European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                On television 7-�?~thirtysomething�?T axed but character May Star in spinoff by Joy Horowitz jew York times a a after months of rumours the death of a main character defections by writers and a decline in the ratings Abc y made it official last week thl Tyso. Mything is  _ but fans of the series that people either loved or hated but always talked about May have one last Straw to grasp at. The indefatigable character of Melissa Steadman a the confident photographer the lonely eccentric the girl with the Davy Crockett Cap and crooked smile a could outlive the series in her own half hour spinoff. A a she a a survivor and that a what i love about her a says Melanie Mayron the freckle faced a 1 Tress who plays Melissa sitting in a Stickley Rock or in her Kitschy Cowboy cum Ralph Lauren living room just South of Sunset Boulevard. A survivor indeed. Though the possibility of a spinoff for Melissa has been in the works for a year it has not been a top priority for either Abc or the shows producers in recent months said Marshall Herskovitz co creator of thirty Someth ing. The spinoff idea was resurrected last week with an episode a Melissa in wonderland a in a which she leaves her pals in Philadelphia for the smoggy climes of Hollywood to do a Magazine As sign Menton the Star of a television sitcom billed As a a single woman of the �?T90s�?� just like you know who fall lineup _ continued from Page 11 to the Vietnam make believe of China Beach said it has eight new shows on tap next fall a four comedies three dramas and one series. The comedies arc grownup Home in Melissa Steadman Melanie Mayron right with Colleen Camp goes to Hollywood in the scene from  the episode May be the impetus for a spinoff series for Mayron. Not Only does Melissa have laugh track nightmares and find herself in a constant state of tic hydration in part because of too Many Blond people but she also confronts some of the ethical dilemmas of celebrity journalism including thenot so hidden agendas of actors and a smarmy new York reporter who is a frustrated screenwriter. _ in the overnight Nielsen ratings the episode received a 9,9, a Little Fower than the season aver age for the show which is 10.5., though Kim Reed a spokesman for Mem to said the episode was conceived for its a spinoff potential Quot Mayron is characteristically ambivalent about its Fate j _ a you could take All the characters in the episode and just continue a she offers. A for not or you could do a whole new thing. Or you could not do  1 Quot a prove enl with Tim Allen As a to Handyman with three kids Good and evil with ten Garr As evil twins and step by step co starring Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers As q divorced father and a widowed Mother who get married. Each has three kids. _ the dramas arc Home front about the lives of Gas returning from world War ii the Cammish starring Michael Chiklis As an unorthodox big Dabney Coleman the major social irritant of a Buffalo Bill and a the slap Maxwell Story a coming Back As a teacher in Quot shut up  City police chief and Bird and Kutt a revamped version of lust seasons Gabriel a fire. The new version co stars Richard a Renta with the returning James Earl  so called reality series is Fri the untold stories. Quot it j a Fox will Start the first of its five new shows in july with the ultimate Challenge an Adye Muic series from the creators of the syndicated american gladiators series. In August Fox will Premici Roc a sitcom about a Black working class Luemily september brings Coleman a shut up kids and its All in _ your head a fantasy comedy about a Young editor. The fifth series Bill amp teds excellent adventures based on the hit movie about two time travelling dudes will air in october. A lbs had not announced its fall schedule by press time. A the Jumich cd Curtis Richard Lewis sitcom anything but love won renewal As  an Al comedy wednesday Abc lineup. Starting the night off Wilt be dinosaurs Quot developed by the late Jim Hensolt _ _ Steven Bochco s new drama series civil wars with Muriel Hemingway and Peter Onorati As divorce lawyers failed to make the jail lineup. Abc said it will air later in the season As wifi another Bochco series Capitol critters an animated show about animals in the while House basement. 1 a May 26, 1991 sunday a. Page 15