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Click here for current poll & results so far or see belowFOX has announced the return of its superhero spoof The Tick, only this time around it won't be a cartoon series. The sitcom will now have live actors, with Patrick Warburton (of Seinfeld and Superman in a Jerry Seinfeld ad for American Express) as the superstrong but dim-witted superhero in "an electric-blue costume with wiggling antennae." The new series doesn't have a timeslot yet but sounds better than a lot of the new stuff. He is already the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the new cartoon series.
Coming soon: reruns
Battlefield Earth sequel coming, you've been warned
NBC will have an hour-long romantic comedy Ed, produced by David Letterman, with eccentric Northern Exposure type characters. People Who Fear People (ABC) is a new group therapy sitcom that does not yet have an announced timeslot, and Spin City (sitcom) will continue without Back To The Future's Michael J. Fox, who is retiring from full-time acting to fight his Parkinson's Disease. In his final May episode, he announced a fund-and awareness-raising website www.michaeljfox.org.
Also gone: Caroline In The City, Stark Raving Mad (said to have been partly based on opinionated author Harlan Ellison), Jesse, Veronica's Closet, The Others, Profiler (the series star had already quit last year), Pretender, Martial Law, Chicago Hope, Now & Again, SportsNight, Ladies Man (new episodes may air mid-season), and ABC cancelled Sabrina but WB immediately picked it up & ordered new eps, while ABC is expanding Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to 4 prime-time nights a week. USA Network has cancelled "La Femme Nikita" after 4 years, saying the show has run its course.
Disney channel is currently running a movie (and pilot for a possible cable series) "Stepsister From The Planet Wierd," about a 14-year-old who discovers that her stepsister & stepfather (Lance Guest of The Last Starfighter) are extraterrestrials.
ABC's cancellation of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and expanding Millionaire to 4 nights a week could be a disaster for them. TV Guide reports that a study by "TN Media, a major media-buying firm," shows that the median age of Millionaire's audience has gone from 46 years old (5 months ago) to 50 now. The much-sought 18-34 year olds are watching Millionaire's competition: JAG, Frasier, That 70's Show, and Survivor got bigger ratings than Millionaire in both demographics and general ratings (ABC promptly pulled Millionaire from Wednesdays). What's worse, shows following Millionaire have the older demographic too (meaning the 18-34 crowd doesn't ignore Millionaire then come back each night to see what's on ABC next). An unnamed ABC spokesman says this is just TN Media trying to bid down the cost of advertising on Millionaire.
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