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10 ITEMS OR LESS
Air Date: Monday, December 11, 2006
Time Slot: 11:00 PM-11:30 PM EST on TBS
Episode Title: (#103) "Health Insurance"
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Todd Becomes the �Sexiest Butcher in Town� on TBS�s New Late-Night Original Comedy Series 10 ITEMS OR LESS

Grocery-Store Comedy from Sony Pictures Television, Writer/Star/Executive Producer John Lehr, Writer/Director/Executive Producer Nancy Hower and Writer/Executive Producer Robert Hickey

What: TBS�s New Late-Night Original Comedy Series 10 ITEMS OR LESS

When: Episode 3 premieres Monday, Dec. 11, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT), following Family Guy Also available at TBS�s Laugh Lab (tbs.com) beginning Thursday, Dec. 14, and on VOD beginning Friday, Dec. 15

Produced by: Sony Pictures Television

Description: TBS is heading for the express checkout lane with 10 ITEMS OR LESS, a new late-night comedy series that combines scripted and improvisational elements. The series, co-created by acclaimed comedy improv actor John Lehr (Memron), goes behind the scenes at a family-owned grocery store being run by a host of interesting characters. It comes to TBS from Sony Pictures Television, with Lehr, Robert Hickey and Nancy Hower serving as executive producers.

Episode: �Health Insurance� � Written by Robert Hickey & Nancy Hower & John Lehr; Directed by Nancy Hower The Greens & Grains can no longer afford to cover health insurance for its employees, which means Todd (Chris Payne Gilbert) will have to go in order to free up additional funds. So Leslie (John Lehr) takes Todd over to the Super Value Mart and convinces Amy (Jennifer Elise Cox) to hire him for her own meat department. But Amy has plans to turn him into the �hottest butcher in town,� as well as her own personal stud muffin.

Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry�s leading content providers. SPT produces and distributes top-rated, award-winning programming in every genre, including series, movies and family entertainment for network and cable television; first-run syndicated series; off-network syndicated programs; and theatrical releases. SPT (www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.

TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television�s �very funny� network. It serves as home to such hot contemporary comedies as Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, Seinfeld and Friends; original comedy series, like the comedies My Boys and 10 Items or Less; specials and special events, like The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, for which TBS serves as title sponsor; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a TimeWarner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and a leading provider of programming for the television industry.

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