Charisma Carpenter

ABC FAMILY REUNITES BUFFY COUPLE NICHOLAS BRENDON AND CHARISMA CARPENTER IN THE ORIGINAL MOVIE ’RELATIVE CHAOS’

Football Legend Terry Bradshaw Scores Playing Family Patriarch

Burbank, CA (Aug. 1, 2006) Christopher Gorham (Jake 2.0, "Popular"), Nicholas Brendon ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer"), Charisma Carpenter ("Veronica Mars," "Buffy The Vampire Slayer") and football legend Terry Bradshaw ("Failure To Launch") star in the original movie RELATIVE CHAOS premiering Monday, September 4, (8:00 10:00 PM ET/PT on ABC Family. Mayko Nguyen, Fiona Reid and Jenn Robertson round out the cast.

In RELATIVE CHAOS, a family reunion takes sibling rivalry to a new level. Will Gilbert (Terry Bradshaw) decided to instill confidence and rhyming names upon his kids Dil (Gorham), Gil (Brendon) and Lil (Robertson). The confidence part he hoped to build by creating an annual week of competitive games where the winner takes home the family trophy, The Gilbert Cup. Never victorious, the last thing Dil wants is to spend time with his siblings and parents, but his new girlfriend Katherine (Carpenter) a highly driven business consultant, has vowed that this will be Dil’s year even if it kills him.

Produced by vonZerneck/Sertner Films in association with Sony Pictures Television, the film is directed by Steven Robman ("Hello Sister Goodbye Life," "Gilmore Girls") with the teleplay by Matt Goldman, and executive produced by Frank von Zerneck ("Ambulance Girl") and Robert M. Sertner ("Ambulance Girl"), with Randy Sutter and Richard Fischoff serving as producers.

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