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Like its self-centered protagonist, this sitcom seems born to be hated. It's laden with trendy affectations (the smug voice-over, the meta references to other series and itself). It snipes at young, pretty tube stars yet casts young, pretty Katherine Towne as a teen troublemaker looking for her birth mother after her father has answered her inquiries with "M.Y.O.B." (mind your own business). Still, it's somewhat better than its overfamiliar ingredients. Creator Don Roos has distilled and sanitized the vicious humor of his film The Opposite of Sex for prime time. That which survives the translation makes...
...There was one disappointment. Though posters promoted the appearance of "Stephanie Tanner," from the popular 1980s sitcom "Full House," the actress who portrayed her, Jodie Sweetin, cancelled at the last minute, after her mother threatened to attend...
BRANDON ON THE BLOCK The show is over--let the bidding begin! After 10 long, torrid years, the hit TV sitcom Beverly Hills, 90210 is in its final season on Fox. But bereaved fans can console themselves at AsSeenIn.com a website that's putting costumes, props and sets from the show up for auction online. Among the big-ticket items are Dylan's 1963 Triumph motorcycle, a Betsey Johnson dress worn by Donna, and a jukebox, right, from the characters' perennial hangout, the Peach Pit. The bidding begins May 1. Proceeds go to the Cosmetic Surgery Fund for Aging Teen...
...novel's hero, appeared briefly in the earlier book as a presidential candidate--a U.S. Senator from the Midwest, dismissed by the press as a hippie Vietnam Vet. Many characters from Colors do brief walk-ons in the new book, much as the star of a popular sitcom may help launch a spin-off. On TV, of course, spin-offs usually fail...
...iffy: UPN's new drama The Beat and NBC's recently expired Homicide have both run webisodes. But in a sense, Behind (at www.that70sshow.com is more in tune with the dot-commerce age, because it's more ad than drama. Aimed at young Web surfers, the smart, saucy sitcom's natural audience, it's really a child of the ingenious Internet marketing for The Blair Witch Project. It was promoted entirely online--in part through Microsoft's MSN website--and the 10-minute episode, with hard-hitting information about the characters' period hairstyles, is strictly fan-club stuff. There...