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Wednesday
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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2 Giys and a Girl
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The Norm Show
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Drew Carey
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Oh,
Grow Up
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20/20
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CBS
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Cosby
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Work
With Me
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CBS Wednesday Movie
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FOX
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Beverly Hills 90210
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Get
Real
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NBC
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Dateline
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The
West Wing
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Law
and Order
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UPN
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7 Days
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Star Trek: Voyager
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WB
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Dawson's Creek
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Roswell
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ABC:
Wednesday at 9:30pm (Half Hour Sitcom)
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Premise
A
sitcom about three men living together featuring
Hunter, a carefree bachelor who has just discovered
he has an 18 year-old daughter, Norris, a struggling
artist, and Ford, who recently left his wife Suzanne
after realizing that he’s gay
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - Three Men and a
Baby (albeit with an 18 year-old “baby” -
Star Stephen Dunham even looks a little like Ted
Danson
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Familiar
Faces
Soap Opera actress Rena Sofer
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Our
Take
A likeable sitcom with an excellent time slot
after Drew Carey
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Expect
to Hear
“I’m
not supposed to be a father. I’m the guy
fathers warn their daughter about...and this is
why”
- Hunter
(upon discovering that he has an 18 year-old daughter)
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CBS:
Wednesday at 8:30pm (Half Hour Drama)
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Premise
After
failing to make partner at a large law farm, Jordan
Better decides to join his wife in working for
her own small law firm
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - Numerous husband-wife
sitcom
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Familiar
Faces
Nancy
Travis (Almost Perfect), movie actor Kevin
Pollak
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Our
Take
Travis and Pollak are likeable actors in a fair
time slot
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Expect
to Hear
“You’re
used to the big Wall Street firms and this is
more like a Sesame Street firm”
- Julie
Better
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FOX:
Wednesday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
The
lives of three high school-age kids and their
dysfunctional parents featuring visualized fantasies
and the kids continually addressing the viewer
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My
So Called Life meets Life Goes On while
breaking the “fourth wall” in the style of The
Garry Shandling Show
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Familiar
Faces
Debrah
Farentino (Earth 2, EZ Streets,
Total Security, etc.), Jon Tenney (Brooklyn
South), Christina Pickles (St. Elsewhere)
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Our
Take
There is good buzz surrounding this show for including
the obligatory teen references while also providing
something for the parents. Get Real’s real
challenge is the strength of ABC as well as teen
competition from the WB
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Expect
to Hear
“My
family makes the Addams family look like those
guys on ‘7th Heaven’”
- Kevin
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NBC:
Wednesday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
The
inside workings of the White House
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - This program from the
writers of The American President shares
a great deal with that movie
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Familiar
Faces
Movie
actors Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Martin Sheen, and
John Spencer (L.A. Law)
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Our
Take
Although this show has a great cast and an excellent
behind the scenes team, it could do with a better
time slot
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Expect
to Hear
“I
just found out the Times is publishing a poll
that says a considerable portion of Americans
feel the White House has lost energy and focus
- a perception that is not likely to be altered
by the video footage of the president riding his
bicycle into a tree”
- Sam
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WB:
Wednesday at 9:00pm (Hour Drama)
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Premise
Roswell
follows a group of teens from outer space who
are trying to live ordinary lives despite their
ancestry and a suspicious sheriff
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Where
Have We Seen This Before - Starman meets
Dawson’s Creek
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Familiar
Faces
Amy
Brenneman (NYPD Blue), Tyne Daly (Cagney
& Lacey)
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Our
Take
A teen program, albeit a high concept one, from
the experts of teen programming in a time slot
following a proven teen hit
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Expect
to Hear
“Five
days ago I died. After that things got really
weird”
- Liz
Parker
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