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"Raising Hope": A different kind of modern family

"Raising Hope," a new dark comedy from the creator of "My Name is Earl," is about a sweet but directionless young man who suddenly becomes the father of a six-month-old baby when his unstable one-night stand sort of, well, disappears on him.

Jimmy (Lucas Neff) has no job and no life plan (but he does have awesome cover art if he ever records an album), not to mention a terrible support system in his bungling family. Still, when he discovers he's a dad, he ignores the advice of his mother (Martha Plimpton) to "safe drop it at the fire station," vowing to keep and raise Princess Beyonce himself. And even though his mother is right that keeping the baby will "dramastically change" his life, that's okay with him. He wants to change his life.

Dancing with the Stars: Cloris Leachman advises Mya?

Once again, the WarmTV bloggers elected (begged) my mom to be our Dancing with the Stars correspondent. After each show, she calls me with her report...

There were some interesting twists to last night's show. There was a special dance by the pros (which usually only happens on elimination night), Cloris Leachman returned to give crazy advice to the show's best dancer, and Aaron Carter designed his own terrible outfit.

Here's the full report.

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