Life with Derek
Life with Derek is a Canadian television teen situation comedy that aired on Family Channel (English) and VRAK.TV (French) in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005, and ran for four seasons, ending its run on March 25, 2009. Reruns currently air on Family Channel and previously on multiplex sister channel Family Chrgd. The series stars Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the two oldest children in a stepfamily.
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| Created by | Daphne Ballon |
| Developed by | Daphne Ballon Bernice Vanderlaan |
| Starring | Michael Seater Ashley Leggat Jordan Todosey Daniel Magder Ariel Waller Joy Tanner John Ralston |
| Theme music composer | Gary Koftinoff and Ron Proulx |
| Opening theme | "Livin' Life with Derek", sung by Cheyenne Twiner of Uncensored, performed by Gary Koftinoff |
| Composer | Gary Koftinoff |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 70 (list of episodes) |
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| Production locations | Corner Brook, Canada (Season 1) Toronto, Canada (Seasons 2-4) |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Shaftesbury Films Pope Productions (season 1) |
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| Release | September 18, 2005 – March 25, 2009 |
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It ended having aired 70 episodes, and was followed by one spin-off television film, entitled Vacation with Derek, which was filmed in northern Ontario in fall 2009, and it aired on Family Channel on June 25, 2010.
On May 12, 2020, Shaftesbury Films announced that a spinoff television film, titled Life with Luca and set 15 years after the original series, was in development. The spin-off feature film premiered in February 2023.