Word: sweetcoms
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...hollow triumph of right-wing moralists over timid network moguls has been to replace women in tight sweaters with aren't-they-adorable children. There goes the smutcom; here comes the sweetcom. Few tears will be shed over the demise of the jiggle-and-snigger shows. But even at their worst they suggested nothing more pernicious than that men do make passes at girls in Jordaches. The two forms of sweetcoms, the noble and the naughty, are deadlier. They announce that children are either sugar or sass-dewy-souled twerps or stunted comedians-and that they must...
Better Lines. Love, Sidney (NBC, Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m.) is, by default, sweetcom's class act. Tony Randall, the John Gielgud of series TV, has brought his deft good humor to the role of a cranky bachelor of no particular sexual persuasion. Swoosie Kurtz, as Sidney's live-in friend, combines the charm of Sally Field with the comic timing of Soupy Sales-and somehow looks like both. Together they demonstrate that even treacle pudding can pack some savor. Only Kaleena Kiff, 7, is a problem. She is not unbearable; she is not a toy saint...
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