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Series · 10 connectionsThe daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Created byEileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
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2005 · Comedy
Two single and extremely eccentric New Yorkers are subject to constant interference from their equally eccentric friends when they begin dating.
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1995 · 23 min · Comedy
Brothers Shawn and Marlon are on the lookout for money and success, though the two are complete opposites. Shawn is responsible and conservative while Marlon is free-spirited and liberal. They are not immune to sibling rivalry, but frequently enjoy being each other's partner in crime.
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2011 · 30 min · Comedy
Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
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2008 · 47 min · Comedy · Drama
Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside showrunner/head writer Oliver Goldstick. The pilot was directed by Gary Winick.
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2014 · 30 min · Comedy
A comedy series about the lovable, seasonally dysfunctional Moody family. Each episode is set on a different holiday gathering which includes fights, bad gifts, boring uncles, shocking family secrets and bizarre eccentricities.
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2003 · 21 min · Comedy
Peter and Annie are constantly trying to find time without the kids and their problems, but while attempting to maintain a happy family image, they end up involved with their children's lives more than ever.
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2003 · 21 min · Comedy
Tanya, Ed, and their kids, 16-year-old Danika and 12-year-old Bobby, are a middle-class African-American family who open their door for an old friend who needs parenting help. Juggling the demands of single parenthood, Maddie believes her 16-year-old son, Keith, could benefit from living in a traditional family structure, and especially from a strong male influence. They discover that their differences are definitely more than skin deep.
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2015 · 23 min · Comedy
Comedy about a husband and wife trying to raise their five kids in a New York two-bedroom apartment.
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2016 · 22 min · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
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2010 · 21 min · Comedy
Ed Goodson, a forthright and opinionated dad, relishes expressing his unsolicited and often wildly politically incorrect observations to anyone within earshot. Nobody is immune from Ed's rants, including his sons, Henry, a struggling writer-turned-unpaid blogger; and Vince, the meek half of his husband/wife real estate duo with domineering Kathleen. When Henry finds he can no longer afford to pay rent to his pretty roommate -- and secret admirer -- Sam, Ed reveals a soft spot and invites Henry to move in with him. Henry agrees, knowing that the verbal assault will not abate and now there will be no escape.
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