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DEJA VIEW NETWORKS TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE DOWN MEMORY LANE.


Byline: David Kronke Television Writer

WILLIAM DANIELS For other persons named William Daniels, see William Daniels (disambiguation).

William Daniels (born March 29, 1927) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor whose distinctive, nasal voice and penchant for portraying critical yet competent characters has landed him a number
 could be the poster boy for NBC's 75th anniversary. Born in 1927, the same year the network first took to the radio airwaves, he says, ``I've spent my whole life at 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.
.''

Best-known as the brilliant but arrogant Dr. Mark Craig on ``St. Elsewhere,'' at age 8 Daniels did a children's radio show at the network's 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
 station, WEAF WEAF West of England Aerospace Forum
WEAF Waste Examination & Assay Facility (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
WEAF World Evolution Airline & Freight (virtual airline) 
. He recalls spending weekends at the network in his youth, sneaking up a back stairway to hear Arturo Toscanini conducting rehearsals with the NBC Orchestra from the balcony of studio 8-H - where ``NBC's 75th Anniversary Special,'' a live, three-hour retrospective, will be broadcast on May 5.

Daniels also lent his voice to the talking car on NBC's ``Knight Rider'' and will appear in an upcoming episode of the network's popular new sitcom ``Scrubs,'' as well as the anniversary special - just one of nearly 20 programs reflecting on TV's past during the May sweeps period, when the networks will each seemingly become The History Channel.

In addition to established classics such as ``The Honeymooners,'' ``The Mary Tyler Moore This article is about the actress. For her 1970s television series, also known as "Mary Tyler Moore", see The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Mary Tyler Moore
 Show'' and ``The Cosby Show,'' there will be looks back at lesser lights such as ``Laverne & Shirley'' and ``That's Incredible,'' as well as specials highlighting clips from series still on the air, ``Everybody Loves Raymond'' and ``That '70s Show That '70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in Point Place, Wisconsin, a fictional suburb of either Kenosha or Green Bay<ref name="That'70sShowFAQs"/> from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. .''

So, what's to account for this current tsunami of tele-nostalgia? Daniels pauses for a second, then suggests, with a laugh, ``Lack of product?''

New money, old tape

``Right now, nostalgia is profitable, so that's what we're talking about,'' observes Peter Falk Peter Michael Falk (born September 16, 1927) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, five-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his role as Lt. Columbo in the television series Columbo. , who essayed the celebrated rumpled detective ``Columbo'' on NBC, and will begin shooting another ``Columbo'' TV movie in May after participating in the 75th anniversary special.

As Robert Thompson Robert Thompson may refer to:
  • Robert Thompson (professor), Syracuse University professor of television and popular culture
  • Robert Thompson (poker director), the Tournament Director on Celebrity Poker Showdown.
  • Robert Thompson (Soviet spy)
  • Robert B.
, founding director of Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television, notes, ``During sweeps, you expect the networks to come up with their very best. They're looking to put their best foot forward, and that's perceived as stuff that's 20, 30, 40, even 50 years old. That speaks volumes.''

``There are going to be a lot of reunions,'' admits Ed McMahon Edward "Ed" Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. (born March 6, 1923) is an American comedian, game show host, announcer and television personality most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on Who Do You Trust? from 1957 to 1962 and on the Tonight Show , Johnny Carson's venerable sidekick on ``The Tonight Show,'' who will also appear in the May 5 extravaganza.

``Every once in a while, people long for the good old days, and maybe Sept. 11 had something to do with it,'' McMahon continues. ``That disturbed the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy.  - we thought we were proceeding in one direction, and Sept. 11 was a comeuppance come·up·pance  
n.
A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" 
 in that regard. So maybe we want to go back to the time when Archie Bunker Archibald "Archie" Bunker was a fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place.  sat in that old chair. What's happening is, people are hooking onto solid things. It's like we're adrift now in a boat, and we don't have any oars, and we want to grab onto something that'll pull us back to shore, pull us back to safety, to the good stuff.''

Jeff Margolis, producer of ``CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. : 50 Years From Television City,'' airing Saturday, says, ``We're calling this comfort food. Right now, this is what the television audience wants to see. They want to see TV when it was different from what it is today.''

