AN EYE TOWARD REARRANGEMENT; CBS STRATEGY PUTS ESTABLISHED SHOWS IN LEAD-OFF SLOTS.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. has done some rearranging. The network, which unveiled its fall schedule Wednesday, has moved ``Cosby'' to Wednesdays and ``Chicago Hope'' back to Thursday, and it shifted two series - ``Diagnosis Murder'' and ``King of Queens'' - to earlier time slots so it can have established shows lead off each evening. It also added six new series - three comedies and three dramas. Two ``NYPD'' alums - Sharon Lawrence Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence (born June 29, 1961) is an American television actress. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, she grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. and Amy Brenneman Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue and Judging Amy. - along with other familiar names - Tyne Daly Tyne Daly (born Ellen Tyne Daly on February 21, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American stage and screen actress. Personal life Daly was born into a creative family; she is the daughter of actor James Daly. , Betty White, Kathleen Quinlan Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures. Biography Personal life , Dixie Carter
Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939 in McLemoresville, Tennessee) is an American Emmy Award winning actress. , Kevin Pollack, Alfred Molina and Swoosie Kurtz - have new shows. Like 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. and 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. , who already have announced their fall lineup, CBS seems to be striving for stability, scattering the new shows amid the hits. The network, which is likely to win the overall ratings race, canceled ``L.A. Doctors,'' ``Payne,'' ``Maggie Winters,'' ``Promised Land'' and the ``Magnificent Seven.'' Like other networks, CBS is sensing some vulnerability in NBC's Thursday night schedule, the most dominant night in television for more than a decade. CBS has retooled ``Chicago Hope'' by asking creator David E. Kelley to become more involved in it again, and will move the drama to 9 p.m. Thursday. ABC and the WB, which released their schedules on Tuesday, also promised aggressive efforts to go after NBC on Thursdays. A look at the new shows: ``Family Law,'' starring Kathleen Quinlan, Julie Warner and Dixie Carter, is about lawyers who form a new firm after one woman's husband leaves her and takes their practice with him. ``Judging Amy,'' starring Amy Brenneman, Tyne Daly and Dan Futterman, is about a single mother who leaves New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to become a judge in Hartford, Conn. ``Now & Again,'' starring Eric Close, Dennis Haysbert and Margaret Colin, is a drama about an insurance salesman whose body is rebuilt by the government after he dies. ``Ladies Man,'' starring Alfred Molina, Sharon Lawrence, Park Overall and Betty White, a comedy about a furniture maker who lives with a family of women. ``Work With Me,'' starring Nancy Travis (``Almost Perfect'') and Kevin Pollak (``The Usual Suspects''), is a comedy about two married lawyers who work at home. ``Love or Money,'' starring Swoosie Kurtz, David Ogden Stiers David Ogden Stiers (born October 31, 1942) is an American character actor, voice actor and musician, most noted for his role in the television sitcom M*A*S*H, and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone. , Paget Brewster and Brian Doyle Murray, is an ensemble comedy about residents in a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of apartment building. CBS prime-time schedule Monday 8-8:30 p.m. ``The King of Queens 8:30-9 p.m. ``Ladies Man'' x 9-9:30 p.m. ``Everybody Loves Raymond'' 9:30-10 p.m. ``Becker'' 10-11 p.m. ``Family Law'' x Tuesday 8-9 p.m. ``JAG'' 9-10 p.m. ``60 Minutes II 10-11 p.m. ``Judging Amy'' x Wednesday 8-8:30 p.m. ``Cosby'' 8:30-9 p.m. ``Work With Me'' x 9-11 p.m. ``CBS Wednesday Movie'' Thursday 8-9 p.m. ``Diagnosis Murder 9-10 p.m. ``Chicago Hope 10-11 p.m. ``48 Hours`` Friday 8-8:30 p.m. ``Kids Say the Darndest Things`` 8:30-9 p.m. ``Love or Money'' x 9-10 p.m. ``Now & Again'' x 10-11 p.m. ``Nash Bridges'' Saturday 8-9 p.m. ``Early Edition'' 9-10 p.m. ``Martial Law'' 10-11 p.m. ``Walker, Texas Ranger'' Sunday 7-8 p.m. ``60 Minutes'' 8-9 p.m. ``Touched by an Angel'' 9-11 p.m. ``CBS Sunday Movie'' x New series CAPTION(S): 3 Photos, Box Photo: (1) ``Judging Amy,'' starring Amy Brenneman, is about a single mother who leaves New York City to become a judge in Hartford, Conn. (2) Nancy Travis and Kevin Pollak play a lawyer couple working at home in the comedy ``Work With Me.'' (3) Eric Close plays an insurance salesman whose body is rebuilt by the government in ``Now & Again.'' Box: CBS prime-time schedule (See text) |
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