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Saturday, Nov. 16
The Indiana Daily Student

\'Madigan Men\'

9:30 p.m. Friday, ABC

Wait a second, this is too good to be true. Gabriel Byrne, as in the hottest middle-aged Irish actor to come along since Liam Neeson, has his own sitcom? There has to be a catch. Oh, here it is: the show comes on at 9:30 p.m. Friday, making it practically impossible for the average college student to catch on a weekly basis. \nThe title men in Madigan Men are Byrne's character, Benjamin, his father Seamus (played with delightful cynicism by Roy Dotrice) and Luke, his son (played by the elfishly cute John Hensley II). Three generations of Irish Americans living in the same house makes for a delightful family comedy, similar to "Frasier." The only thing that is hard to figure out is how ABC can sit on such a high-profile goldmine, allowing Byrne to waste away on a Friday night death slot.

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