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starring Katharine Towne and Lauren Graham. The series premiered on

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on June 6 and ended on June 27, 2000. Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired by NBC. It was effectively burned off when

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picked up ''

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'' to series the month before, which would star Graham.

Cast and characters

Main

*Katharine Towne as Riley Veatch, a teen runaway from

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, who is searching for her birth mother *Colin Mortensen as A.J. Swartz * Lauren Graham as Opal Marie Brown, Riley's aunt and the assistant principal at Gossett High School * Paul Fitzgerald as Mitch Levitt * Amanda Detmer as Lisa Overbeck

Recurring

* Drew Hastings as Arthur, Lisa's Boyfriend *

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as Nigel Thorns

Guest Stars

* Alan Cumming as Dave

Production

The pilot episode, filmed in early 1999, stars

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, with

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as the aunt.

Episodes

The first two episodes of the series are registered with the United States Copyright Office.From the United States Copyright Office catalog:

References

External links

* * {{Don Roos 2000 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings 2000s American single-camera sitcoms 2000s American teen sitcoms English-language television shows NBC original programming Television series about teenagers Television series by Universal Television Television shows set in California