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2	''Working Class'' is a 2011 Creator/{{CMT}} sitcom, the first scripted program for the network.
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4	Creator/MelissaPeterman (host of ''Series/TheSingingBee'' on the same network; best known as Barbara Jean on ''Series/{{Reba}}'') stars as Carli Mitchell, a twice-divorced mother of three trying to make ends meet between her kids and her idiot leech of a brother. She works at [[strike:Whole]] [[BlandNameProduct Parker Foods]] with her neighbor, Hank (Creator/EdAsner), and her boss, Rob (Creator/PatrickFabian), whom she has a crush on.
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7	!!The show provides examples of:
8	* AndStarring: Creator/EdAsner, of course, gets that coveted spot.
9	* BenevolentBoss: Rob Parker, even though Carli flirts with him heavily when they first meet.
10	** Carli even conspires with Rob to inflict a punishment on Scott when he messes up the store after getting a job there.
11	*** Even when Carli delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to two women who she later realized were his sister and her daughter, he sides with Carli. (The two in question were a RichBitch and an AlphaBitch.)
12	* BlandNameProduct: Parker Foods is a Whole Foods ripoff.
13	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: In one memorable episode of ''Reba,'' Barbara Jean develops a crush on her preacher, who she nicknames "Reverend Yummypants." Now, the same actor plays Carli's boss, who Carli has a crush on.
14	** And, of course, Reba herself.
15	* LargeHam: Melissa Peterman's stand-up comedy background means that Carli is going to naturally gravitate toward this, especially in a Jackie from ''Roseanne'' neurotic kind of way.
16	* OneHeadTaller: Inverted with one of Carli's dates, played by David Faustino. [[TinyGuyHugeGirl He's 5'3", she's 5'10"]]. Justified for him because he just got through a messy divorce with a woman who's shorter than he is.
17	* OutOfOrder: It would appear that way. In episode 7, Rob didn't recognize Scott, despite hiring him as a stockboy the week before.
18	** Melissa Peterman's [[http://twitter.com/#!/followtheblonde Twitter]] intimates that they shot the episode featuring Reba last. It was the third aired episode.
19	* PerpetualPoverty: Bad enough for Carli to have to water down milk every so often, but not bad enough that they don't have an internet connection.
20	** Although in the episode "Lunch Lady," it's implied that they moved to a better town so the kids could go to a better school, many of which do incorporate internet use (if nothing else, they might need to do online research.) Besides, internet access has gotten dirt cheap in recent years and a family of five would go through milk pretty fast.
21	* StatuesqueStunner: What Carli imagines herself to be: "All this is worth the climb!"

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