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Sunday, November 22 at 8:30 PM E/P
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Season 1

01 - Shake the Box
When Dave Keller gets fired from his corporate job he launches the Keller Family Corp. First order of business - to get to know his kids, Eli, Avalon and Ronnie. This spells teen embarrassment so to drive Dave back to work, Eli suggests Dave home school them.

02 - Damage Control
Avalon is worried about her social standing so she plans a kick ass party complete with EMO band Yellow Stain. Now they just need to get rid of Dad.

03 - Outsourcing
Avalon’s phone usage has gone through the roof so Dave decides to screen their phone calls through Bombay telemarketing. The job is done too well, Avalon misses important calls from a boy, so the kids overload the phone circuits and drive Mr. Patel to exhaustion.

04 - Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
Everybody’s stressing themselves and Dave out with little details so he decides the Keller mantra of the week will be “don’t sweat the small stuff.” A business theory that starts out well, till Ronnie comes home with an F.

05 - Go With the Flow Chart
The kids are battling for the bathroom so Dave invents a GPS system of inventory control to track the shower usage. The Kellers rebel against their GPS controlled lives, mucking with the system and eventually turning the tables on Dad.

06 - Blamestorming
The attic roof collapses. Dave convenes a special “Blamestorming” session to uncover who is at fault. After pointing the finger at each kid, it turns out Dad might really be to blame.

07 - The High Cost of Cost Management
When Eli devours a roast intended for Tonia’s guest from corporate HQ Dave creates the Internal Audit and Cost Management Committee to oversee all purchases. Strapped for cash the kids decide to serve Dad’s secret stash of snack food to the guest, with gut wrenching results.

08 - The Fine Art of Negotiation
Eli and Avalon demand Dave play chauffeur to their friends all night so Dave goes on strike. Thankfully Ronnie becomes a negotiating machine and gets everyone what they want, especially her.

09 - Liquidity
Eli crashes the wrestling team’s bus so Dave introduces Eli to the principle of liquidity. Eli doesn’t like the idea of selling his prized comics so instead stages a fake charity wrestling match. All goes well until the truth behind the charity comes out.

10 - Skunkworks
Eli and Avalon want to redesign Dad so that he’ll get a new job and they’ll get back their freedom. Unfortunately, the repackaged Dad lands a job as Avalon and Eli's guidance counsellor so the Keller kids have to get Dave fired-and fast.

11 - Skunkworks
Eli and Avalon want to redesign Dad so that he’ll get a new job and they’ll get back their freedom. Unfortunately, the repackaged Dad lands a job as Avalon and Eli's guidance counsellor so the Keller kids have to get Dave fired-and fast.

12 - Reel World
The kids want to go on a reality show to get a break from Dad. They tell Dad their audition tape’s a promo for The Keller Family Corp. and Dave embarrassingly takes over. Until Eli re-edits the footage, getting Dave his own reality show and freedom for the Keller kids again.

13 - Breakaway
Trace wants to go to the drive-ins so Eli offered to drive. Problem is, he doesn’t have a license. He goes to Dave for intense training. Pity they never make it out of the driveway.

14 - Branded
Avalon has a crush on teen heart throb Cody Flowers but he doesn’t even know her name. So Dave decides to make her into a brand – of cheap soap. Suddenly everyone knows her name, just not in the way she wanted it. Will she ever sneak a kiss from Cody.

16 - Focus Pocus
Eli blows an interview for a summer job so Dave arranges for a focus-group of his Eli’s peers to observe Eli and critique his numerous faults.

17 - The Consultant
Cutbacks are coming to the Kellers and Dave brings in Dakota to swing the axe. Regretfully, Dakota “downsizes” Eli and gives Avalon a promotion – with too much responsibility. Unhappy, the kids realize to turn things around they must call on... the Consultant.

18 - Lockdown
Eli and Avalon want time with their crushes so they plan a party. Then Ronnie gets chicken pox so the kids use Dave’s biz idea of crisis management to arrange a lock down and get their favourite kids trapped in the house.

19 - Corporate Karma
Avalon and Trace compete to see who can save the planet – through the Mac-Mass trash-a-thon. To win, Av uses Dave’s business theory of Corporate Karma. Unfortunately everyone sees through Av’s goody-goody giving so she decides to be a bad girl, with surprising results.

20 - Bend The Trend
Avalon just wants to be left alone to be a normal teenager. Unfortunately her mother has suddenly taken a big interest in her life. Tonia observes Avalon with her peers and makes such an impression on them that they all want to be just like Tonia!

21 - Negative Feedback
Eli's band breaks up so Dave offers Eli unwanted advice on going solo. Before Eli realizes what’s happened he's back in the Battle of the Bands - with his Dad's "geezer" band.

22 - Trading Up
Silt II the video game is going on sale and Eli lines up to get it. But with Warren Silverman as line monitor complete with stupid rules, Eli loses his cherished position. So Eli must use Dave’s biz technique of ‘trading up’ to bargain his way back both in line and teen society.

23 - Just In Time
Eli is always late, so Dave steps in to get him back on time by scheduling Eli like a hubcap heading to a car assembly line. Always arrive…Just-in-Time. Unfortunately Dave’s plan involves Eli being tied to him 24/7… by bungee cords.

24 - Field Test
Dave decides to go on Avalon’s field trip complete with leadership handouts and organized trust activities. Will Avalon and her Dad forge a deeper bond in the woods? Probably not.

25 - Exit Interview
Avalon quits the family corp. but before she’s allowed to do it Dave insists on an Exit interview.

26 - Sell in Depth
Caitlin’s frustrated Eli still sees her as just a bud, so Dave tells her to sell in depth; when you want to sell a product (Caitlin) to a decision maker (Eli) you must win over the whole organization (the Kellers). But by the time Eli comes around, will Caitlin still be interested?

15 - The Shareholders Are Revolting
The kids want more say in the family’s affairs so Dave issues shares in the Keller Corporation. Except – the kids start trading their shares for treats and favours, and now no-one’s sure who owns the Keller Family Corporation.

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