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"Hef's Runaway Bride": The story isn't as crazy as it seems

It's easy to mock Hugh Hefner (Joel McHale does a great job on "Talk Soup") but on "Hef's Runaway Bride" (Lifetime, 10 tonight) you might feel a little guilty for doing so. He comes across kind of sweet and sincere, the wronged party.

OK, it would be hard to believe the blonde, young Crystal Harris was madly in love with the octogenarian (Viagra-enhanced) lover, but this behind-the-scenes look at the-wedding-that-wasn't shows that maybe it wasn't about two people using each other for their purposes. What the show reveals is that something more typical happened: they were both doing what they thought the other wanted.

Yes, there were some machinations going on (after all, this was designed to be a reality show to promote the Playboy brand), but in "Hef's Runaway Bride" the relationship between the two seems sincere. Even Hef's sons, Cooper and Marston, speak about liking Harris, despite their concerns about their dad getting married.

Community: NBC adds clever new sitcom to Thursday lineup

NBC's newest sitcom, "Community," has some big names and a lot of well-deserved buzz. Joel McHale, the popular host of E!'s "The Soup," is undoubtedly the star of the show, but "Community" also features a beloved comedy legend who is ripe for a comeback: Chevy Chase.

McHale (above with Danny Pudi) plays Jeff, an attorney whose undergraduate degree from Columbia (the country, not the school) is deemed illegitimate, so he must get a new degree in order to resume practicing law.

But of course, being the amoral jerk that he is, he tries to cheat his way through with the aid of a former client and psych professor played by Jon Oliver of "The Daily Show" (who thankfully, is only in the pilot).

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