SMALL SCREEN THE BUZZ ON TELEVISION.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski CHECKING THE STANDINGS: Why wait for January to launch midseason replacements? To date, only three new series - WB's ``Everwood'' and ABC's ``8 Simple Rules'' and ``Life With Bonnie'' - have been given full pickups, meaning they're assured of still being on the air come May ratings sweeps. Mediaweek's Marc Berman, who tracks ratings with the zeal of a baseball statistician, is predicting an early demise for WB's ``Family Affair'' and ``Do Over,'' as well as ABC's ``Push, Nevada Push, Nevada is an American mystery television series set in the fictional town of Push, Nevada. It premiered on September 17, 2002 on the ABC network, and ran for 7 episodes before it became one of the first shows to be cancelled during the Fall 2002 season. .'' Apparently neither the Ben Affleck pedigree nor the bundle of money waiting for the ``Push'' viewer who compiles all the clues at season's end has been enough enticement to keep viewers involved. On other fronts, 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. says Ed O'Neill (``Married ... With Children'') will play Sgt. Joe Friday on its remake of ``Dragnet Dragnet radio show in which justice is always served. [Radio: Buxton, 73] See : Crime Fighting ,'' which hits the air Mondays after the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga season wraps up. And starting Saturday, 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. is adding a limited run of its summer series ``Forensic Files'' at 9 p.m. WHO'S SEXY NOW?: The producers of A&E's ``Biography'' series have few qualms about declaring certain individuals historically important, but ask them to peg who's sexiest and they defer to their viewers. The results are in from an online poll and will be presented in tonight's countdown special, ``Bio's 15 Sexiest,'' hosted by Alan Cumming. The roster includes supermodel Tyra Banks; actors Halle Berry (check out that Miss USA contestant), Sean Connery, Robert Downey Jr. and Audrey Hepburn; and the late John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Jr. BIO'S 15 SEXIEST, 8 tonight, A&E. A DIFFERENT MEAT MARKET: ``Supermarket Sweep'' is not just the mad dash harried mothers do after work and before taking the kids to soccer practice. It's a guilty-pleasure game show on PAX that tapes its 1,000th episode Wednesday at NBC in Burbank. Contestants are asked to hunt down certain brand-name products in the fully stocked supermarket set, and of course there's the race to fill the cart with the costliest goods in the allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. time for the highest total purchase. No double coupons needed here. SUPERMARKET SWEEP, 5 and 6 p.m. today, PAX. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) FAREWELL, WB'S ``FAMILY AFFAIR''? |
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