Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 86

F32 Richmond Time-Dispatch Saturday January 7 1995 New networks and the mid-season shuffle bring 20 fresh series to TV dad real-life musician TOUCHSTONE ncnscs SnUMSKM played Eldin the painter in "Murphy now plays the owner of a struggling bicycle messenger service in Manhattan The joke if you can find one is usually about the '60s vs Generation New to CBS late nights is The late lata Shaw With Tsai which premieres early Tuesday morning The talkinterview show will air at 12:37 ajn on many CBS affiliates In Richmond however look for it at 3:05 am for the time being WTVR-Channel 6 is already committed to several TV series in the earlier time period new Sunday nights start at 7:30 pm tomorrow with "CM in which Don Adams and Barbara Feldon are back as secret agents Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 Smart is now the chief of Control and 99 is a congresswoman in charge of budget Andy Dick plays their son Zachary Smart Haasa af Panto1 at 8:30 pjn stars (and is produced by) John Leguizamo a talented comedian who is able to transform himself inters variety of nationalities of either sex The possibilities to offend are endless which is what makes this so right for Fox the network that gave us "In Living The largely Latino cast includes Luiz Guzman whom I had never thought of in a comic light before "Praam at 9:30 pm a half-hour series that airs cm cable Home Box Office stars Brian Benben as a frustrated New York book editor who sees his problems as clips from old TV shows We understand the show's occasional nudity mil be edited out for the Fox broadcasts NBC which is having the most success with new shows this season has also announced the fewest changes in its schedule only one Tonight at 8:30 on Channel 12 a series from last season returns to the schedule In addition to the Wednesday night Beries from WB WAWB-Channel 65 is adding several other new shows The I tgaadary Advaatarai af Rsrcalii" and Thalshlag which aired as periodic action-adventure movies last season become weekly aeries this month will air at 11:30 pjn Mondays beginning Jan 16 with a repeat at 8 pjn Saturdays will premiere at 11:30 pjn Jan 19 with a second run at 9 pjn Saturdays At 9 pjn Jan 27 Channel 65 introduces a series starring Jack Scalia as a wealthy businessman wrongly sent to prison who reluctantly begins helping others after his release The station also gains Thmg Fm Ths Ugsad at 10 pjn that same night VIEW FROM PAGE F4 sound suspiciously like Fax series (Townsend Grireo and the Wayans have all been involved in Fox shows) hardly coincidence Like Fox WB and UPN seek to attract audiences underserved by the other networks including African-Americans Latino viewers and young adults And the stars the only ex-Fox employees So are their executives Lucille Salhany president and chief executive officer of UPN is a firmer chairman of Fox Broadcasting Co Likewise Jamie Kellner chief executive and Garth Anrier head of programming helped launch the Fox network Next week also sees the premiere of one of two new January series from ABC Whale Raw a comedy airing at 8:30 pjn Monday on Channel A Corbin Bernsen best known as Amie Becker from "LA Law" plays a star baseball player who takes a job as a sports-caster for a Milwaukee TV station during the baseball strike He is immediately at odds with Julia Campbell as the young manager Campbell briefly co-starred in Skies" a fall casualty which also aired at 8:30 pm Mondays At 10 pm an Jan 31 ABC will preview The which becomes a Saturday series at 10 pjn on Feb 4 Jeff Fahey stars as a federal marshal in the hour-long action drama CBS introduced its three comedy newcomers earlier this week with an emphasis on prominent women in front of and behind the cameras 9:30 pjn Mondays stars Cybill Shepherd as a character much like herself a fbrtysomething actress with several husbands and career moves behind her The series could put the actress back on the TV map Tfsmaa af Iha 8 pjn Wednesdays features Delta Burke as Suzanne Su-garbaker the character she played and walked out on in "Designing which was created by Linda Bkrodworth-Thomason apparently forgiven since Bkrod-worth-Thomason created this new comedy for Burke whose Sugarbaker is now in Washington filling in the congressional seat vacated when her husband (bed Teri Garr Patricia Heaton and Valerie Mahaffey are the other women of the title Diane English creator of "Murphy is the force behind at 9 pjn Wednesdays Robert Pastorelli who YHommcmups The Dallas Morning News I mb a Mg Im af Tad Wass aba (tare MMamam I 1 i riqi rXtaca ha Oam DaNaa an "SaapT bat yet ta dad aay paraaaal ialanaatiaa ahaat Mat What's Tad's data af birth aad faatfy status? 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