Word: howser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Make no mistake, not even the most credulous couch potato believes that, say, 16-year-old Doogie Howser, M.D., is for real. But the easy affluence that is the birthright of Doogie's family might seem representative enough, especially when on the following ABC show (The Marshall Chronicles) the TV father was dressed in a tuxedo for an evening of Manhattan night life. Despite the pseudo-lower-middle- class realism of Roseanne and Married with Children, the implicit message in much of prime time remains almost effortless economic entitlement. For while most of the nation resides in what bicoastal types...
Mother Earth's delicate condition. On April 22 ABC broadcasts the Earth Day Special, featuring Bette Midler as an abused Mother Earth who collapses in a town square, suffering from global warming, deforestation, etc., and gets tended by Drs. Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris) and Steven Kiley (James Brolin). Visitors to the invalid include Kevin Costner, Quincy Jones and Meryl Streep...