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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Creator/AshleyBenson's[[note]]she plays Creator/RebeccaRomijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* {{Seer}}: Roxie starts out the series with clairvoyance, primarily precognition.

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* {{Seer}}: {{Seers}}: Roxie starts out the series with clairvoyance, primarily precognition.



* {{Unfortunate Name|s}}: The local bar is called '''The Greasy Stool'''. That and the Rhode Island setting may well lead many to wonder if Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}} is moonlighting for ABC.

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* HollywoodProvincialism: Investigations are done by the local Sheriff. In Rhode Island, as well as most New England counties, Sheriffs are ceremonial positions.



* SoCalization: Investigations are done by the local Sheriff. In Rhode Island, as well as most New England counties, Sheriffs are ceremonial positions.
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* BodyHorror: When Eleanor does acupuncture on Bun, ''millions of red ants come pouring out of her body.'' [[{{HolyShitQuotient}} Holy shit.]]

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* BodyHorror: When Eleanor does acupuncture on Bun, ''millions of red ants come pouring out of her body.'' [[{{HolyShitQuotient}} Holy shit.]]
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* IGotYouADrawer: Roxie gives Chad a drawer at one point, though it's not clear if she still has a drawer for her ex-husband as well.
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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Creator/AshleyBenson's[[note]]she plays Creator/RebeccaRomijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Creator/AshleyBenson's[[note]]she plays Creator/RebeccaRomijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.
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* {{Expy}}: The main trio are inspired by the main characters of the books, but aren't carbon copies.

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%%* BackFromTheDead: Darryl, sort of, as well as [[spoiler:Danny and Jamie]] in the last episode.
%%* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Darryl, according to Roxie.

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%%* * AdaptationNameChange: The three leads are loosely based on the originals in the 1987 movie and the 1984 book that inspired it, but Alexandra became Roxie, Sukie became Joanna, and Jane became Kat.
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BackFromTheDead: Darryl, sort of, as well as [[spoiler:Danny and Jamie]] in the last episode.
%%* * BiggerIsBetterInBed: Darryl, according to Roxie.



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%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Roxie is blonde, Joanna is brunette, and Kat is a redhead.



%%* BuriedAlive: The fate of [[spoiler:Jamie.]]

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%%* * BuriedAlive: The fate of [[spoiler:Jamie.[[spoiler:Jamie's fate.]]



%%* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Roxie's gift.

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%%* * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Roxie's gift.gift is having premonitions in her dreams.
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* {{Seer}}: Roxie starts out the series with clairvoyance, primarily precognition.



%%* {{Telepathy}}: Roxie's powers,

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%%* * {{Telepathy}}: Roxie's powers, clairvoyance soon grows into outright telepathy.

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%%* HealingHands: One of Kat's powers.

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%%* * HealingHands: One Kat later developed the ability to heal injuries and illnesses. However it becomes clear that overuse of Kat's powers.this power was taxing and she would require massive amounts of sleep to recover.



%%%* MindOverMatter: Joanna's power.

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%%%* * LegacyTeam: It becomes apparent later on in the series that Kat, Joanna and Roxie aren't the only witches in Eastwick and the older generation of witches have the same powers as they did. Kat shares hers with Eleanor, Roxie with Bonnie and Joanna with the late Gloria.
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MindOverMatter: Joanna's power.Joanna soon develops telekinetic abilities but hasn't quite mastered it requiring great effort and concentration just to move small objects.
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''Eastwick'' was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on Creator/{{ABC}} for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.

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''Eastwick'' was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on Creator/{{ABC}} for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The ''Literature/{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.
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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Creator/AshleyBenson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Creator/AshleyBenson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's Creator/RebeccaRomijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* BackFromTheDead: Darryl, sort of, as well as [[spoiler:Danny and Jamie]] in the last episode.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Darryl, according to Roxie.

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* BuriedAlive: The fate of [[spoiler:Jamie.]]

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* %%* BuriedAlive: The fate of [[spoiler:Jamie.]]



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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Roxie's gift.

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* %%* {{Dramedy}}
* %%* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Roxie's gift.



* ElementalPowers: So far, Kat has electrocuted her husband with a lightning strike and frozen a swimming pool solid.
** She then also almost kills her ex's date with a gust of wind.
* EvilBrit: Jamie, sort of.

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* ElementalPowers: So far, Kat has electrocuted her husband with a lightning strike and frozen a swimming pool solid.
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solid. She then also almost kills her ex's date with a gust of wind.
* %%%* EvilBrit: Jamie, sort of.



