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...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...
Within these limits, there's actually quite a lot of good acting to be seen here. Wyle (who had bit parts in movies before stepping onto the set of "ER") acquits himself well as the soul-searching Warren. There's a depth and intelligence in his gaze that translates across both the big and small screen. Moore, as Mia, is convincingly abrasive and acerbic, even though the source of her anger remains a mystery. Hope Davis' Margaret brings a refreshingly clear-eyed, unselfconscious good humor that helps brighten the glumness of her surroundings, while Scheider's craggy Lincoln-like profile...
...ER Boffo ratings, but the live show seemed like General Hospital...
...apparently looking forward to lasagna, pizza, chocolate and beer when he returns to his wife and children. He may have a while longer for such home comforts. As shuttle commander James Wetherbee said in a call to flight controllers just before bedtime Sunday night: "We'll see you tomorrow, er, maybe we won't see you tomorrow...
...still on top of the ratings game, according to People Daily. Helped by 61 million viewers for the much-touted live episode of ER as well as a record-setting Seinfeld, the network managed to trounce ABC and CBS in Round 1 of the fall ratings war ? the first-week Nielsen ratings. ABC didn't do too badly; their infamous "TV is Good" campaign appears to be breaking some ground as the sitcom Dharma & Greg joined Home Improvement and Football among their top-rated shows...