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Wednesday
Night 1997/1998
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ABC:
Wednesday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Greg
Montgomery (Thomas Gibson) is a conservative lawyer.
On the other hand, Dharma Finkelstein (Jenna Elfman)
is a free spirited dog walker/yoga instructor.
After meeting on the subway one day, they impulsively
marry. Now, they need to face their varying lifestyles
as well as two sets of not very understanding
in-laws
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Flying
Blind (92/93's short lived Tea Leoni series)
also featured the romance of a conservative man
and a free-spirited woman
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Familiar
Faces
Jenna
Elfman (Townies), Alan Rachins (LA Law),
Susan Sullivan
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Our
Take
Although
there is a lot of competition from Beverly
Hills 90210 and the aging Murphy Brown,
Dharma and Greg is a superior program to
NBC's Built to Last
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Expect
to Hear
“Greg's pants...he's not in them right now”
- Dharma Finkelstein (after answering a cellular
phone she finds in Greg's discarded pants in their
hotel room)
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CBS:
Wednesday at 9pm (Hour Newsmagazine)
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Premise
Another
Newsmagazine
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - Dateline, 60 Minutes,
Dateline, 20/20, Dateline, Primetime Live,
etc.
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Familiar
Faces
Bryant
Gumbel (The Today Show)
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Our
Take
CBS
has had no luck with this time slot. Furthermore,
the competition (Drew Carey and 3rd
Rock) is formidable
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Expect
to Hear
<<Unavailable for Preview>>
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NBC:
Wednesday at 8pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Tony
DiMeo (Tony Danza) is a divorced sportswriter
trying to raise two daughters on his own. Furthermore,
Tony finds himself forced to give up his old writing
style and start working on computers despite his
fear of technology
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83/84's short lived series The Second Half
also featured a recently divorced sportswriter
with two daughters
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Familiar
Faces
Tony
Danza (Who's the Boss)
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Our
Take
As
seen two years ago, not all Tony Danza shows are
hits. Additionally, Tony must contend with three
proven hits (Spin City, The Nanny, and Beverly
Hills 90210)
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Expect
to Hear
“It's our apartment and not the home. The home
is where we sent Aunt Sadie when she came to Thanksgiving
dressed as Batman”
- Tony (after his daughter's teacher comments
on "the home environment")
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NBC:
Wednesday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
After
his father has a heart attack, Royale Watkins
gives up a lucrative job offer to help run the
family construction business
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The
multi-generational family plot continues to be
a part of Family Matters while the idea
of a child giving up a career to help the family
has been seen as recently as the short lived series
Down Home
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Familiar
Faces
Paul
Winfield
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Our
Take
Built
to Last faces competition from The Nanny,
Beverly Hills 90210, and Dharma & Greg
(which has a stronger lead-in than Built to
Last)
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Expect
to Hear
“We're contractors. We're supposed to do a
little work, charge a great big price and take
a long time to do it”
- An Unscrupulous Competitor to Watkins and Son
Contracting
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NBC:
Wednesday at 9:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
For
his first job, Matt Peyser (Fred Savage) ends
up working for a large, global corporation.
The job is not what he expected and he soon
finds himself facing incompetent managers and
eccentric co-workers
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The
comic strip Dilbert, Drew Carey without
the friends, The Office (1995), 9
to 5 (82/83)
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Familiar
Faces
Fred
Savage (The Wonder Years)
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Our
Take
If
3rd Rock maintains its Sunday night viewership
on Wednesday, Working will benefit from
a strong lead-in
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Expect
to Hear
“She seems like a tremendous asset to the
company and a huge loss to the DMV”
- Matt Peyser (after meeting with the Personnel
Manager)
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