"MY NAME IS EARL"

(X) "THE MAGIC HOUR/ VOTE FOR THIS AND I PROMISE. . "

09/25/2008 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Thursday) : IN THE ONE-HOUR SEASON PREMIERE, EARL HELPS GUEST STAR SETH GREEN (ROBOT CHICKEN) MAKE HIS OWN LOW-LOW-LOW BUDGET ACTION MOVIE AND IN THE SECOND HALF-HOUR, GUEST STAR BEAU BRIDGES RETURNS AS EARL'S FATHER AND THE TWO BOND OVER THEIR WOMEN TROUBLE - When Joy (Jaime Pressly) cons Make-A-Wish to send a celebrity to her trailer, Earl (Jason Lee) remembers a wish he stole from a dying child and decides it's time to cross him off the list. When he returns to the kid's home, he finds that little Buddy (guest star Seth Green) has exceeded all of the doctors' expectations and is still alive. Buddy asks Earl to produce his movie and suddenly all of Camden County find themselves starring in a high-octane action film. Randy (Ethan Suplee) surprises everyone when his acting skills get rave reviews. In the second half-hour, Earl and Randy decide it's time to make amends with their childhood neighbors, the Clarks. But when they discover more skeletons in the closet than they had expected, the brothers find themselves needing to sort out some family issues between their mom (Nancy Lenehan) and dad (guest star Beau Bridges). Meanwhile, Joy has duped one-eyed Willy out of his glass eye, and despite Darnell's efforts Willy may never "see" that eye again. Nadine Velazquez also stars.