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Wednesday
Night 2003/2004
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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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My Wife and Kids
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The Bachelor
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CBS
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60
Minutes II
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King of Queens
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Becker
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FOX
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That
70's Show
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Bernie Mac
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Cedric
Presents
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<Local>
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NBC
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Ed
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The West Wing
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Law and Order
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UPN
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Enterprise
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<Local>
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WB
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Smallville
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Angel
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<Local>
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ABC
--- Half-Hour Sitcom --- Wednesday --- 8:30
PM
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Premise
Liz is a well-educated Protestant woman
with two fathers. Bobby is a blue-collar
bartender from a Catholic family. Sparks
fly when the two announce their plans to
wed in this updating of Bridget Loves
Bernie
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Dharma
and Greg meet The Birdcage
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Familiar
Faces
Maggie Lawson (Inside Schwartz),
Lenny Clarke (The John Larroquette Show)
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Our
Take
ABC has fared moderately well with sitcoms
in this time slot in recent years. However,
the concept of the program is somewhat beyond
what is normally found in the family hour
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Expect
to Hear
"Having
the hots for a hunky bartender is part of
growing up. We’ve all been there."
-
Simon
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ABC
--- Hour Drama --- Wednesday --- 10:00
PM
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Premise
Karen Sisco is a smart and tough United
States marshal struggling to win the respect
of her supervisor and fellow officers
while operating out of Miami
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Based
on the Elmore Leonard novel and Jennifer
Lopez movie Out of Sight
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Familiar
Faces
Carla Gugino (Spin City),
Robert Forster (Me, Myself & Irene)
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Our
Take
Law & Order owns this time slot
and will clearly be the winner here. Accordingly,
Karen Sisco’s real competition is
the non-previewed Brotherhood of Poland
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Expect
to Hear
FBI
Agent: “This doesn’t make me happy,
Sisco.”
Karen Sisco: “Because I’m here or because I’m here first?”
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Brotherhood
of Poland, N.H.
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CBS
--- Hour Drama --- Wednesday --- 10:00 PM
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Premise
David E. (Picket Fences, Ally McBeal, Boston
Public) Kelly brings us this story of
three inseparable brothers tackling family
and career challenges in the small town of
Poland, N.H.
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Picket
Fences: The Next Generation
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Familiar
Faces
Randy Quaid (Independence Day), Mare
Winningham (Turner & Hooch), Ann Cusack
(Jeff Foxworthy Show), Elizabeth McGovern
(Once Upon a Time in America)
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Our
Take
A full pilot of this program was unavailable.
This was also the case with Kelly’s instant
failure Girls Club. Of course, the
fact that Brotherhood is facing Law
& Order will not help matters
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Expect
to Hear
"Your
uncles and me used to own this town when we
were kids in high school. Now, two of the
three still own the town ."
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Waylon Shaw
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A
Minute with Stan Hooper
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FOX
--- Half-Hour Sitcom --- Wednesday --- 8:30
PM
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Premise
A New York newsmagazine commentator and
his wife move to Wisconsin in search of
small town life, only to learn that it isn’t
exactly as they envisioned
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60
Minutes’ Andy Rooney meets Newhart
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Familiar
Faces
Norm MacDonald (Saturday Night Live),
Penelope Ann Miller (Kindergarten Cop)
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Our
Take
Norm MacDonald has not really had any real
sitcom success in the past. On the other
hand, the show is teamed with a successful
lead-in (That 70s Show). However,
this lead-in may not be entirely compatible
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Expect
to Hear
"A
scheme always trumps a plan."
-
Fred Hawkins
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UPN
--- Hour Drama --- Wednesday --- 9:00 PM
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Premise
Jake is a computer technician who always
dreamed of being a NSA field agent His dream
unexpectedly comes true when an accident
involving nanotechnology provides him with
superhuman powers
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The
Six Million Dollar Man gets an upgrade
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Familiar
Faces
Christopher Gorham (Odyssey 5/Felicity)
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Our
Take
Jake 2.0 is another likeable sci-fi
series teamed with the Star Trek
franchise. Unfortunately, Star Trek
has not always meant success for its partners
(Twilight Zone, Special Unit 2)
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Expect
to Hear
"This
guy can interface with technology. He’s
like a universal remote."
-
Diane Hughes
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