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While we are glad to see this vanished television series from Margaret Cho come to the surface, we can see why it was cancelled. Fit into a standard laugh-track situation comedy mold the Margaret Cho we know and love was crushed into mediocrity. Originally broadcast in 1994-1995 on ABC, the show featured Cho as the very Westernized Margaret Kim, a San Francisco hipster always at odds with her traditional-but-screwy Korean family, and allowed viewers a comic glimpse of the culture clashes that constantly ensued. The only bright spot in the series is Amy Hill who plays Grandma. Her voice and manerisms are clearly that of Ms. Cho's mother in Margaret Cho's live shows. She brings a fresh voice to this tired format re-cast with Asian people. Even the normally ground-breaking (and now out of the closet B.D. Wong) was a pretty standard TV sitcom character here. If you want a taste of the real Margaret Cho, check out one of the great live stand-up performances we sell in our related products area.

 -- Scott Cranin