Carol Burnett Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933 in San Antonio, Texas) is an Emmy Award-winning actress, comedian, singer, dancer, and writer and is known for her long and successful entertainment career. Burnett started her career in New York.  will host ``50 Years From Television City,'' hot off the success of her own ``Show Stoppers'' reunion special last November, which inspired this current onslaught of reunion specials and will be repeated on Friday. ``I was as surprised as everybody else,'' she admits. When talking about it, it was just ``a silly, fun thing to do.'' It shouldn't have been such a surprise: A similar reunion special, she notes, had done well seven seasons back.

She contrasts past TV entertainment to that currently seen on the networks: ``I think a lot of stuff is overly cynical (today). And a lot of people aren't that cynical. The balance is kind of off.''

Sid Caesar Noun 1. Sid Caesar - United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)
Sidney Caesar, Caesar
, star of the legendary comedy revue series ``Your Show of Shows,'' adds, ``Television has made this country Rome - the way people conduct themselves today. The bread and circuses bread and circuses
pl.n.
Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation.
 of the Coliseum - that's television today. People want to see what they missed, because they missed a lot of good stuff. The old stuff is in a different key; the whole family can watch. You don't have to sneak into the cellar to watch our stuff.''

No time to spare

Specials that simply collect clips from old shows are easy to assemble, Thompson points out - ``You just need clips and a stapler sta·pler 1  
n.
One who deals in staple goods or staple fibers.


stapler
Noun

a device used to fasten things together with a staple

Noun 1.
 to put them together; they're dirt cheap Adj. 1. dirt cheap - very cheap; "a dirt cheap property"
cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
 to produce,'' he says. ``It's not just serving leftovers, it's serving leftovers that are about to go bad. But they tend to do really well.''

NBC is presenting a united front for its month of retrospectives - in addition to the clip shows, a number of stars from old NBC series will be making guest appearances in current shows. Still, Thompson says, ``For all of the hoopla hoop·la  
n. Informal
1.
a. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement.

b. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla.

2.
 about NBC's 75th anniversary, nothing's really about history, it's about taking stuff that's already been paid for and squeezing more juice out of them.''

Carl Reiner, who was a writer and performer on ``Our Show of Shows'' before going on to create his own classic comedy, ``The Dick Van Dyke This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .
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 Show,'' notes that deregulation Deregulation

The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.

Notes:
Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries.
 of the TV industry may have made the business more lucrative, but it also exacted a price in subtlety on some current series.

``We allowed for a little more time for things to develop in the old shows,'' Reiner recalls. ``Today, a half-hour television show (after commercials and credits) is down to 20 minutes. It is a business, but now it's become show BUSINESS. So you have to use quick ways to get laughs - you talk about sex, people will stay tuned. And you can't develop scenes where you get good writing. Now, it's a thought, a good line and cut away to another scene.''

Many stars of the classics scarcely tune into the networks these days. Burnett and Daniels admit they don't watch network TV (Daniels prefers ``Seinfeld'' reruns), while McMahon, who currently hosts a talent series on the Pax network, keeps up with the late-night wars and stays home only for NBC's Wednesday night lineup of ``Ed,'' ``The West Wing'' and ``Law & Order.'' Caesar names only one current series of which he's fond: ``Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. .''

Industry observers expect the glut of retrospectives to cannibalize can·ni·bal·ize  
v. can·ni·bal·ized, can·ni·bal·iz·ing, can·ni·bal·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To remove serviceable parts from (damaged airplanes, for example) for use in the repair of other equipment of the same
 one another in the upcoming month, suggesting another trend may falter after a quick start out of the gate, following the once-hot reality-TV trend. But there's one classic show that will never bother with looking back, no matter what.

``Somebody asked me, 'Are you going to have a reunion show?' '' recalls Falk with a laugh. ``I didn't know what they were talking about - what, am I going to go meet myself? There's nobody else to have a reunion with!''

The sweeps will be with you - always

Listed below is a selective list of sweeps highlights from the networks. Sorry for all the repetition, but my Microsoft Word thesaurus doesn't list many synonyms for ``reunion.''

Tonight

``The Bachelor: The Women Tell All'': Such as, why would a successful Harvard graduate agree to appear in a reality series? Followed by the season finale of ``The Bachelor,'' in which the eligible fella and his lucky gal make their decisions. (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.
, 8 and 9 p.m.)

`` 'N Sync: Bigger Than Live'': The pop group's IMAX IMAX
Noun

a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard
 show heads to the small screen. (WB, 8 p.m.)

``Will & Grace'': Michael Douglas guests as a cop who gets cozy with Will (Eric McCormack) in the first of a month of stunt-casting on the comedy. Also on tap: Glenn Close (May 2), Cher (May 16). (NBC, 9 p.m.)

``Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back'': Luke Skywalker gets some disconcerting dis·con·cert  
tr.v. dis·con·cert·ed, dis·con·cert·ing, dis·con·certs
1. To upset the self-possession of; ruffle. See Synonyms at embarrass.

2.
 news about his family tree; a smidgen of ``Episode II - Attack of the Clones'' is sneak-previewed. (Fox, 8 p.m.)

Friday

``Carol Burnett: Show Stop 0pers'': The special that kick-started reunion- mania is repeated. (CBS, 8 p.m.)

``When Animals Invade Your Home'': More classy stuff from Fox. (8 p.m.)

Saturday

``CBS: 50 Years From Television City'': Carol Burnett hosts this stirring tribute to a series of sound stages from which TV both memorable and forgettable for·get·ta·ble  
adj.
Fit or apt to be forgotten: a movie with very forgettable characters.

Adj. 1. forgettable - easily forgotten
unforgettable - impossible to forget
 emerged. (CBS, 8 p.m.)

Sunday

``Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years'': A series retrospective for a show still on the air. (CBS, 8 p.m.)

``Living With the Dead'': Ted Danson pulls a Haley Joel Osment and communes with the dearly departed. Based loosely on the life of medium James Van Praagh, who in real life never took on a serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. . (CBS, 9 p.m.; also at 9 p.m. Tuesday.)

Monday

``Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments'' throws together some of the ``Saturday Night Live'' comedian's best clips; followed by a TV biopic bi·o·pic  
n.
A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes.


biopic
Noun

Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)]
, ``Gilda Radner: It's Always Something,'' starring Jami Gertz as the late comic. (ABC, 8 and 9 p.m.)

``Crossing Jordan'': Jack Klugman, who as ``Quincy'' played a far less sexy medical examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. , guest-stars as a coroner not named Quincy. (NBC, 10 p.m.)

Tuesday

``JAG'': The military drama continues its series of timely episodes focusing on the procedural details of a tribunal of a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist. (CBS, 8 p.m.)

``Bob Hope's Funniest Outtakes'': Host Kelsey Grammer thanks the legendary comic for the memories; NBC thanks him for a low-budget hour of TV. (NBC, 8 p.m.)

``That '70s Show'': The land-speed record for backward-looking goes to this already-nostalgic sitcom, which tonight celebrates its 100th episode with an hourlong clip show and repeats fans' favorite episode according to an online poll. (Fox, 8 p.m.)

``Frasier'': Kelsey Grammer returns to Boston to hook up with ``Cheers'' pals Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt. (NBC, 9 p.m.)

``Scrubs'': ``St. Elsewhere'' alumni Ed Begley Jr., William Daniels, Stephen Furst and Eric Laneuville appear as doctors befuddling the first- year gang. ``The Mummy's'' Brendan Fraser guest-stars the following two weeks. (NBC, 9:30 p.m.)

``Tonight Show 10-Year Anniversary'': Comic highlights from Jay Leno's first decade as ``Tonight Show'' host. Yep, an hour should just about do it. (NBC, 10 p.m.)

May 2

``Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi'': Cuddly Ewoks bedevil the fearsome Empire, along with more ``Clones'' advertising. (Fox, 8 p.m.)

May 3

``American Bandstand's 50th: A Celebration!'' finds long-in-the-tooth teen-ager Dick Clark reminiscing about introducing America to the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, KISS, the Village People, KC and the Sunshine Band, and oh so many more. (ABC, 8 p.m.)

``Dark Angel'': James Cameron directs what may be the series finale as Max (Jessica Alba) leads a showdown between transgenics trans·gen·ics  
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The study of or methodology used to create transgenic animals or plants.
 and humans. (Fox, 8:30 p.m)

``Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'': Oscar winners Mary Steenburgen and Estelle Parsons and Martha Plimpton and Judith Light guest-star in a typically lighthearted tale of an assaulted heroin addict who is found to have a decomposing baby's finger in her purse. (NBC, 10 p.m.)

May 5

``NBC's 75th Anniversary Special'': A live (on the East Coast), three-hour special celebrating the pinnacle moments in the broadcast network's history in radio and TV, featuring clips aplenty a·plen·ty  
adj.
In plentiful supply; abundant: "There were warning signs aplenty for their candidates as well" Michael Gelb.
 and appearances by Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, Kelsey Grammer, Jerry Seinfeld and a cast of dozens. (NBC, 8 p.m.)

