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...spring Ellen DeGeneres told everyone she was gay. Now it's fall and she's telling everyone she's not happy. ABC put an onscreen parental advisory on last week's episode of her show, saying it may be unsuitable for children under 14, because Ellen has a lengthy, although jokey, kiss with her co-star. DeGeneres, who feels the advisory sends a message to kids that there's something wrong with being gay, is said to be threatening to walk off the show...
...particularly terrible, and some are reasonably good, but despite an extravagant effort to promote them, they are not bringing in the viewers. During the first week of the 1993-94 season, 75% of all TV sets in use were tuned to one of the Big Four networks--NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox. By last fall, that figure was down to 65%. During last month's premiere week, the network share took another startling drop--to 61% of the viewing audience. The measure of success has fallen accordingly: Dharma & Greg is considered a "hit" this season with a rating...
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...