WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4

[EDITOR'S NOTE: I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER will return to the schedule this spring.]

**SPECIAL**--"MOBBED" - (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC

A MAN HOPES TO TAKE HIS LONG-DISTANCE FRIENDSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL ON AN ALL-NEW "MOBBED" WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, ON FOX

Host Howie Mandel and hundreds of strangers will help Steve from Pittsburgh, PA, reveal his longtime crush on Dana, a young woman he's never met in person. The two have become best friends through email and phone, but now Steve hopes to take their relationship to the next level. At a staged speed dating event in Los Angeles, with hidden cameras rolling, Steve takes the daring step to reveal his true feelings to Dana with an audience cheering him on. Find out if Dana's romantic feelings for Steve are mutual in an all-new MOBBED, airing Wednesday, Jan. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SP-1230) (TV-PG D, L)

Host: Howie Mandel