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SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO

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Comedian Louie Anderson hosts “The Funny Things Kids Do” (Fox, Sunday at 7 p.m.), a special that gives kids from throughout the nation a chance to offer their opinions on everything from sex to money to parenting. Kids from 4 to 10 are interviewed. For ages 6 to 11.

“Johnny Bravo” and “Cow & Chicken” premiere as weekly half-hour series on the Cartoon Network. In his debut episode, “Bungled in the Jungle,” Johnny Bravo, the 1960s-style, girl-crazy guy with bulging biceps, is kicked off a plane in the middle of Jungleboy World (Monday at 5 p.m.). In their debut, both Cow and Chicken win a contest allowing them to spend a day in the career of their choice (Tuesday at 5 p.m.). Cow goes into space as an astronaut. Chicken wants to go into marketing but unhappily becomes a bag boy in a local supermarket. For ages 6 to 11.

“The New Adventures of Robin Hood” returns for a new season on TNT (Monday at 7 p.m.). In the first episode, Robin’s (Matthew Porretta) old fighting instructor (played by his father, Frank Porretta) is kidnapped. Robin and Marion enter a contest at the villain’s castle in order to free the instructor. For ages 11-17.

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On an episode of “Sister, Sister,” (WB, Wednesday at 8 p.m.) Tia (Tia Mowry) and Tamera (Tamera Mowry) use Ray’s (Tim Reid) superstar music client (guest star Christopher “Kid” Reid) to regain their popularity in school when they fell threatened by a new girl. For ages 8 to 15.

In “All Dogs Go to Heaven II” (Showtime, Tuesday at 1:05 p.m.), Charlie Sheen is the voice of Charlie, a fun-loving mutt in Dog Heaven who returns to Earth to retrieve Gabriel’s Horn. The horn had been been stolen by Carface (Ernest Borgnine). Other voices heard in this 1996 animated sequel to the 1989 movie are Dom DeLuise as Charlie’s pal Itchy and Sheena Easton as Sasha, the Irish setter that Charlie is crazy about. For ages 7 to 12.

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