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Rude Awakening

Genres: Comedy, Comedy-Drama
Broadcast on: e.tv

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Seasons

Season 1

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
Showtime 01 Aug 1998 07 Nov 1998 Saturdays 13
e.tv 24 Nov 2014 16 Feb 2015 Mondays, 20h00 - 20h30 13

Season 2

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
Showtime 26 Jun 1999 18 Mar 2000 Saturdays 22

Season 3

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
Showtime 29 Jun 2000 15 Feb 2001 Thursdays 20


Starring Cast

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Billie Frank

Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress who came to international attention for her performance on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks

8.0


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Dave Parelli

Jonathan Penner is an American actor, writer and film producer known for starring in The Last Supper and the television series Rude Awakening and The Naked Truth, as well as for his multiple appearances on Survivor.

6.5


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Jackie Garcia

Rain Pryor is an American actress and comedienne best known for her starring television roles as Theola June 'T.J.' Jones in Head of the Class and as Jackie Garcia in Rude Awakening.

7.0


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Trudy Frank

Lynn Redgrave was an English actress and a member of the Redgrave family of entertainers best known for playing the title role in the 1966 feature film Georgy Girl.

8.0


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Milton 'Milt' Johnson

Roger E. Mosley is an American actor best known for his starring role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin on the action television series Magnum, P.I.

6.4


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Marcus Adams

Mario Van Peebles is an American actor and director who has starred in numerous films, most notably in the 2001 biopic Ali, as Malcolm X

7.7


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