Good news! On Monday, ABC will give Samantha Who? fans a special holiday treat: two back-to-back episodes of the sitcom, courtesy of Dancing with the Stars’ season finale last week.

Unfortunately, the show will then go on hiatus for the holidays, until fresh episodes kick back in on January 12 next year. So, let’s just enjoy Christina & Company while we can.

The first installment on December 1 is called “The Park,” and it airs at precisely 9:02pm EST. Former Men in Trees star James Tupper reprises his quirky role as Sam’s rich philanthropist boyfriend Owen, whom Samantha tries and (miserably) fails to impress with her impromptu environmentalism. Sam’s best friend Andrea will also find herself in an undesirable position when she discovers that the pro-athlete object of her desire doesn’t consider her Numero Uno.

Take-charge Andrea plays a big part in “The Family Vacation” at 9:31pm, too, when Sam brings her and Dena along on a family trip following a devastating breakup. Too bad for the amnesiac that the owner of their accommodations, Brad (Raising the Bar’s Teddy Sears), turns out to be an old flame, whom Andrea promptly makes a move on while Sam hesitates to do the same. Ouch — great way to ruin a vacation.

Preview the comedy hour in the video after the jump.

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Get happy, Men in Trees fans. That ABC show might be over, but former series star James Tupper will be back on the tube again November 17, when he returns to the network’s Samantha Who? as the title character’s latest boyfriend, Owen.

If you recall, Tupper debuted on the sitcom at the beginning of the month, in the November 3rd episode “The Building.” When he shows up tomorrow night, Sam will finally get around to revealing a little secret to him: that she lives with her ex Todd. No worries, though, because Owen’s best friend also happens to be his ex, Willow (does anyone else immediately think of Alyson Hannigan’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer character every time they hear that name?).

The problem enters the situation when both of said exes develop a thing for each other, which forces Sam to once again cope with her continuing feelings for Todd.

And, for added comic relief, Dena tries mightily to help Andrea get a date with a professional basketball player, although it seems impossible to take the needed flattering picture of the lawyer.

Tupper fans: Check out a three-minute clip from his earlier appearance on the series after the jump.

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According to TV Guide, which has it according to its former resident gossip hound Michael Aussielo, Men in Trees star James Tupper has signed on for at least three episodes of Samantha Who?, slated to air during the upcoming second season. Tupper has already started filming the first episode this very week, in fact.

Of course, the actor will be playing a potential love interest for Christina Applegate’s title amnesiac because what other uses do attractive men of a certain age have on a sitcom about an attractive single woman of a certain age?

In addition, the character’s name is reportedly Owen, and we know he’s filthy rich since he’s described as a philanthropist, otherwise known as a person with enough money to give it away, unlike the rest of us plebes who make up the remaining 99.9 percent or whatever of the population.