Fresh after accepting an Emmy for Best Supporting Comedy actress for her "Samantha Who?" role, an emotional Jean Smart talks to ET's Mary Hart about her nerves, forgetting someone important during her acceptance speech, and about her shock learning the news about co-star Christina Applegate's recent battle with breast cancer.

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"Samantha Who," premiering Monday, Oct. 6 at 9:30 p.m. on ABC, kicks off its new season with a dance competition in which Samantha (Christina Applegate) teams up with her mother Regina (Jean Smart) to go toe-to-toe with Regina's nemesis Paula Drake (Cybill Shepherd).

Christina Applegate stars as "Samantha Who," a bad girl who gets a second chance at life when she is hit by a car and winds up with retrograde amnesia. But that isn't what the actress feels is the key to the series' success. She feels that people -- herself included -- enjoy the series for its journey of self discovery as Sam, who she describes as "awesome," tries to find out who she is.

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CHRISTINA APPLEGATE returns to series TV in "Samantha Who?" -- a new comedy in which she plays a woman who develops amnesia after being struck by a car. When she gets out of the hospital, she discovers that the person she was before the accident wasn't very nice. This is a chance for her to start with a clean slate, but will she take it, or fall back into her old ways?

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