10 Things I Hate About You (television) ABC Family series, inspired by the 1999 motion picture, debuting on July 7, 2009, and ending on May 24, 2010. Walter Stratford is the over-protective father of Kat, a feminist looking to save the world, and Bianca, a girl planning to climb the social ladder at their new high school. With their contradictory goals, the girls start out on a bumpy year at Padua High. Stars Meaghan Martin (Bianca), Lindsey Shaw (Kat), Ethan Peck (Patrick Verona), Larry Miller (Walter Stratford), Nicholas Braun (Cameron James), Dana Davis (Chastity Church), Kyle Kaplan (Michael Bernstein), Chris Zylka (Joey Donner). Miller played the same role in the movie, whose director, Gil Junger, is helming the series.