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Wednesday
Night 1998/1999
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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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Dharma & Greg
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Two Guys, a Girl...
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Drew Carey
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Secret
Lives of Men
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20/20
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CBS
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The Nanny
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Maggie
Winters
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To
Have and To Hold
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Chicago Hope
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FOX
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Beverly Hills 90210
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Party of Five
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<Local>
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NBC
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Dateline
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3rd Rock from the Sun
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Newsradio
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Law & Order
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ABC:
Wednesday at 9:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
The
Secret Lives of Men features the misadventures
(and golf games) of three divorced men: Phil,
Andy, and Mike
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An
upscale version of Men Behaving Badly,
the short-lived FOX series Misery Loves
Company
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Familiar
Faces
Peter
Gallagher, Sofia Milos (Caroline in the
City)
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Our
Take
This
program has an excellent time slot after Drew
Carey and the fate of Newsradio,
its competition on NBC, is unclear due to
the tragic loss of Phil Hartman
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Expect
to Hear
Mike:
“Life is a candle in an open door”
Phil: “What are you, Neil Diamond?”
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CBS:
Wednesday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
Maggie
Winters was the success story of the town.
After graduation, she went to the big city
and married a successful businessman.
Unfortunately, the marriage did not last and
Maggie finds herself back in her home town
starting over
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The
initial premise of The Mary Tyler Moore
Show was about Mary starting over after
breaking off a long term relationship, the
short-lived series Down Home also involved
a woman moving from New York back home (albeit
for different reasons)
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Familiar
Faces
Faith
Ford (Murphy Brown)
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Our
Take
ABC
has the edge with their proven Dharma/Two
Guys line-up. Additionally, The
Nanny, Maggie’s lead-in may be
showing its age
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Expect
to Hear
“I just know that you can turn even the
most menial, thankless, minimum wage job into
something not to be embarassed about”
- Maggie’s Mother
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CBS:
Wednesday at 9pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
Sean O’Brien is a cop from a family of cops.
Annie Cornell is an outspoken public defender.
While Annie and Sean do not see eye-to-eye
when it comes to their jobs, at home they
are deeply in love
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The
loving at home, fighting at work Lawyer/Cop
relationship is right out of Hill Street
Blues
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Familiar
Faces
Moira
Kelly
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Our
Take
To
Have and to Hold has a difficult battle
competing against successful sitcoms on ABC
and NBC as well as the established drama Party
of Five
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Expect
to Hear
Annie
Connell: “I hate when you talk like a cop
instead of a human being”
Sean O’Brien: “I’m both”
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