Word: lane
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...network's counting on her to deliver more than celebrity methane. This season the networks have recruited scads of established celebs to draw viewers (see box), always a risk. (Nathan Lane's crash-and-burn in 1998's Encore! Encore! hovers like Marley's ghost over star vehicles.) On Bette, CBS has placed a huge, um, wager, running it opposite Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (which provides a cute running gag in one early episode). "It's probably the most anticipated show of the new season," says CBS television president Leslie Moonves, "and that's a huge burden...
...what? As development season dragged on, Midler rejected five scripts that placed her in sitcom situations--selling real estate, running a nightclub--that came off as insufficient for her outsize talent. Finally, as pilot-shooting season loomed, Mad About You producer Jeffrey Lane brought her a simple premise: let Bette be Bette...
...though Lane has a PhD in African-American studies, even she admits that a degree is not a substitute for personal experience...
...that reason it is difficult to do anything about the supply of minority candidates, Lane says. Although Lane turned down two tenure track offers to work in the Expos department, she says not many candidates in her position would do the same thing...
...Lane says that though the benefits of a preceptor with real life experience on racial issues are obvious, that doesn't necessarily make that person a better teacher...