FREDDIE�S RESTAURANT IS SET TO BE REVIEWED BY A CRITIC, BUT HE HAS MORE TO WORRY ABOUT THAN THE FOOD, ON ABC�S �FREDDIE�

�Food Critic� � Freddie is excited to learn that a top food critic will be reviewing the restaurant, but he becomes stressed when he learns that the critic is a guy he beat up in high school for taking his sister Sofia�s virginity. Sofia is even more worried because she doesn�t want Freddie to find out the truth about what really happened. Meanwhile, Allison gives 13-year-old Zoey a makeover, on �Freddie,� WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Editors please note: This episode replaces �Pilot,� which had been scheduled for this time.

�Freddie� stars Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Freddie Moreno, Jacqueline Obradors as Sofia, Brian Austin Green as Chris, M�dchen Amick as Allison, Jenny Gago as Grandma and Chloe Suazo as Zoey.

Guest starring are Charles Fleischer as Adam and John Ducey as Walter Fishbain.

�Food Critic� was written by Steven Molaro and directed by John Pasquin.

�Freddie� is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC�s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish audio via SAP.

A TV parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.