* HandsomeLech: Darryl, to the endth degree.
* HealingHands: One of Kat's powers.
* HotLibrarian: Joanna.
* HotScoop: Joanna.
* HypnoticEyes: Joanna, but they only work on men.

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* %%%* HandsomeLech: Darryl, to the endth degree.
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HealingHands: One of Kat's powers.
* %%%* HotLibrarian: Joanna.
* HotScoop: Joanna.
* HypnoticEyes: Joanna, Joanna can control people by staring into their yes but they only work on men.



* MindOverMatter: Another of Joanna's powers.
* MysteriousPast: Daryl, as Joanna quickly discovers.

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* %%%* MindOverMatter: Another of Joanna's powers.
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MysteriousPast: Daryl, as Joanna quickly discovers.



* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Roxie's husband Danny. He reappears in the last episode.]]

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* %%%%%* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Roxie's husband Danny. He reappears in the last episode.]]



* PleaseWakeUp: Joanna to Max when they've both been poisoned. [[spoiler:He does.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Daryl Van Horne.
** And maybe [[spoiler:Gene]], although it's [[ScrewedByTheNetwork never explained.]]

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* %%%%* PleaseWakeUp: Joanna to Max when they've both been poisoned. [[spoiler:He does.]]
* %%%%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Daryl Van Horne.
** And maybe [[spoiler:Gene]], although it's [[ScrewedByTheNetwork never explained.]]
Horne.



* TallDarkAndHandsome: Daryl, Jamie
* {{Telepathy}}: One of Roxie's powers, including [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone dreams]]

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* %%%%* TallDarkAndHandsome: Daryl, Jamie
* %%* {{Telepathy}}: One of Roxie's powers, including [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone dreams]]

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'''''Eastwick''''' was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on Creator/{{ABC}} for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.

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'''''Eastwick''''' ''Eastwick'' was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on Creator/{{ABC}} for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.



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* ActorAllusion: Roxie claims she's never heard of [[ComicBook/XMen Professor X]] ...as she is being played by the same actress as Mystique.
** Rebecca Romijn's real-life husband Jerry O'Connell shows up towards the end as a love interest for Kat.
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* ActorAllusion: Roxie claims she's never heard of [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Professor X]] ...as she is being played by the same actress as Mystique.

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* ActorAllusion: Roxie claims she's never heard of [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} [[ComicBook/XMen Professor X]] ...as she is being played by the same actress as Mystique.
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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Ashley Benson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Ashley Benson's[[note]]she Creator/AshleyBenson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Ashley Benson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Daryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.

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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Ashley Benson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Daryl) (Darryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.



* BackFromTheDead: Daryl, sort of, as well as [[spoiler:Danny and Jamie]] in the last episode.

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* BackFromTheDead: Daryl, Darryl, sort of, as well as [[spoiler:Danny and Jamie]] in the last episode.episode.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Darryl, according to Roxie.



* EatingTheEyeCandy: When Darryl strips naked in front of her, Roxie can't help but stare.



* HandsomeLech: Daryl, to the endth degree.

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* HandsomeLech: Daryl, Darryl, to the endth degree.


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* NakedFreakOut: Kat has one when Gene walks in on her just after she discarded her ModestyTowel.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Not only was it canceled after thirteen episodes, to the chagrin of many fans, but the tenth episode was never aired, leading a number of continuity errors and confusion amongst viewers--[[spoiler:how the girls dispatched Jamie, for one thing, was unclear.]]
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Eastwick was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on ABC for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.

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Eastwick '''''Eastwick''''' was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on ABC Creator/{{ABC}} for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.
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Eastwick was a {{Dramedy}} premiering on ABC for their 2009 fall line-up. The show is inspired both by the John Updike novel, ''{{The Witches of Eastwick}}'', and the previous film version of the same name.

Roxie, Joanna, and Kat are all residents of Eastwick, but have never really interacted. Roxie lost her husband and now has a reputation of a man-eater, mostly because she is seeing a younger man. Joanna is a wannabe [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lois Lane]], a budding journalist with a hopeless crush on her co-worker, Will. Rounding out the group, Kat is a mother and a wife in a nearly-loveless marriage to her high school sweetheart. The three are drawn together during a harvest festival, when they all make a wish at the local fountain.

Afterward, strange things beginning happening in Eastwick. A mysterious millionare, Darryl Van Horne, arrives in a cloud of scandal and begins buying up the town. And the three women, soon becoming fast friends, discover they each possess powerful new gifts. Roxie is able to see the future, Joanna can hypnotize men with a look, and Kat has power over the elements.

