Word: debut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late-night war has grown so exhausting for everyone concerned that Conan O'Brien's debut on NBC -- the third network talk show to launch in the late hours in as many weeks -- was the occasion mainly for a big sigh of relief. First because O'Brien, a little-known writer for The Simpsons picked to replace David Letterman, didn't wet his pants, spill coffee on a guest or otherwise embarrass himself in his long-awaited debut. And second because viewers can finally get back to the ordinary, relaxed rhythm of watching late- night TV, rather than being jarred...
Freshman defender Cara James had a strong debut weekend, making several big plays on both sides of the field...
...only miracle about The Chevy Chase Show is that the star was still showing his face on national TV by the end of the week. His Tuesday-night debut was the sort of disaster TV fans will recall for their grandchildren. Nervous and totally at sea, Chase tried everything, succeeded at nothing. He shot basketballs from the stage, fawned embarrassingly over guests (Goldie Hawn and Whoopi Goldberg), took pratfalls that fell flat and, in one desperate moment, boogalooed in the middle of the stage, pleading with the apathetic crowd, "Everybody, shake it!" He recycled old material shamelessly, not just from...
Vehicles, of course, are as old as television itself. I Love Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore and The Cosby Show were well-designed showpieces for popular performers. But never have stars been so firmly in the driver's seat. Faye Dunaway, making her weekly-TV debut, appears in a made-to-order sitcom this fall. So do such TV veterans as John Larroquette, Valerie Bertinelli, Bronson Pinchot and Kelsey Grammer. Another group of shows has been constructed around performers with no track record, no Q rating, not even (in many cases) any acting experience at all, except on the stand...
...late-night Fox debut is the sorry TV debacle of the year...