Mike White returns to TV with <i>Cracking Up</i> (7942)

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        Mike White returns to TV with &lt;i&gt;Cracking Up&lt;/i&gt; (7942)
    
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7942Entertainment News2003-03-06       Mike White returns to TV with Cracking Up 
 
 
       Mike White, the out screenwriter (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck) who created Fox's short-lived Pasadena, will return to television with Cracking Up, a new pilot for NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show centers on a psychology grad student (Nicholas D'Agosto) who moves into the guesthouse of a nutty Beverly Hills family. Molly Shannon will play the wife in the family.     
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