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forming at halftime? No. Are they going to fi
nally cancel The Jerry Springer Show? Sor
ry, you’re not that lucky. So, what could it
possibly be?
For you few, unfortunate souls who have
received no previous warning of the impend
ing doom, please allow me to serve as the
bearer of bad news, and let me begin by urg
ing you to sit down.
Thursday night “Must See TV” on NBC is
no more — at least not in it’s original form.
The new and improved version debuts
tonight, a version that is most notably lack
ing Mad About You.
After leaving its mark on Thursdays,
NBC has every intention of taking the Sun-
day-night crown away from CBS, who has
historically won the night with such estab
lished shows as 60 Minutes and Murder She
Wrote, which is moving to Thursdays.
Since the beginning of the “Must See TV”
concept, people have stayed at home, sched
uled dates around what has been coined as
“good TV night.” They have almost put
their lives on hold to experience the adven
tures and misadventures of Joey, Phoebe,
Jerry, Paul, Jaime, Cousin Ira, Elaine,
George and others.
After becoming a cult phenome
non and continuing to grow ever
more popular with each ensuing
episode, people have been known to
plan a Thursday night’s social
agenda around television shows.
However, as the old adage goes,
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“change is good.” If you don’t like change, you
better get set, because the big mixup is here.
Mad. About You, previously seen on
Thursday nights, has been moved to Sunday
nights to compete against the likes of Cybill
on CBS and Superman on ABC.
However, amidst the bad news, there is
some stability left. Friends, after a spectacu
lar first season, will not change nights, but
will relocate to a new time slot, one previ
ously occupied by Mad About You. Two new
series, Caroline in the City and The Single
Guy, will be trying to win new viewers and
retain old ones as they move into Thursday
night programming.
So, will they sink, or will they swim? Can
they ever fill the large void that will ensue
after the mass exodus of Mad About You?
To many, the success of the shows is of no
concern. Some, taking their loyalty to an ex
treme, are planning to boycott the new
shows to voice their objection to the breakup.
For all of you that allow a night of televi
sion programming to dictate your social
schedule or control your life, try looking deep
into yourself and see if this could actually be
a signal of larger, more serious problems.
Even though I have learned to not let
Thursday night take over my life, ill
fectod me and others as innocent bysL.™
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please feel assured that you will survive.ljB
will go on, and there will be new showsto §
watch, and, heaven forbid, you may even
learn to like the new Thursday lineup.
Venture out on a limb, and maybe give
them a try. Do your own thing. Try going
a little earlier on Thursday. Try switchinj
another network. Explore one of those
channels that you pay for on cable.
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