8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter

“8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter” is without doubt my favourite series besides “Friends” – and probably the sole reason for me to keep our Freeview subscription. With all these series out there, most of them very unoriginal, it is very difficult to sort out the good from the bad. This one, however, is certainly a cut above the rest. I have even considered buying a VCR, just to be able to catch every single episode! ♥ Background ♥ The series is based on the best-selling book “8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter” by W. Bruce Cameron. The series was produced in ... more

I am a lover of comedy TV, and the series' of 8 Simple Rules cannot be missed! 8 Simple Rules has some of the biggest US names. 8 Simple Rules is about a family living in Michigan, USA. In this very funny programme, is a mother, a father, two teenage girls, and one teenage boy. This is set in the year 2003 onwards. The mother and father are coping with raising teenagers, involving boyfriends, girlfriends, and carrying themselfs as real "Hennessey's" (Their surname). The father is a writer, and the mother is a nurse at the local hospital. We do not tend to see much of their work places in the ... more

8 Simple Rules follows a similar concept to most sitcoms, Overbearing Dad ruling the house with some (partly) rebellious teenagers and a teenager with alack of common sense thrown in aswell. This however changed with the passing of John Ritter, who played Paul Hennessy, when this happened the show took a turn for the better, with the introduction of Gradpa Jim Egan (James Garner) and C.J Barnes (David Spade) the show became less repetitive and more enjoyable. When the show focused around Paul Hennessy, the same storylines seemes to come up every week with his daughters disobeying him and him ... more

You can find this show on ABC which on my cable package is channel 161 with NTL. One of the annoying things about this channel is that it follows the American habit of starting a show and then immediately cutting to an ad break, the same happens at the end of the show with an ad break and then a two minute bit of the show in conclusion. This is a very typical American sitcom however following the death of John Ritter who played the Dad the cast changed with the introduction of James Garner as the mothers grand dad. The show focusses on the Hennessey family who are a white middle class family ... more

A few months ago I got a freeview box and one of the shows that I've come to enjoy watching most days is this comedy on abc1 (freeview channel 15). It's a simple idea for a comedy that in the earlier episodes the main characters are a family made up of mum that is a nurse in the local hospital, a father that works from home as a sports writer, there two daughters Kerry and Bridget and youngerst child and only son Rory. In the later episodes the father died and the granddad and cousin CJ become main characher's in the show providing an extra area to source jokes from. Most of the show is based ... more