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The Beacon Journal www.Ohio.com Page C14, Wednesday, September 22, 1999 NEW 'Oh Grow Up' debuting series that's best unseen Also premiering tonight is Oh Grow Up (9:30 pja, ABC), which offers a compelling reason to turn off the TV the moment The Drew Carey Show is over. Like all too many new TV characters this season, the three guys in this series are finally trying to face adulthood It's not pretty. A better title: Oh Shut Up. RD. Heldenfels writes about television for the Akron Beacon Journal He can be reached at Sheen's moments are, it's ungainly to have two crowd-pleasing monologues almost back to back.

And sometimes I suspect Sorkin lives in a bubble akin to that his characters inhabit How else to explain Sorkin's assumption that we're supposed to feel sorry for Lowe's character because his job prevents him from dating a pot-smoking hooker? Maybe the best thing with The West Wing is to treat it the way its White House staff sometimes treats issues superficially, as if in a great game, with no peeking at the more serious matters of people we haven't met yet" He said both the president's personal physician and the chair-, man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are African-American, and other characters may be as well. There are also a few people of color seen in the premiere who could move center stage in later episodes. But even though the premiere has been modified somewhat from its original version, those modifications don't really add to its diversity unless you count an African-American motorcycle policeman added in a superfluous scene. In addition to that, the show has a staginess common in Sor-kin's work that at times works and at times doesn't As good as Continued from Page C9 where the president will land on a given issue. But for all the things I liked, there are parts of The West Wing that remain troubling, especially when you consider whether you want to come back week after week.

Sorkin has already copped a plea of sorts on one count that all the main characters in the first episode are white. "I would caution not to draw too big a conclusion about this series from its first 42 minutes," he said at a July news conference in Pasadena, Calif. "There are a lot 10-Month CD ROCK It's tough in Cleveland without a Top 40 station Continued from Page C9 ond-tier city," said Dan Kemer, spokesman for promoter Belkin Productions of Chagrin Falls. "That's just not the case." However, Ricky Martin's camp may think differently. The Latin pop heartthrob, who has driven America loco this summer with his swiveling hips and soaring vocals, didn't instantly sell out his Dec.

6 appearance at Gund Arena the first time that's happened on his upcoming tour. Though the show will likely sell out soon (Gund tickets went on sale Friday), tickets for all the shows in other cities took less than an hour to sell out Tonight's Madison Square Garden tour kick-off in New York City sold out in 10 minutes. "It's is still selling," said Kemer, whose company is handling the Martin show locally. "We did a lot of TV (commercials), but without (Top 40) radio support, it's definitely hard." Since Cleveland lost its sole Top 40 station, WZJM-FM, in the spring, along with its sole alternative rock station, WENZ-FM, promoters are having a tougher time persuading A-list musicians to include Northeast Ohio on their tours. "A lot of shows will not be com ing through," Kemer said.

"Take Family Values Tour, which only has 20 days to fill. It will go to those markets where they get played and where they get support" Given Cleveland's current radio situation, Limp Bizkit and Filter, like many new rock bands, get little support from commercial radio, hoping to land only on WMMS (100.7-FM) during the station's one hour of new music each night The same goes for pop acts like Martin. While Martin and the Backstreet Boys would be in heavy rotation on a Top 40 station, they are played much less on area stations. "There are definite radio problems in Cleveland," said Wavra, who still expects to iron out details to bring the Backstreet Boys to the area "There is no true Top 40 station, no true Adult Album Alternative, no new rock station." However, Northeast Ohio will still draw most musicians, Wavra said. "Cleveland is still the 14th-larg-est market," he said.

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