Word: abc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...young woman, whose identity has remained anonymous for obvious reasons, knows her ABC's and can recognize and name different colors. She memorized the days of the week after looking at a calendar. And that's about...
Some critics argue that with cable and other channels eroding viewership, the networks ought to be banding together rather than scrapping over who is No. 1; cannibalizing one another's audiences hurts everyone. CBS has moved in on ABC's Friday bloc aimed at children and teens, and NBC has scheduled four female-oriented sitcoms on Monday night, going head-to-head against CBS's almost identical fare. NBC's Monday comedies are probably more similar than any four shows that have ever appeared in succession in the history of television. Suddenly Susan, Fired Up, Caroline in the City...
...course, the best way to win viewers is to discover shows they want to watch. And each network has some bright spots to point to this fall. ABC's Dharma & Greg, the flower-child-marries-lawyer sitcom, has justified its favorable preseason press and is winning its time period. Veronica's Closet, starring Kirstie Alley, has a fail-safe time slot on NBC between Seinfeld and ER, and it has kept more of Seinfeld's audience than many other shows similarly blessed. Ally McBeal, Fox's Monday-night comedy-drama, looks like another success...
...shows, even those with big stars and critical acclaim, have been disappointments. The Gregory Hines Show, a perfectly appealing family sitcom on CBS starring the talented song-and-dance man, is struggling. So is Jenny, the NBC vehicle for Jenny McCarthy, babe of all media. Nothing Sacred and Cracker, ABC's Thursday-night duo, though winning good reviews, are among the lowest-rated shows on TV. A USA Today study published last week shows that of the 26 new shows that debuted in the first two weeks of the season, 15 failed to attract the audience guaranteed to advertisers, which...
Here's how they work: small motors inside the base of the sticks send jolts and vibrations to the handle in synch with the action onscreen--from the bumpy roads in Activision's Interstate '76 to the shudder of a quarterback sack in ABC's Monday Night Football...