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WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT

Second Time Around (UPN): Engaged offscreen, Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker play a couple rethinking their divorce. The Road to Stardom With Missy Elliott (UPN): Thirteen aspiring artists on a national concert tour with the original Misdemeanor.

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Yet-to-Be-Titled Wanda Sykes Show (Comedy Central): The comedian gives prime time another shot in this reality series that has her taking on a different job each week.

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LAX (NBC): Set in an airport terminal, the show marks Blair Underwood's return to network TV as an overconfident but goodhearted terminal manager, giving us something to look forward to on Monday nights.

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WE'LL MISS

The Practice (ABC): For eight seasons, Steve Harris soothed our Sunday evenings. The Tracy Morgan Show (NBC): Tamala Jones was the best thing on this misplaced comedy.

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All About the Andersons (WB): Anthony Anderson's talent was too big for the small screen. Making the Band (MTV): Watching P. Diddy's attempt to turn six misfits into a platinum band was a guilty pleasure.

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WE STILL LOVE

America's Next Top Model (UPN): Tyra Banks brings us season three of her models-behaving badly series. Saturday Night Live (NBC): Maya Rudolph's dead-on impersonation of Donatella Versace is reason enough to stay in Saturday night.

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My Wife and Kids (ABC): Damon Wayans's alter ego, Michael Kyle, becomes a young grandparent on this family comedy. The Wire (HBO): This season, who will lesbian narcotics officer Shakima Greggs (Sonja Sohn) face off with on the gritty urban drama?

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RELATED ARTICLE: The new must-see TV.

Lifetime Television for Women's made-for-TV movies often seem a little sappy. That's not the case for its prime-time shows, which drop the sap for sass. The network's 2004-2005 season, which started last June, features actresses we can't seem to get enough of: Vivica A. Fox, as an FBI agent, costars on Missing, a popular suspense drama co-executive-produced by Fox and Debra Martin Chase. Loretta Devine appears on Wild Card as a no-nonsense boss. Former Sister, Sister TV star Tamera Mowry (inset) joins the Strong Medicine cast with actress Jenifer Lewis. And we can't forget Tararji Henson's (from the film Baby Boy) return on The Division.--CORI MURRAY

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