Leslie Sets Out to Join the Bisons, But First He Needs a Date On TBS�s New Late-Night Original Comedy Series 10 ITEMS OR LESS

Grocery-Store Comedy from Sony Pictures Television, Writer/Star/Executive Producer John Lehr, Writer/Director/Executive Producer Nancy Hower and Writer/Executive Producer Robert Hickey

What: TBS�s New Late-Night Original Comedy Series 10 ITEMS OR LESS

When: Episode 4 premieres Monday, Dec. 18, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT), following Family Guy

Encores on TBS Wednesday, Dec. 20, at midnight (ET/PT)

Also available at TBS�s Laugh Lab (tbs.com) beginning Thursday, Dec. 21, and on VOD beginning Friday, Dec. 22

Produced by: Sony Pictures Television

Description: TBS is heading for the express checkout lane with 10 ITEMS OR LESS, a new late-night comedy series that combines scripted and improvisational elements. The series, co-created by acclaimed comedy improv actor John Lehr (Memron), goes behind the scenes at a family-owned grocery store being run by a host of interesting characters. It comes to TBS from Sony Pictures Television, with Lehr, Robert Hickey and Nancy Hower serving as executive producers.

Episode: �What Women Want� � Written by Robert Hickey & Nancy Hower & John Lehr; Directed by Nancy Hower

Leslie (John Lehr) is desperate to join the Bisons, a local social fraternity, but he won�t be let in if he doesn�t bring a date to a Bisons dinner. After a disastrous attempt to ask one of his customers to attend the function with him, Leslie convinces Ingrid (Kristen Gronfield) to be his date, setting up an evening that�s going to be full of surprises.

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TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television�s �very funny� network. It serves as home to such hot contemporary comedies as Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, Seinfeld and Friends; original comedy series, like the comedies My Boys and 10 Items or Less; specials and special events, like The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, for which TBS serves as title sponsor; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and a leading provider of programming for the television industry.