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Selfish Meets Selfless Opposites attract in the fabulous Running Wilde TV by DEAN ROBBINS Could the people be- hind Arrested Development possibly come up with an- other outside-the-box sit- com that single-handedly redeems the genre? Yes. Running Wilde (Tuesday, 9:30 p.m., Fox) has you laughing from beginning to end at its tale of a rotten millionaire still in love with the poor do-gooder he fell for as a child. Steve (Will Arnett) gives humanitarian awards to himself and pays servants to be his friend; Emmy (Keri Russell) sacri- fices everything to help beleaguered tribes in the Amazon jungle. Both characters are rich with comic possibilities, and it takes a stratagem by Emmy’s long-suffering daughter (Stefania Owen) to bring them under the same roof. The cast? Brilliant. The direction and writing? Ditto. From the sight gags to the verbal wit to the social satire, this is TV’s most stunning new half-hour. Running Wilde is not the first sitcom to deal in extreme personalities, but it’s found a fresh approach to the clash of the selfish and the selfless. “The only way I’m going to get her,” Steve reasons, “is to stop being so vain and shallow.” I have a feeling he won’t stop, and thank God for that. Outsourced Thursday, 9:30 pm (NBC) In this new sitcom, a novelty company sends corporate cog Todd (Ben Rappaport) to India to run the outsourced call center. There en- sues culture-clash comedy of a very low grade. Todd stares at the bin of unappealing Indian food in the cafeteria and says reluctantly “Okay, just give me some of that yellow-and-green stuff.” He stares at the cow wandering outside the office window. He stares at the Indian workers trying to make sense of cheesehead hats and beer helmets. The recurring punchline comes at the expense of clueless little brown people. Outsourced is the yellow-and-green stuff of 2010-11 sitcoms. Blue Bloods Friday, 10 pm (CBS) CBS has assembled an impressive cast for this new cop show, starting with Tom Selleck as the stern but compassionate New York City police commissioner. The chief’s whole family is in the law enforcement game, from old-school ex-commissioner grandpa (Len Cariou) to principled as- sistant D.A. daughter (Bridget Moynahan) to hotheaded detective son (Donnie Wahlberg) to the baby of the family (Will Estes), who’s just shelved a Harvard law degree to become a rookie cop. These tough cookies hold in their emotions most of the time — they have criminals to catch, after all — but when the emotions do spill out, take cover. They sometimes find themselves on opposite sides of an issue, as when the detec- tive son roughs up a suspect to get information about a kidnapped girl. He and th assistant D.A. daughter blow up at each other at the dinner table, with other fam- ily members taking sides in a gripping philosophical dispute over police brutality. Selleck calls for order: “This is Sunday dinner, not a free for all!” That calms the family down, but here’s hoping Selleck fails to keep them under control in future episodes. e , CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDEN FALL PLANT SALE September 25th, 9 am-1 pm Rain or Shine Featuring: 10 am-11:30 am Container Gardening with Jeff Thomson of Bell’s Seed Store 536 N. Eastern Blvd. Fayetteville, NC (just off I-95) 910.486.0221 www.capefearbg.org 11:45 am Orchid Workshop with Keith Clayton of the Sandhills Orchid Society WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Proceeds will benefit Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. Fayetteville, NC For more information, visit www.capefearbg.org or call 910-486-0221 $2 Wells and $2 Come Enjoy One of Our COOL DRINK SPECIALS MON $2.50 $2 Wells and $3 Lemon Drops $1 Wells and $1 WED $2 $3 Jager $2 Wells Wonderful selection of plants and garden accessories. SEPTEMBER 22-28, 2010 UCW 29 F Patio Open Live Entertainment Coming Soon! Game Plan Saturdays ESPN Sunday Ticket NFL