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OF THE UNIVERSE: A happily married couple of 20 years tries to cope with
the husband's eccentric family. The half-hour comedy series stars John
Goodman, Jean Smart, Ed Asner, Olympia Dukakis, Diedrich Bader, Melinda McGraw
and Spencer Breslin. FATHER OF THE PRIDE: A special effects are
combined with celebrity voices in this half-hour animated comedy
about
a pride of Las Vegas lions and their animal friends that include a gopher, an
orangutan and a flamingo. Las Vegas showmen Siegfried & Roy also appear in
animated form as well. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Cheryl Hines,
Carl Reiner, Orlando Jones, Julian Holloway, Dave Herman, Danielle Harris and
Daryl Sabara. Produced by DreamWorks and Jeffrey Katzenberg. JOEY: Matt
LeBlanc spins off his Friends
character
Joey Tribbiani in this half-hour comedy that centres on the relationship
between Joey, who moves to Los Angeles, and his high-strung sister Gina (Drea
De Matteo), a hairdresser who lives with her son. The series co-stars Paulo
Costanzo of Brampton, Ont., and Ashley Scott. LISTEN UP: Jason
Alexander (Seinfeld) stars as a sports show host who begins writing a
syndicated newspaper column on the ups and downs of his family life. Based on
the life of commentator and columnist Tony Kornheiser. The half-hour comedy
co-stars Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Daniella Monet and Will Rothhaar. MAD TV:
The outrageous and fast-paced sketch comedy series returns for a 10th season.
The hilarity continues with outrageous movie and television parodies,
commercial spoofs, pop-culture commentaries and bang-on impersonations.
KING OF THE HILL: Created by Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-head), the Emmy
Award-winning animated series returns for a ninth season. MALCOM IN THE
MIDDLE: The kooky comedy series is back for a sixth season. The series,
which has won five Emmy Awards and a prestigious Peabody Award, stars Frankie
Muniz as a kid with a genius IQ coping with his less than normal family.
BOOK OF EVE: This two-hour movie tells the story of a middle-class woman
who walks out of her marriage and into a basement tenement apartment in the
east end of Montréal. Surrounded by an eclectic assortment of tenement
dwellers, she eventually succeeds in redefining her life and accepting a new
future for herself. Directed by Claude Fournier, the production stars Claire
Bloom, Daniel Lavoie, Susannah York and Julian Glover. AMERICAN DREAMS:
Set in the early 1960s, this Emmy Award-winning drama centers on the Pryor
family of Philadelphia and their 15-year-old daughter as they brace for the
social and cultural changes ahead. Back for a third season, the series stars
Gail O'Grady, Tom Verica, Brittany Snow and Montreal-born Vanessa Lengies.
24: The critically acclaimed Emmy Award-winning series that set a new
standard for television viewing returns for a fourth thrilling season. The
series, in which each episode covers one hour of real time, stars Kiefer
Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert of Calgary and Dennis Haysbert.