, was played by D. B. Sweeney and his mother, Annie, was played by Lisa Darr. Coach Dave Scott was played by Martin Cummins.


CANCELLATION

It originally aired on Thursdays from 9 to 10 P.M., premiering on October 7, 2004. Pulled during November sweeps, the show was rerun on MTV to good ratings in November and December 2004 but ultimately was cancelled by ABC. The series, including two previously unaired episodes, was released on DVD in the United States in 2005.

Life As We Know It aired abroad after its American cancellation. In New Zealand, the show premiered in December 2005 on TV2, scheduled against America's Next Top Model. It replaced Veronica Mars, another American import, but was rescheduled after four episodes because of poor ratings. The remaining episodes were rescheduled from their prime-time slot (7:30pm Friday) to midnight Saturday morning then pushed back to 12:20am/12:25am Saturday morning as the episodes played out. As a final insult, the last two episodes were played in reverse order. TV2 repeated the series from the beginning during the third-quarter of 2006, just after midnight Thursday mornings, but again played the final two episodes in reverse order.
Life was also shown in the Philippines in the free cable channel Studio 23. While there were reruns after the initial showing, the last 2 DVD episodes weren't released. In Portugal it is shown on SIC Radical cable channel and is popular among teenagers and young adults. In Hong Kong, it is shown on TVB Pearl and in Asia, it is shown on STAR World.

Life was also shown in South Africa on M-Net (DStv Channel 3), a subscription funded channel. The show was broadcast in Prime Time and was incredibly popular. When the series 'ran out', M-Net received a large number of complaints from subscribers on their internet forums. Subsequently, the show was replayed in an 11:00 morning slot in early 2006. Life was also broadcast in 2005 on the M-Net Series channel (DStv Channel 36), a channel which is part of the DStv offering. This channel is broadcast via satellite to sub-Saharan Africa.

In Norway the show started airing in August 2006, but got cancelled after eight episodes. On December 5, 2006 the show began airing in Australia on the Seven Network at 10:30pm on Tuesday nights, around the beginning of the Summer non-ratings period. The Seven Network will run the series throughout the summer non-ratings period and show all 13 episodes. Currently it is allocated in the Friday 2:00am timeslot on channel 7. In Ireland RTE2 will show 2 episodes every Monday aprox. 2.30AM -started Jan 15, 2007. In Brazil the show was aired in Sony Entretainment Television at Tuesdays 7 p.m. during 2005.


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