The show has been compared to both ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' and ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' with magic. The series was canceled due to poor ratings, leaving several episodes unaired on the network (although in Britain the entire series was run by the Hallmark Channel... and again when they became the Universal Channel).
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* AbsenteeActor: Like ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' and ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Eastwick'' only lists the cast members actually appearing in that particular episode instead of having a standard cast list, and like ''Heroes'' (and Ashley Benson's[[note]]she plays Rebecca Romijn's daughter[[/note]] next series ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''), they're listed in alphabetical order - with the exception of [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (Daryl) who due to his "and" billing is always listed last.
* ActorAllusion: Roxie claims she's never heard of [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Professor X]] ...as she is being played by the same actress as Mystique.
** Rebecca Romijn's real-life husband Jerry O'Connell shows up towards the end as a love interest for Kat.
* BackFromTheDead: Daryl, sort of, as well as [[spoiler:Danny and Jamie]] in the last episode.
* BlackComedyRape:
** Joanna, in an attempt to prove that she's not interested in Max, flirts with another guy at a party. When the other guy starts to back off, she uses her mind control to get him to sleep with her. Turns out that not only is the guy gay, he's in a committed relationship. It's made 100% clear that the guy would never have had sex with Joanna voluntarily, yet it's played as a 'oh, that silly Joanna and her bad luck with men!' moment.
** Roxie makes a vague allusion to PrisonRape when she tells [[spoiler:Jamie]] that he's "a little too pretty for prison":
-->'''Roxie:''' With those doe eyes and that accent, you'll be one sought-after cellmate.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead
* BodyHorror: When Eleanor does acupuncture on Bun, ''millions of red ants come pouring out of her body.'' [[{{HolyShitQuotient}} Holy shit.]]
* BuffySpeak: Penny, occasionally: "And I want that...blood hair to be...DNA'd for--for stuff!"
* BuriedAlive: The fate of [[spoiler:Jamie.]]
* CreepyChild: Gene, Colin's son...[[spoiler:except it's not really him, it's an evil presence of some sort controlling his body.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Gene. Whatever's inside him wants to get into Kat because of her powers.]]
* {{Dramedy}}
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Roxie's gift.
* ElementalPowers: So far, Kat has electrocuted her husband with a lightning strike and frozen a swimming pool solid.
** She then also almost kills her ex's date with a gust of wind.
* EvilBrit: Jamie, sort of.
* {{Expy}}: The main trio are inspired by the main characters of the books, but aren't carbon copies.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Penny kisses Joanna when affected by the crazy, horny moon phenomenon.
* HandsomeLech: Daryl, to the endth degree.
* HealingHands: One of Kat's powers.
* HotLibrarian: Joanna.
* HotScoop: Joanna.
* HypnoticEyes: Joanna, but they only work on men.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each title had two linked items, sometimes rhyming ("Mooning and Crooning," "Pampered and Tampered") and sometimes not ("Red Ants and Black Widows," "Magic Snow and Creepy Gene").
* MindOverMatter: Another of Joanna's powers.
* MysteriousPast: Daryl, as Joanna quickly discovers.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Roxie's husband Danny. He reappears in the last episode.]]
* PerfectPoison: Inverted when [[spoiler:Eleanor]] tries to kill [[spoiler:Max, Joanna and Kat]]--it takes hours and hours to work, slowly paralyzing its victims, [[spoiler:and no one dies anyway.]]
* PleaseWakeUp: Joanna to Max when they've both been poisoned. [[spoiler:He does.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Daryl Van Horne.
** And maybe [[spoiler:Gene]], although it's [[ScrewedByTheNetwork never explained.]]
* RapeAsDrama: In an early episode, Roxie's daughter, Mia, is nearly raped by her boyfriend. Fortunately Roxie and Daryl arrive JustInTime to save her.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Not only was it canceled after thirteen episodes, to the chagrin of many fans, but the tenth episode was never aired, leading a number of continuity errors and confusion amongst viewers--[[spoiler:how the girls dispatched Jamie, for one thing, was unclear.]]
* SoCalization: Investigations are done by the local Sheriff. In Rhode Island, as well as most New England counties, Sheriffs are ceremonial positions.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Daryl, Jamie
* {{Telepathy}}: One of Roxie's powers, including [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone dreams]]
* {{Unfortunate Name|s}}: The local bar is called '''The Greasy Stool'''. That and the Rhode Island setting may well lead many to wonder if Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}} is moonlighting for ABC.
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