'Til Death
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| 'Til Death | |
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 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 |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Creator(s) | Josh Goldsmith Cathy Yuspa |
| Starring | Brad Garrett Joely Fisher Kat Foster Eddie Kaye Thomas |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Alec Barnow Marc Firek and Annette Sahakian Davis |
| Executive producer(s) | Josh Goldsmith Cathy Yuspa |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | FOX |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original run | September 7, 2006 – present |
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| 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.
The show that stars film actor Eddie Kaye Thomas and newcomer actress Kat Foster as Newlyweds Jeff and Steph Woodcock, who have been married 12 days, move next door to a couple, Eddie (played by Emmy Award-winning comedian Brad Garrett) and Joy Stark (played by veteran character actress Joely Fisher), the parents of a college-aged child named Allie (played by actress Krysten Ritter), who have been married for circa 23 years (8,743 days, as shown in the pilot episode). The newlyweds get a surprising look at what their future might hold.
In spite of an initially disappointing showing in the ratings, the show has been picked up for a full 22 episode season.
Beginning on March 14th the show was given the coveted time slot directly following the American Idol results show, and ratings have improved accordingly[1].
'Til Death will complete airing it's current season on April 11, 2007 and it is currently unknown if the show will return for a second season.
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[edit] Cast
- Brad Garrett as Eddie Stark
- Joely Fisher as Joy Stark
- Kat Foster as Steph Woodcock
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Jeff Woodcock
[edit] Recurring cast
- Krysten Ritter as Allison Stark
- Anthony Anderson as Cofeld
- Margaret Cho as Nicole
- Jerry Lambert as Stan
- Will Sasso as Russ
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1: 2006-2007
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code[1] |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | September 7, 2006 | 100 |
| In the first episode we are introduced to Eddie and Joy Stark, who have been married for 8000+ days while their new next door neighbors Steph and Jeff Woodcock are young newlyweds. The young couple ends up having an argument over a pool table which ends up migrating next door. | |||
| 2 | "Sex for Furniture" | September 14, 2006 | 101 |
| The couples engage in an age old battle and the men soon realize that their wives are trading sex for household power. | |||
| 3 | "The Ring" | September 21, 2006 | 103 |
| Jeff helps out Eddie when he gives Joy the engagement ring she always wanted. | |||
| 4 | "The Wood Pile" | September 28, 2006 | 102 |
| 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 | "Your Mother or Your Wife" | November 2, 2006 | 104 |
| 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. | |||
| 6 | "The Garage Band" | November 9, 2006 | 107 |
| Eddie doesn't realize that Joy knows what he's doing when he tells her a lie about practicing with his band. | |||
| 7 | "Dream Getaway" | November 16, 2006 | 108 |
| 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 | "Death Sex" | November 30, 2006 | 105 |
| 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 | "The Toaster" | December 14, 2006 | 106 |
| Joy and Eddie have a disagreement over whether or not you save electricity by unplugging the toaster. Eddie is determined to prove Joy wrong. | |||
| 10 | "Daddy's Girl" | December 21, 2006 | 111 |
| Eddie and Joy's daughter, Allison, comes home for the holidays to celebrate New Years with her parents. When she gets some bad news from her boyfriend, Allison turns to her mother for help, leaving a snubbed Eddie perplexed. At the Woodcocks' New Year's Eve party, Eddie lightens up his mood to impress his daughter, but as the clock strikes midnight and a new year begins, Allison realizes she likes her "big, dark, angry, wonderful dad" just the way he is. | |||
| 11 | "The Anniversary Party" | January 4, 2007 | 109 |
| While attending Vicki and Stan's 25th anniversary party, Joy can't help feeling jealous at the attention Stan pays to his wife. Eddie gets advice from Stan about his role in the marriage. Jeff is embarrassed by Steph's dancing. | |||
| 12 | "The Hockey Lie" | January 11, 2007 | 110 |
| Jeff is heartbroken and angry when Steph reveals that she wont be his Hockey Girl any longer. Eddie later muses that its normal for new couples to lie and that they will eventually grow apart because of it, but Joy insists that she and Eddie are actually becoming more similar as they grow old together. As Jeff tries to accept that his wife is not the woman he thought she was, Eddie tries to prove to Joy that he is his own man. | |||
| 13 | "Fight Friend" | January 18, 2007 | 112 |
| Joy turns to a friend, Nicole for help when she and Eddie are fighting. When Eddie confronts Joy about Nicole, they get into a heated argument and seek support from their respective fight friends Joy teaming up with Nicole, and Eddie with Nicole's husband Cofeld, in order to prove their points. | |||
