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'Til Death

Promotional cast photo; clockwise from top left: Jeff (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Steph (Kat Foster) Woodcock, and Joy (Joely Fisher) and Eddie (Brad Garrett) Stark
Genre Sitcom
Running time 30 minutes (with commercials)
Producer(s) Alec Barnow
Marc Firek
Executive producer(s) Josh Goldsmith
Cathy Yuspa
Starring Brad Garrett
Joely Fisher
Kat Foster
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Country of origin United States United States
Language(s) English
Original channel Fox Broadcasting Company
Original run September 7, 2006–present
No. of episodes 8
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

'Til Death is an American sitcom on the Fox network which premiered on September 7, 2006 and is written and executive-produced by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa.

Newlyweds Jeff and Steph Woodcock, who have been married 12 days, move next door to a couple, Eddie and Joy Stark, the parents of a college-aged child named Allie, who have been married for 8,743 days. The newlyweds get a surprising look at what their future might hold.

Despite lackluster ratings, the show has been renewed for a full 22 episode season in hopes that it will eventually find an audience.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Ratings and response

The show debuted on September 7, 2006, with a 6.5 rating with an 11 share (8.64 million viewers). On September 14, it received a 5.1 rating with an 8 share (6.33 million viewers). The third episode on September 21 received a 4.4 rating with a 7 share (5.85 million viewers). The fourth episode on September 28 received a 3.7 rating with a 6 share (5.75 million viewers).

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1: 2006-2007

Episode # Production Code Air Date Title Summary
1 101 9/7/2006 Pilot In the first episode we are introduced to Eddie and Joy Stamm, who have been married for 8,743 days while their new next door neighbors Steph and Jeff Woodcock are young newlyweds (married 12 days). The young couple ends up having an argument over a pool table which ends up migrating next door.
2 102 9/14/2006 Sex for Furniture The couples engage in an age old battle and the men soon realize that their wives are trading sex for household power.
3 104 9/21/2006 The Ring Jeff helps out Eddie when he gives Joy the engagement ring she always wanted.
4 103 9/28/2006 The Wood Pile Eddie looks to the newlyweds next door to help him keep his woodpile in the garage when Joy tells him to "use it or lose it."
5 108 11/2/2006 The Garage Band Eddie doesn't realize that Joy knows what he's doing when he tells her a lie about practicing with his band.
6 105 11/9/2006 Your Mother or Your Wife Jeff gets in trouble when his mother comes to visit and he takes her side over Steph's. Jeff goes to Joy and Eddie for advice.
7 109 11/16/2006 Dream Weaver Steph and Jeff convince Eddie and Joy to join them for a getaway in the mountains, but when Steph tells Jeff she had an erotic dream about Eddie, their vacation is anything but relaxing for the Woodcocks.
8 106 11/30/2006 Death Sex After an injury Eddie is sure that he's going to die. With that fear Eddie and Joy rekindle the romance. Eddie decides to take advantage of the situation when he finds out he's fine, by not telling Joy the truth.
9 107 12/14/2006 The Toaster Joy and Eddie have a disagreement over whether or not you save electricity by unplugging the toaster. Eddie is determined to prove Joy is wrong.
10 110 12/21/2006 Daddy's Girl
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[edit] Trivia

  • Jeff Woodcock (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is the principal of a fictitious high school; Fox has posted a mock website for the school at http://www.mywoodcock.com/.
  • Movie theaters showed advertisements for the show which featured Brad Garrett trying to "frighten" the viewers by saying that he can "see" them.
  • The show aired on Canadian television on September 6, one day before the USA premiere date.
  • At the beginning of the episode, it says they have been married for 8,743 days, meaning that they are 17 days away from their 24th wedding anniversary.
  • In the episode "The Ring", Joy's ring has their home phone number with area code 215 inscribed on it. Area code 215 covers Philadelphia, PA.
  • Eddie and Joy have been married for 24 years. That means that they got married in 1982. However, Joy says that Eddie proposed to her after watching Top Gun, which was released in 1986.
  • Jeff Woodcock's character is based off of Mark Woodcock, a teacher at Cheltenham Highschool in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, the producer's hometown.

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