``Little John'': Ving Rhames and Gloria Reuben warm hearts in this tale of family estrangement from the Hallmark Hall of Fame. (CBS, 9 p.m.)

May 6

``7th Heaven'': A real-life Marine killed in Afghanistan is remembered; gospel singer CeCe Winans guest-stars. (WB, 8 p.m.)

``Third Watch'': Roy Scheider and ``Hill Street Blues'' stars Veronica Hamel, Ed Marinaro and Bruce Weitz appear in a Sept. 11-themed episode. (NBC, 9 p.m.)

``The Honeymooners' 50th Anniversary'': Jackie Gleason's irascible i·ras·ci·ble  
adj.
1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.

2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.



[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin
 Ralph Kramden is recalled by his pal Art Carney. (CBS, 10 p.m.)

May 7

``Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne & Shirley Together Again'': The reunion they said would never happen - mainly because they didn't think anyone would care. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams recall past glories. (ABC, 8 p.m.)

``Gilmore Girls'': Songwriter Carol King, who performs the show's theme song, opens a music store in Stars Hollow and turns the town on its tin ear. (WB, 8 p.m.)

``Favorite Stars: Then & Now - An E! Entertainment Television Special'': For the month's most entertainingly punctuated title, a cable outfit digs into whatever became of such obscure stars as Tom Hanks, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Lithgow and Phoebe Cates n. pl. 1. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
Cates for which Apicius could not pay.
- Shurchill.

Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth.
- R. Browning.
. And other actually obscure ones that you probably don't care about. (ABC, 9 p.m.)

May 9

``Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'': Jar Jar Binks Jar Jar Binks (born c. 50 BBY) is a fictional character from the Star Wars Prequels, , and . Named by George Lucas' son[1], his primary role was intended to provide comic relief — based on his gangly way of walking and his unique accent — but he ended up  joins the Not Ready for Prime Time not ready for prime time - Usable, but only just so; not very robust; for internal use only. Said of a program or device. Often connotes that the thing will be made more solid Real Soon Now.  Players and plugs ``Clones'' some more. (Fox, 8 p.m.)

``CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator
CSI CompuServe, Inc.
CSI Commodity Systems, Inc.
CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL)
CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show)
CSI Christian Schools International
: Crime Scene Investigation'' introduces its projected spinoff series, as the team heads to Miami and meets up with David Caruso. (CBS, 9 p.m.)

``ER'': Dying Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) tries to reconcile with his daughter in Hawaii before he flatlines. (NBC, 10 p.m.)

May 10

``Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold'': From Fox. Naturally. (8 p.m.)

May 12

``Dinotopia'': A six-hour miniseries adaptation of the popular children's books about a mythical land where man and dinosaurs live together in harmony. Well, near-harmony. (ABC, 7 p.m.; also May 13 and 14 at 8 p.m.)

``L.A. Law: The Movie'': Corbin Bernsen, Susan Dey, Larry Drake, Jill Eikenberry, Richard Dysart, Harry Hamlin, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker and the rest of the gang reconvene reconvene
Verb

to gather together again after an interval: we reconvene tomorrow

Verb 1. reconvene - meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall"
. (NBC, 9 p.m.)

``Alias'': Concludes its first year by trying to be more convoluted in one hour than it has been all season. Amy Irving lends an assist. (ABC, 9 p.m.)

May 13

``The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion'': Mary rounds up the gang, shows a few clips and shares a few memories. (CBS, 10 p.m.)

``TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time'': After commercials, each acclaimed series will get, on average, 53 seconds of air time to persuade an ADD-addled nation of its greatness. Mary Tyler Moore turns up here, too, with Dick Van Dyke, William Shatner and ... Jim Belushi? (ABC, 10 p.m.)

May 14

``NBC's Funniest Outtakes'': Unintentional goofs (as opposed to intentional ones like ``Supertrain,'' ``Titans'' and ``Emeril'') rule the airwaves for an hour. (NBC, 8 p.m.)

``Buffy the Vampire Slayer'': A major character is killed off; next week, in the two-hour season finale, the survivors get in over their heads trying to exact revenge. (UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000)
UPN United Paramount Network
UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union)
UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation
, 8 p.m.)

May 15

``Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed: Escape From the Ice'': A guy gets crushed between two walls of spikes, and lives to tell exactly how he survived. (Fox, 8 p.m.)

