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Monday
Night 1999/2000
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Net
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:00pm
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9:30pm
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10:00pm
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ABC
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20/20
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CBS
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King of Queens
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Everybody/ Raymond
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Becker
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FOX
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Ally McBeal
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<Local>
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NBC
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Suddenly Susan
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Veronica's Closet
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Dateline
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UPN
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Moesha
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Malcolm
& Eddie
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WB
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7th Heaven
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ABC:
Monday at 10:00pm (Hour Drama) ----- Inititially
scheduled to air at 10:00pm on Tuesdays
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Premise
Rick
Sammler and Lily Manning are two divorced
parents trying to build a relationship
while raising their kids and dealing with
their ex-spouses
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Thirtysomething
meets a serious version of Step by Step /
Similar to Family Tree - an NBC series about
divorced parents who marry
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Familiar
Faces
Sela
Ward (Sisters), Bill Campbell (Moon
Over Miami)
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Our
Take
ABC
is putting a great deal of faith in this
program by launching it in the established
NYPD Blue timeslot. It also doesn’t
hurt that this already critically acclaimed
drama comes from the Emmy winning producers
of Thirtysomething
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Expect
to Hear
“Did you ever stop to think that fear
can be your friend…It tells you that you’re
alive”
- Lily Manning
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CBS: Monday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Jimmy
Stiles is the lone man in a house full
of women including his wife, a 10-year-old
daughter, and a 15-year-old daughter from
his first marriage. Also around: his mother
and his ex-wife
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In
the early 80s, CBS aired Ladies’ Man, another
sitcom about a man alone among a group of
women / The sitcom Odd Man Out on ABC
is the teenage version of this show
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Familiar
Faces
Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue, Fired Up),
Park Overall (Empty Nest), Betty
White (The Golden Girls)
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Our
Take
Ladies Man has a great timeslot
between King of Queens and the
established Everybody Loves Raymond
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Expect
to Hear
“I work cocktail and make a living
from tips…and I’m rude”
- Claire Jones
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CBS: Monday at 10:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
Lynn Holt is a newly divorced woman trying
to rebuild her law practice after her
ex-husband walks off with most of the
staff and almost all of the existing clients
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - Civil Wars,
a short lived Steven Bochco series
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Familiar
Faces
Movie
Actresses Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner,
Dixie Carter (Designing Women)
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Our
Take
CBS
hasn’t had much luck with dramas in the
10pm slot recently
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Expect
to Hear
“When your husband does get around
to making a settlement offer, I want him
to do it on his bare knees, bleeding from
having crawled over here from his swanky
office suite”
- Randi
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FOX: Monday at 8:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
In
this spin-off of Party of Five,
Sarah Reeves moves to New York to establish
her independence and search for her father.
Note: Fox is reportedly retooling
the series
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Felicity
meets Party of Five
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Familiar
Faces
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Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five)
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Our
Take
The
original pilot was extremely unrealistic
and did not seem to have enough of a plot
to involve Hewitt in the same type of
emotional stories that have proven successful
on Party of Five. If the new format is
able to bring in the emotion, this show
should benefit greatly from the presence
of the increasingly popular Hewitt. If
not..
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Expect
to Hear
“There’s gotta be this whole other
life that’s really me”
- Sarah Reeves
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Law
and Order: Special Victims Unit
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NBC:
Monday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
A
spin-off of Law & Order focusing on the
caseload of the Special Victims unit, a division
of the NYPD that seeks criminals while also
providing sympathy for the victims
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Law and Order: Part Two
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Familiar
Faces
Dann
Florek (Law & Order), Additional past
and present Law & Order cast members
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Our
Take
Although
producer Dick Wolf has condemned NBC for placing
this show at 9pm (instead of moving this show
to 10pm with Dateline at 9pm), predecessor Law
& Order has previously proven itself during
trial runs in this earlier time slot
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Expect
to Hear
<<Not Available for Preview>>
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UPN: Monday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Kim
Parker is all excited about graduating high
school and entering college until she realizes
that her mother will also be enrolling
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Moesha
meets the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to
School
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Familiar
Faces
Countess
Vaughn (Moesha), Jenna Von Oy (Blossom)
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Our
Take
This
spin-off from Moesha will benefit greatly
by following its already established predecessor
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Expect
to Hear
Administrator: “I guess I should check
“S” under marital status”
Mo’Nique
Parker: “You can check it, circle it, highlight
it…You can even change it”
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UPN:
Monday at 9:00pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Jaleel
White, the actor formerly known as Urkel, returns
to primetime in this comedy about entering adulthood
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - Partners,
a short lived mid-90’s FOX series about two
friends: one single and one involved
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Familiar
Faces
Jaleel White (Family Matters)
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Our
Take
UPN
does not expect the same ratings as many of
its competitors. Accordingly, this show, positioned
between some already established (and moderately
successful) UPN sitcoms, may be able to hold
its own
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Expect
to Hear
Calvin (explaining why he still hasn’t asked
out a girl): “I’m profiling…I’m profiling”
Gordon: “You’ve been profiling since the
4th grade. You know, try something else”
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WB:
Monday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
John Loring is a recently-widowed sheriff of
a seaside town trying to raise three sons with
the help of his eccentric mother.
Note:
Complete pilot was not available for preview
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Flipper
without the fish meets My Three Sons
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Familiar
Faces
Gregory
Harrison (Trapper John MD, Family Man),
Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls)
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Our
Take
This show will have to compete with the successful
CBS lineup, not to mention football and Ally
McBeal. Additionally, numerous attempts
by WB to schedule this daypart have proven unsuccessful
in the past
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Expect
to Hear
“Today is the first day of school. I don’t
want any trouble and I emphasize any”
- John Loring
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