Boy Geniuses, Dead Zone Dilettantes, Even God--Midseason Has Arrived

Courtesy of E! Online

Before basketball's March Madness monopolizes the schedule, get ready for Midseason Madness on the tube. And E! Online has your courtside seat. Don't expect any major upsets or sparkling Cinderella tales. This midseason--despite a super kid named Malcolm--is pretty much the same old, same old.

There're cops from Gary David Goldberg, docs from Steven Bochco and Peter Berg and lots of animation from folks like David Spade and (gasp!) Kevin Smith. And there are lots of new families on the box. Speaking of which, check out our feature on the raging birthrate of f***ed-up TV families--at a time when the nets are talking about a return to hard-core family values. Well, some family values these are.

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For many indie fans, the idea of director Kevin Smith going mainstream spells the beginning of the end. But then again, they probably liked Mallrats. This animated spinoff of the Sundance award-winning film has been getting positive buzz, despite the fact that ABC has yet to share the goods. Go figure. The show reprises the slacker characters of Dante, a New Jersey convenience store clerk, and his buddies Randal, Jay and Silent Bob. New to the scenario is Leonardo Leonardo, a Lex Luther type who sees Dante and Randal as his archenemies. Word from Smith: "So far, it's clean, but it's really, really funny." What else did you expect him to say?

Voicing: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes and Alan Rickman

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