| 14 | "The Colleague" | February 1, 2007 | 113 |
| When Joy gives Eddie permission to have a female friend, the pair bond over their history. Meanwhile, Jeff tries to be cool and uses Steph to get in with the cool high school kids. Later, when Eddie and his friend get too close, Joy takes on some history of her own. | |||
| 15 | "The Bachelor Party" | February 8, 2007 | 114 |
| When the guys discover that Jeff never had a bachelor party, they have a boys night out at a local club. But when Nicole tags along with Cofeld, the guys night doesnt turn out as they planned. Meanwhile, Joy is sick at home and Steph comes over with a special recipe to help them both feel better. | |||
| 16 | "The Italian Affair" | February 15, 2007 | 115 |
| When Joy accuses Eddie of being a pack rat, he and Jeff go through piles of ancient items from Eddies past. The duo comes upon an old roll of film, which Jeff agrees to get developed. When Eddie sees the photos of himself and Joy having a great time in Italy, he is reminded of how the vacation ended and a moment he and Joy never discuss. In order to make things right, Eddie does all he can to relive their trip to Italy right there in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Ray Romano makes a guest appearance as a client in the restaurant. | |||
| 17 | "Clay Date" | March 14, 2007 | 116 |
| When Eddie and Joy visit Allison for parents weekend, they share a dorm room with a partying single father. When Allison lets them know her new major and next semesters plans, Eddie and Joy try their best to convince her to do otherwise but realize that their own mistakes led them to where they are today. Meanwhile, Jeff hires someone to help Steph tile the bathroom, which brings out the worst in her. | |||
| 18 | "I Heart Woodcocks" | March 21, 2007 | 118 |
| When the Woodcocks strike up a close friendship with the Cofelds, the Starks feel left out. Much to their surprise, they find they really miss their time with Jeff and Steph. Eddie and Joy set out to win the Woodcocks friendship back. | |||
| 19 | "The Coffeemaker" | March 28, 2007 | 119 |
| Steph gives Eddie and Joy a cappuccino maker that was a wedding gift from Jeffs mom. Joy loves the gift, but Eddie soon begins to resent Joy for not learning how to work the machine herself. When Eddie refuses to make Joy her nightly cappuccino, she makes a list of all the things she does around the house and comes to the conclusion that Eddie doesn't do enough. Meanwhile Jeff is mad at Steph for giving away a present from his mom, and he tries to come up with a plan to get back at her. | |||
| 20 | "That's Ridiculous" | April 4, 2007 | 117 |
| When Joy and Allison meet for Spring Break in Florida, Eddie is thrilled to have the house to himself where he can eat, sleep, wear whatever he wants and hang out with Cofeld. But when the week doesnt go exactly as planned, Eddie realizes how much he misses Joy. Meanwhile, Joy and Allison arent missing Eddie too much as they work-it on the beach. | |||
| 21 | "Webby's Not Happy" | April 11, 2007 | 120 |
| When one of Eddie’s single idols comes for a visit, Eddie is in awe, while Joy is unimpressed by Webby’s (guest star Ted McGinley) lifestyle of wild adventures and exotic travels. To Joy, Webby is running away from the one thing that can make him truly happy: a committed relationship. | |||
| 22 | "Summer of Love" | April 11, 2007 | 121 |
| Summer vacation has begun and Allison surprises her parents when she brings Doug home. When Allison and Doug spend their days enjoying the summer, Steph gets Eddie to join them. Jeff and Joy feel left out and annoyed by their partners happiness but finally are persuaded to join in. | |||
[edit] International Airers
Canada: FX1
South Africa: SABC3, debuted Monday 26 February 2007, currently airs at 8.00pm
UK: Five US
Malaysia: RTM2
Latin America: Sony Entertainment Television
Australia: Nine Network
[edit] Trivia
- Jeff Woodcock (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is the vice 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.
- The internet series Nobody's Watching featured two actors (both in and out of character) watching the pilot of 'Til Death in real-time. The two only made a few small chuckles throughout the pilot.
- Two scenes in the pilot show Eddie (Brad Garrett) and Joy (Joely Fisher) watching The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Joely Fisher co-starred with DeGeneres on the sitcom Ellen.
- At the beginning of the episode, it says they have been married for 8,743 days, meaning that they are 11 days away from their 24th wedding anniversary.
- In the episode "The Ring" an outside of a mall is shown. The mall is the Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- In the "Daddy's Girl" episode, Eddie and Allie eat at a Lee's Hoagie House, a chain of hoagie restaurant found in southeastern Pennsylvania.
- In "The Hockey Lie", when shown the exterior of a hockey game that Jeff and Steph are attending, it is the Wachovia Spectrum, former home of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Philadelphia 76ers.
[edit] References
- ^ Sony Pictures: 'Til Death Episode Guide. Sony Pictures. Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
