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Friday
Night: 1999/2000
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ABC:
Friday at 9:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Andrew
is a lone male in a house full of women ruled
over by his single mother and domineering older
sister
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The
teenage version of Ladies Man
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Familiar
Faces
Markie
Post (Night Court)
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Our
Take
Odd Man Out should fit in well in ABC’s
TGIF slate
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Expect
to Hear
Andrew:
“Don’t you ever think about anyone else but
yourself”
Paige: “Yeah, but then I get bored”
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CBS:
Friday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Despite
the objections of their families, wealthy socialite
Allison Morgan becomes involved with Eamon Roach,
her building’s downscale superintendent
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The
rich meets poor angle was a subplot in Cheers
(with Woody and Kelly), in Angie, in Dharma
&d Greg, as well as in the movie Cocktail
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Familiar
Faces
Swoosie
Kurtz (Sisters), David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H),
Brian Doyle-Murray (Get a Life)
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Our
Take
While CBS has done well on Friday night recently,
this show seems an odd companion piece to Kids
Say the Darndest Things. Also, NBC is
doing well with Providence and ABC continues
to see good returns from Boy Meets World
and the TGIF lineup
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Expect
to Hear
Nicholas
Morgan: “This door was imported from a farmhouse
in Ireland”
Eamon Roach: “So was my father”
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CBS:
Friday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
After
his body is destroyed in a subway accident, Ben
Wiseman has his brain implanted in a new superhuman
body. The only catch: He is prohibited from
telling his family that he is still alive
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In
the very early episodes of The Six Million
Dollar Man, Steve Austin was also kept under
tight control by the government
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Familiar
Faces
Eric
Close (The Magnificent Seven), Movie actresses
Margaret Colin and Heather Matarazzo
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Our
Take
Despite the presence of the creative force behind
Moonlighting, Now and Again is still
a high concept show in a time slot that has not
always been too kind to high concept shows (with
The X-Files as a unique exception)
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Expect
to Hear
“The United States government, our government,
has since the conclusion of World War II spent
billions of dollars researching all sorts of biochemical
and bioengineering techniques in the hopes of
one day actually being able to build a man, an
American man”
-
Dr. Theodore Morris
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FOX:
Friday at 8:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
While
his girlfriend and other friends decide to follow-up
high school with college, Ryan Caulfield decides
to instead become a cop
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - The series 21 Jump
Street also told the story of young cops (albeit
with different assignments), The Rookies
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Familiar
Faces
Movie
actress Mary McDonnell
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Our
Take
FOX has never had much luck in this time slot.
Their chances are even slimmer currently given
the strength of Providence
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Expect
to Hear
“As for being just a cop, there’s no such thing”
- Ryan
Caulfield
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FOX:
Friday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
Lieutenant Thomas Hobbes is sent into the virtual
reality world of Harsh Realm with one objective
- to stop Omar Santiago, a soldier controlling
the virtual reality world from a top secret location
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Mix
together Matrix, VR5, and Deadly
Game
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Familiar
Faces
D.B.
Sweeney (Strange Luck), Terry O’Quinn (Millennium),
Movie actress Samantha Mathis
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Our
Take
Harsh Realm, a high concept series from
Chris Carter is in the same time slot as the unsuccessful
series Millennium, another high concept
series from Chris Carter
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Expect
to Hear
“I never believed in fate or destiny or that
stuff about your path already being chosen.
Who could believe in it when a choice made in
the space of a heartbeat can change your life?”
- Lt.
Thomas Hobbes
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NBC:
Friday at 10:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
Referred to by NBC as an hour long comedy, Cold
Feet tells the story of a burgeoning romance
between Adam and Shelley as well as the interaction
with their friends including soon-to-be parents
Pete and Jenny and David and Karen, the parents
of an 18-month-old baby
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - The short lived ABC
series Relativity
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Familiar
Faces
Dana
Spybey (Men Behaving Badly)
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Our
Take
10pm Friday night is an odd time slot for this
program. Additionally, this time slot killed
Homicide despite the strong critical acclaim
for that program
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Expect
to Hear
“I don’t think I’m afraid of marriage.
I’m afraid of getting into a legal binding relationship
with somebody who I end up hating because we have
no ability to communicate”
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Shelley
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WB:
Friday at 9:00pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
The
animated adventures of two brothers living in
the city
[Complete
Pilot Not Available for Preview]
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The
Simpsons meets Friends
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Familiar
Faces
None
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Our
Take
WB has placed this sitcom in the middle of other
programs that have worked for them despite having
relatively low ratings. Assuming they have
the same expectations for this program, they may
be happy with the anticipated ratings return
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Expect
to Hear
“I stayed up until 4:30 last night…just researching
how to be cool. The internet’s not as helpful
as you’d think”
- Kevin
French
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