For the first 20 years of his life, Sam (Bret Harrison, The Loop, Grounded for Life) wondered why his parents went so easy on him. Whether it was school, sports or career choices, Sam's mom (Allison Hossack, "Falcon Beach") and dad (Andrew Airlie, The L Word) always let him get by with the least possible effort.

The complete ninth season of South Park arrives on DVD this week. Episodes include "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" in which Mr. Garrison gets a sex-change operation and Kyle attempts to undergo a procedure to turn into an African American to make the basketball team. One of the season's most noted episodes is Tom Cruise parody "Trapped in the Closet." Also on DVD: season 1 of The Loop and Hawaii Five-O, season 2 of Stargate: Atlantis, season 5 of Moonlighting, and season 6 of Northern Exposure.

FOX, Fox Interactive Media and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. today unveiled a landmark plan to extend FOX television programming to its affiliate websites, enabling more than 200 broadcast network affiliates to offer their local viewers the ability to watch or buy FOX’s critically acclaimed shows, including 24, Bones, Prison Break and more.

FOX turns up the heat for summer 2007 with new movie-making competition “On The Lot,” fresh episodes of last summer’s smash hits “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Hell’s Kitchen,” and the return of sophomore comedy The Loop.

The FOX Network has just launched FOX on Demand, which will bring full episodes of its primetime television series from the new fall season to millions of fans through MySpace.com and the MyFoxLocal web sites, in 24 owned and operated markets.