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Nestled in NBC's coveted half-hour slot between Seinfeld and ER, it is the odds-on favorite to become the fall's new hit sitcom. But can Alley really succeed where other Cheers alums have failed? Though Kelsey Grammer's Frasier is a ratings hit for NBC, Ted Danson (Sam), Rhea Perlman (Carla) and George Wendt (Norm) have all bombed in series over the past year. NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield signed up Veronica's Closet for only 13 episodes, but he notes that Alley's producers, Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, the creative team behind Friends...
...returning favorites, NBC's Must-See-TV lineup still offers the largest draw. Who can resist the exploits of Ross, the slightly awkward, yet sexually appealing Friend? Who can resist the adventures of Monica, the slightly neurotic and clearly anorexic Friend? And, how about our old pals at "Seinfeld?" We can all confidently look forward to another season characterized by clever plots, urbane, witty humor and more attractive women for Jerry...
...morning in March 1993, Mackenzie asked co-worker Patricia Best if she had seen the previous night's Seinfeld, in which Jerry forgets the name of a woman he is dating but knows it rhymes with a female body part; he finally remembers it as Dolores. When Best didn't "get it," Mackenzie claims, he showed her a photocopy from the dictionary with the definition of clitoris. Best reported the incident to her boss. The brewery fired Mackenzie for "unacceptable managerial performance." The defendants' lawyers argued that the incident echoed an earlier harassment charge, but they were outlawyered by MacKenzie...
Having topped the Nielsens and the best-seller lists, Jerry Seinfeld has now earned a place in the casebooks of employment law. Last week a Milwaukee, Wis. jury awarded $26.6 million to a man who got fired for recounting a slyly bawdy episode of television's most popular sitcom to a female co-worker. The high-dollar verdict in favor of former Miller Brewing Co. manager Jerold Mackenzie, 54, suggests that "the pendulum is beginning to swing back" on sexual harassment, says Steven Berlin, a partner at the employment-law firm of Littler Mendelson, based in San Francisco. "Juries...
YPDN--young people doing nothing. Signifies Seinfeld and Friends. See also: YPDNOAB--young people doing nothing on a beach (for Baywatch) and YPSNB--young people showing naked behinds (for NYPD Blue...