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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• House Call Bad Medicine for Hiccups, Dan For Mayor

A fight between Phil and Tara forces Jessie and Tom to take Phil on as a roommate.

Tom discovers that parental endorsement does nothing for his sex life.

From Judith Klassen of Movie Entertainment:

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Second Look: 18 to Life. Mazel tov!
  “Tonight’s sixth episode (8 p.m., CBC) is a big leap forward, a funny, smart, speedy half hour. In fact, if you like Modern Family–the darling of this season’s new comedies–you’ll like 18 to Life.” Read more.

A secret from Ben’s past threatens to ignite over a family dinner with a rabbi.

From the Canadian Television Fund:

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Jessie and Tom enter dangerous waters of the joint bank account; Judith tries to hone in on Tara’s exercise regime.

Tom’s manhood is tested when Jessie tries to teach him to drive.

From Brendan Kelley of the Montreal Gazette:

• 18 to Life’s creators: A team in TV, a team in life
  “Appropriately enough, the two writer-producers who created 18 to Life, which airs Mondays on CBC-TV, are both a creative team and a real-life couple. Karen Troubetzkoy and Derek Schreyer met while studying at Vancouver Film School in the mid-’90s.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

• TVFMF Goes Live at Thursday’s BRC Lunch
  “Some overnight estimates from Monday, including a leveling off of CBC comedies 18 to Life 555,000 and Little Mosque 516,000.” Read more.

Jessie makes an ill-fated stab at winning Judith over at her belated bridal shower; while Tom gets roped into letting the dads crash his bachelor party. 

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Jaywalking to Canada the Answer
  “CBC rookie 18 to Life had a solid second outing with 802,000, far outpacing its Littiler Mosque (473,000).” Read more.

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Tom and Jessie’s attempt to find a place of their own backfires disastrously.

From a media release:

CBC TV’S NEW SEASON OF CANADIAN PROGRAMMING DELIVERS PHENOMENAL RATINGS WITH A NEWFOUNDLAND-BASED P.I. SERIES AND A FRESH MONDAY NIGHT FAMILY COMEDY

After a strong fall season, CBC Television’s slate of new and returning Canadian programs for winter 2010 continues to connect with millions of Canadians, garnering blockbuster ratings for the debuts of 18 TO LIFE (779,000 viewers) and REPUBLIC OF DOYLE at just under one million viewers (969,000), plus outstanding showings for HEARTLAND (maintaining more than one million viewers each week) and DRAGONS’ DEN (1.9 million).

Still to come: the highly-anticipated return of THE KIDS IN THE HALL with their mystery comedy miniseries DEATH COMES TO TOWN, premiering January 12 and airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m.

*All numbers based on overnight unconfirmed PPM Data.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Strong Start for 18 to Life; TSN Tops 3 Mil Again
  “CBC’s new comedy 18 to Life premiered to 779,000 viewers Monday, topping schedule mate Little Mosque on the Prairie, which managed 605,000 (all figures BBM Canada overnight estimates).” Read more.

From Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings:

• 18 to Life – “Pilot”“If you’re looking for something to break down sitcom expectations, you’re not going to find it here: of course the young couple have secrets that complicate their relationship, and of course their parents represent polar opposites, and of course they don’t think everything through before committing to their marriage. However, the pilot captures enough of the charm the premise is capable of evoking that I’m willing to endorse the show as a light-hearted negotiation of life, youth, and holy matrimony.” Read more.

From Cameron Archer of URBMN:

• 18 to Life 1.1“18 to Life’s (CBC: premiered January 4, 2010, 8:00 PM ET/PT) grand concept is simple. Two 18-year-olds marry on a dare. One family’s conservative, the other liberal. It’s a standard, well-worn sitcom premise, but 18 to Life at least does something with it. While the first episode has problems, 18 to Life has the promise most debuting CBC shows don’t.” Read more.

From Mike Morrison of Mike’s Bloggity Blog:

• Review: 18 To Life
  “Right now the strongest aspect of the show are the teen’s parents. Similar to Dharma and Greg, Tom and Jessie’s parents couldn’t be more different. Tom’s are a conservative jewish family, while Jessie’s couldn’t be more left-wing. The dialogue between the four differing adults is sharp and funny. It will be interesting to see how the parents deal with each other, now that they are related.” Read more.

From the TV Addict:

• DEGRASSI’s Stacey Farber Grows Up
  “As any fan of DEGRASSI will tell you, Ellie Nash didn’t have an easy time of it. During her time walking the hallowed halls of Canada’s most infamous high school, Ellie dealt with an alcoholic mother, her own proclivity for cutting and one failed relationship after another. Perhaps wisely, Ellie never actually walked down the aisle… although tonight, her portrayer, Stacey Farber, will take that gigantic step thanks to her new role in the CBC sitcom 18 TO LIFE.” Read more.

From Nick Patch of the Canadian Press:

• New CBC-TV show ‘18 to Life’ takes light-hearted look at teenage newlyweds
  “In the new CBC-TV sitcom 18 to Life, Michael Seater plays Tom Bellow, a gangly, charmingly ordinary 18-year-old who finds himself engaged to his neighbour after proposing in a game of truth or dare. It’s not exactly a situation to which the 22-year-old actor can personally relate.” Read more.