JEB PAYS CLAUDE TO BEFRIEND LYDIA, AND WILL'S OLD FLAME RETURNS AS HIS PUBLICIST, ON ABC'S "LESS THAN PERFECT"

Lucy Lawless ("Xena: Warrior Princess") Guest Stars

"Ignoring Lydia" - Lydia, obsessed with planning her wedding, is driving her fianci, Jeb, crazy. Jeb decides to pay Claude to listen to Lydia discuss the wedding details so he doesn't have to, but complications result when Lydia begins to think of Claude as a real friend. Meanwhile, it turns out that the publicist assigned to promote Will's new biography, Tracy (Lucy Lawless), is an old flame, and they rekindle their romance. And Owen and Carl find that communicating through walkie talkies allows them to be more candid with each other, on "Less than Perfect," FRIDAY, MARCH 18 (9:30-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 10/22/04)

"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 is Lucy Lawless as Tracy.

"Ignoring Lydia" was written by Cynthia Greenburg 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.

This program carries a TV-PG,D parental guideline.