``Ed'': Ed (Tom Cavanagh) gets off the pot and tries to win back Carol (Julie Bowen) in the season finale. (NBC, 8 p.m.)

``The Bernie Mac Show'': Bernie takes the family to Chicago for the hourlong season finale of the hit freshman comedy. (Fox, 9 p.m.)

May 16

``Friends'': Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) finally gives birth in the hourlong season finale. (NBC, 8 p.m.)

May 17

``The 29th Annual Daytime Emmys'': Yep, they give awards for that stuff. You're forgiven for wondering why, in that case, your own mantle isn't cluttered with trophies. (CBS, 9 p.m.)

May 19

``Survivor: Marquesas'': The latest winner is revealed in a two-hour special, followed by the inevitable self-congratulatory reunion hour. (CBS, 8 and 10 p.m.)

``The X-Files'': All will be revealed - maybe, finally - as David Duchovny, whose Fox Mulder is still being forced to prove aliens walk among us, returns for the paranoid phenomenon's two-hour series finale. (Fox, 8 p.m.)

``The Cosby Show: A Look Back'': Bill Cosby and company recall their funniest and most warm-fuzzy moments. (NBC, 9 p.m.)

May 20

``Everybody Loves Raymond'': In the season finale, Ray (Ray Romano) and Debra (Patricia Heaton) recall the first time (and, judging from Ray's kvetching, one of the last times) they had sex. (CBS, 9 p.m.)

``Ally McBeal'': Ally calls it quits; a grateful nation exhales a sigh of relief. (Fox, 9 p.m.)

``20 Years of Must-See TV'': NBC's fading juggernaut of Thursday entertainment - ``Hill Street Blues,'' ``Cheers,'' ``The Cosby Show,'' ``Seinfeld,'' ``Friends,'' ``ER'' and so forth - are fondly recalled. ``Union Station,'' ``The Single Guy,'' ``Veronica's Closet,'' ``Jesse,'' ``Cursed'' and so forth are conveniently ignored. (NBC, 8:30 p.m.)

May 21

``24'': As midnight beckons in the season finale, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) puts up or shuts up where protecting presidential candidate David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) is concerned. (Fox, 9 p.m.)

``Smallville'': The spaceship that brought Clark (Tom Welling) to Earth unveils secrets in the season finale featuring rock band Remy Zero. (WB, 9 p.m.)

May 22

``The 37th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards'': Woody Allen was right in ``Annie Hall'' - all entertainers do is hand out awards. (CBS, 8 p.m.)

``Enterprise'': A planet gets blown up, so the Enterprise crew is forced to turn the starship around and head back home in the season finale. (UPN, 8 p.m.)

``That's Incredible: The Reunion'': The apotheosis apotheosis (əpŏth'ēō`sĭs), the act of raising a person who has died to the rank of a god. Historically, it was most important during the later Roman Empire.  of reality reunion shows, not that that's saying anything. John Davidson, Cathy Lee Crosby and Fran Tarkenton gratefully cash another paycheck. (ABC, 8 p.m.)

``Felicity'': The title character (Keri Russell) graduates and goes away for good in a two-hour series finale. (WB, 8 p.m.)

``Celebrity Boxing 2'': All together, now: It's a Fox show. (8:30 p.m.)

``The West Wing'': Mark Harmon guest-stars as Election Day nears in the season finale. (NBC, 9 p.m.)

``David Blaine's Vertigo'': The magician stands atop a 100-foot tower before plunging off it into cardboard boxes; eventually, Fox will cook up a special explaining how he did it. (ABC, 10 p.m.)

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Photo:

(1 -- cover -- color) SWEEPING IN THE OLD

Do not adjust your set Do Not Adjust Your Set (DNAYS) was a children's television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London, then by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969.  - nostalgic retrospective shows are normal

(2) Stephen Furst, William Daniels and Ed Begley Jr. of ``St. Elsewhere'' appear on NBC's ``Scrubs'' at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

(3) ``Incredible'' reunion: John Davidson, Cathy Lee Crosby airing May 22 on ABC.

(4) CBS celebrates 50 years of ``The Honeymooners'' at 10 p.m. May 6.

(5) Harry Hamlin, left, Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry try again in ``L.A. Law: The Movie'' May 12 on NBC.

(6) Down goes Frasier - to Boston, where he meets some old ``Cheers'' pals Tuesday on NBC.

(7) Dick Clark, center, takes a wrong turn into Central Casting on his way to ``Amercan Bandstand's 50th,'' which airs May 3 on ABC.Box:

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