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...will also be trying to break the show out of its old structures. “We did a lot of lampooning [of mainstream soap operas] last year,” she says, and claims that the show will now be more like the night-time dramas of the WB television network. “We’re not just casting characters as ‘bitches’ anymore,” says Gagnon. The staff has also undergone a major streamlining effort to expedite the show’s production, and has revamped the official website. Stores...
...Club territory, religion on TV has usually been soft-pedaled or protested. In 1997-98, ABC's button-pushing Nothing Sacred, about a rebellious young priest, was quickly canceled. Touched by an Angel was only vaguely spiritual. The God who spoke to Joan of Arcadia was carefully nondenominational. The WB's genial 7th Heaven, about a minister and his family, has been the network's highest-rated show for most of its 10-season run but has never got the hype of edgier shows like Everwood. Asks creator Brenda Hampton: "How do you promote, 'This week, Ruthie respects her parents...
...RELATED WB, Mondays, 9 P.M. E.T. The Sorelli sisters, unlike characters on many new shows, do not fight aliens. And unlike the quartet of Desperate Housewives, they don't have affairs with pistol-packing plumbers. But what this winsome wallflower of a comedy-drama lacks in pyrotechnics, it makes up for with tart, zippy dialogue that explores their work, love and family dilemmas without cracking open the mush barrel...
...WB shows, now that’s a charity to get behind. Middle-aged men, old women, young children, all supporting a show they almost surely did not watch. I may have worn my band proudly for a few hours because I’m a sucker for things that are free and glow-in-the-dark, but I wasn’t marking my calendar to save a place Tuesdays...
...Supernatural campaign is ridiculous and most likely unnecessary. It is a truth universally acknowledged that WB shows are for teenage—with a margin of error +/- 10 years—girls. Some ridiculous shows survive on the WB, simply because if you make it, and make it with a couple of cute boys, they will watch. Kevin Costner’s career is rolling in its grave, but it’s true...