SEASON PREMIERE

CLAUDE LEARNS MORE THAN SHE WANTS TO ABOUT HER OWN DATING LIFE, WHILE JEB BEFRIENDS OWEN AND CARL, ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF ABC'S "LESS THAN PERFECT"

This Season "Less than Perfect" Moves to Friday Nights

Will Friedle ("Boy Meets World") and Giuliana Depandi (E! News Live) Guest Star

"Claude Wants to Know" - After Caleb (Will Friedle), a co-worker that Claude's dating, tells her he's not ready for a relationship, the very next day she and Ramona see him with another woman. Claude decides to confront Caleb to find out exactly what he didn't like about her. Meanwhile, Owen and Carl befriend Jeb by sharing with him their new hobby, the Roll-O board. Lydia, mortified her fianci is hanging out with the likes of Owen and Carl, enlists Kipp to convince Jeb to ditch his new buddies before they undermine his status at the network. And Will, who has started wearing an earring to get more publicity, has his interview with a journalist (Giuliana Depandi) interrupted by Claude's emotional crisis about her dating life, on the season premiere of "Less than Perfect," FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (9:30-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

"Less than Perfect" stars Sara Rue as Claude Casey, Sherri Shepherd as Ramona Platt, Andrea Parker as Lydia Weston, Zachary Levi as Kipp Steadman, Will Sasso as Carl Monari, Patrick Warburton as Jeb Denton, with Eric Roberts as Will Butler and Andy Dick as Owen Kronsky.

Guest starring are Will Friedle as Caleb, Giuliana Depandi as journalist and Jane Edith Wilson as customer.

"Claude Wants to Know" was written by Justin Adler and directed by Ted Wass.

"Less than Perfect" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound.

A TV parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.