`NAKED TRUTH' GETS `MUST-SEE' SPOT ON NBC.Byline: Robin Dougherty Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire It used to be that when TV shows died, they went to syndication heaven. These days, they may go to another network. For the past couple of years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time networks have realized that their rivals' throwaways might be gold for them. That's the case with ``The Naked Truth,'' the Tea Leoni vehicle that ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. dropped last year. It's back - on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . It airs in the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. 9:30 p.m. Thursday time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. for six weeks, displacing the expendable ``Suddenly Susan'' (and star Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Biography Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. ), which is on hiatus. When ``Suddenly Susan'' returns in mid-February, ``The Naked Truth'' will replace ``The Single Guy'' (at 8:30 p.m.), which will also go on hiatus. Although there was never anything wrong with the show that a little patience from the network couldn't treat, ``The Naked Truth'' has undergone some invigorating in·vig·or·ate tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" repackaging. Leoni is still at the helm, although now, her character - the newly divorced photojournalist Nora Wilde - learns that the supermarket rag she works for has a new owner. And she has a new editor, one Les Polonsky (George Wendt from ``Cheers''), whose work experience is limited to his family's business, Polonsky Meats. Polonsky wants to make the tabloid legitimate. He displaces former editor Camilla Dane (the returning Holland Taylor), who's now the gossip columnist and not happy about it. The rest of the staff - Jonathan Penner, Mark Roberts and Darryl Sivad, all from the original cast - also get new assignments. Nora finds herself as the advice columnist, a role Leoni pulls off quite nicely with her trademark frenetic Jean-Harlow-meets-Eunice-Kennedy tartness. Along with Leoni, it's good to see Wendt back on TV. As you might expect, he's not as comfortable with his character as is the rest of the cast, who've worked together before. But he does get some of the best lines: After exuberantly yelling ``Stop the presses!'' he observes that the only significance of that phrase at his old job ``means somebody has just lost their thumb.'' THE FACTS The show: ``The Naked Truth.'' When: 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Where: NBC (Channel 4). |
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