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...gotta know when to hold `em, know when to fold `em," Mr. T. recited...
...elsewhere on network TV, but discreet by cable and feature-film standards. Language is a touch rawer than usual ("pissy little bitch," "douche bag") but stays outside of verboten four-letter territory. As for violence, it is less graphic and less prevalent than in dozens of older TV shoot-'em-ups, from Gunsmoke to Miami Vice. The show's chief problem is unlucky timing: as one of the few new shows this fall to portray any serious violence, it has been put in the spotlight by antiviolence crusaders desperately looking for targets. NYPD Blue is also...
...tough can they be? Not as tough as us, `cause we are great-goddamn good. Bring `em on, any time, any place...
...quick succession over the past few months, Fox, then ABC, then NBC and finally CBS gave in to the hard-line, no-cash bargaining position of the big cable companies. And all four chose the same face-saving, if-you- can't-beat-'em-join-'em terms of surrender: each TV network will start its own cable channel, which the cable operators will carry. We'll let you keep stealing our popular big-budget programs, the networks are saying, as long as we can produce some iffy new programming that you'll show and actually pay us for, pretty please...
...shoot-'em-up, gobble-'em-down movies like The Fugitive and Jurassic Park are rated PG-13 these days, what does an R-rated action adventure look like? Like True Romance: violent to a fault, glam...