BROADCAST DATE: Friday, November 21, 2003, Syndicated.
DESCRIPTION: "HOPE & FAITH" is an American sitcom which aired for three seasons on ABC. Faith Ford plays a homemaker with a husband and three children. Kelly Ripa plays her sister, a soap opera star whose character is killed off, leading her to move in with her sister's family. The show is based in part on the life of its creator, Joanna Johnson. Lynda Carter guest-starred as Robert Wagner's latest love interest, Summer Kirland.

	Series Run: September 26, 2003 - May 2, 2006. Broadcast Network: ABC. Time slot: 8:00 P.M. Episode Title: "Phone Home for the Holidays". Cast: Faith Ford (Hope Shanowski) / Kelly Ripa (Faith Fairfield) / Ted McGinley (Charley Shanowski) / Nicole Paggi (Sydney Shanowski) / Macey Cruthird (Hayley Shanowski) / Paulie Litt (Justin Shanowski) / Jansen Panettiere (Justin). Guest Stars: Robert Wagner (Jack) / Lynda Carter (Summer Kirland). Director: Gil Junger. Writers: Kat Likkel, John Hoberg. Executive Producers: Joanna Johnson, Keith Addis, Guyman Cassady, Michael Edelstein, Rob Hanning, Gil Junger, Emile Levisetti. Producers: Alysse Bezahler, Jason Fisher. Co-producer: Andrew Kreisberg. Co-Executive Producer: Mark Driscoll. Music: Scott Schreer. Theme: Alissa Moreno, John Swihart. Directors of Photography: Dejan Georgevich, Richard Quinlan. Editors: Joe Bergen, Karl Woitach. Make-up: Lyn Campbell. Hairstylist: Lorraine Godfrey.
EPISODE SYNOPSIS: In the episode, Jack brings Summer home to meet his family over the Thanksgiving holidays, and Hope and Faith are pleasantly surprised that their father is finally dating an age-appropriate woman, rather than the usual silly younger women he has brought home for a change…….that is, until Summer casually mentions that she was abducted by aliens! “Only once…some people are going up and down ten times a day,” she says matter-of-factly. The girls are stunned, but can’t bring themselves to tell their father he is dating a kook, especially since he has told them that he intends to propose to Summer after Thanksgiving dinner!      However, when Summer overhears the girls making jokes about her as “ E.T. “ she sadly tells them she understands and, heartbroken, leaves to return to her home. When Hope and Faith break their news to their father, he surprises them by saying he knows all about it. He reminds them that their mother had some strange eccentricities also, and tells them that Summer makes him very happy. The girls realize that their father’s happiness is more important than their prejudices.    Hope and Faith follow Summer to the airport, and sneak onto the plane as bound for Florida as stewardesses to try to persuade her to come back home with them by announcing over the intercom that their father wants to marry Summer. They succeed, but the cabin doors close as they are standing in the aisle, and the plane begins to take off. When the girls ask Summer what are they going to do, she strongly announces “We’re getting off this plane, I’m getting engaged………Open those doors, or I’ll open then for you” she says, striding to the front of the plane. “Wow” says Faith, “check out Wonder Woman!”

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			RUNNING TIME:	00:24:00 [30 minutes including commercials].
			VHS:	Not available on commercial video.
			DVD:	Not available on commercial video.
			INFO:	LYNDA CARTER's first appearance as an actress on a sitcom since "WORK WITH ME".
			VIDEO:	[1]  "HOPE & FAITH". Promo spot.
				[2]  "HOPE & FAITH". Video clip 1.
				[3]  "HOPE & FAITH". Video clip 2.
				[4]  "HOPE & FAITH". Video clip 3.
			TRIVIA:	[•] The show is based in part on the life of its creator, Joanna Johnson, a former cast member of The Bold and the Beautiful.
				[•] The show was primarily filmed at New York City's Silvercup Studios, to accommodate Ripa's schedule with "Live with Regis and Kelly".
				[•] The show was nominated to an Emmy Award in 2005 for cinematography. Also got three nominations for the Young Artist Awards.

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