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The basic premise of the WB sitcom "Run of the House" seems, well, contrived. And sort of stupid.
When her parents relocate from Michigan to Arizona for her father's health, 15-year-old Brooke (Margo Harshman) is left behind in the care of her twentysomething siblings Sally (Sasha Barrese), Kurt (Joseph Lawrence) and Chris (Kyle Howard). Which allows her to live out every teenager's dream -- life without Mom and Dad telling her what to do.
As dumb as it sounds, "Run of the House" (8:30 p.m., Ch. 30) is not the invention of executive producer Betsy Thomas. "I'm not that original," she joked.
Brooke's story is based on Betsy's.
"When I was 15, my Dad had open-heart surgery. . . . And they got a place out in California so that he did not have to live in the horrible...