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Welcome to the Neighborhood

* ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
 * Premieres Sunday, July 10, at 9 P.M.

"Oh, Lord," mutters Mutters is a muncipality in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the district of Innsbruck-Land.

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 Jim Stewart Jim Stewart might refer to:
  • Jim Stewart (Head PGA Professional), Granite Bay Golf Club (2007-present)
  • Jim Stewart (boxer), a bare-knuckle boxer.
  • Jim Stewart (hockey), an ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.
 when partners Steve and John Wright step out of their car holding their adopted baby, Eli. We're watching episode 1 of Welcome to the Neighborhood, ABC's addictive new reality show, in which seven "diverse" families compete to move into a Texas-size house on a cul-de-sac in a picture-perfect suburb of Austin. (This idea might have livened up the remake re·make  
tr.v. re·made , re·mak·ing, re·makes
To make again or anew.

n.
1. The act of remaking.

2. Something in remade form, especially a new version of an earlier movie or song.
 of The Stepford Wives, but, oh, well.) Judging the contest--and booting off one family of hopefuls each week--are three families of neighborhood homeowners led by Stewart, the self-styled "governor of the cul-de-sac." Faced with Wiccans, Hispanics, African-Americans, Koreans, tattoo artists A tattoo artist (also tattooer or tattooist) is a person who applies permanent decorative tattoos, often in a dedicated business called a tattoo shop, tattoo studio or tattoo parlour. , and those gays, the homeowners have some mind-expanding choices to make. But so do the contestants: Do they really want to live in such a white-bread neighborhood? It all makes for delicious TV, especially since--if you're honest--you know that in this situation you might just feel the same nasty things inside.
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Title Annotation:Welcome to the Neighborhood
Author:Stockwell, Anne
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Television Program Review
Date:Jul 19, 2005
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