European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hum cover Story Tim Allen shows his sons from left Taran Smith Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Zachery to Bryan How its done in Home  the tube from the Tif Tvr need of something dramatic to Stem the Haemorrhaging of its audience. There appears to he nothing on this Assembly line to generate Sparks or even intense discussion nothing to match the Fervour or controversy that greeted some of the new series that opened the 1990-91 season. Nothing risky to love or Hale a la cop Rock or twin peaks. Nothing As Carthila alluring As evening Shade. Nothing As educational or provocative Asl Esformes. Nothing As charming As the mid season Northern exposure. And heaven knows nothing to stir your passions like that departed Oldie thir Tysom ething and no satire to keep you in stitches a la the Simpsons. 1 hat s True even though 17 of this season s new series Are comedies and another four Are dramas that aim to make you laugh. All of which is not necessarily anything to Grin about. Not that the networks would shield you from reality. No. Sir. This season s three reality Quot additions bring to 13 the number of such slum s on the prime time schedule including five that simultaneously Monitor and celebrate Law enforcement agencies. There s safety if not imagination in cloning. Onesia autism is Only one symptom of the network malaise however. Some of television s brightest contemporary series a from moonlighting to ,s7. Ids where reworked Well used forms but did so m was so vibrant and exciting that Icv exuded a freshness that belied their origins. That is hardly the Case this fall. There Are few thrills among the copies and very Little to induce stateside viewers to alter View ing habits. So lets Call it the season to continue watching what you have been watching. Or rent a  a Home improvement Abc tuesdays not to be confused with the Abc period drama Home front following later that evening this is one of the new seasons rare promising comedies with stand up comic Tim Allen at limes Lunny As a to Handyman who is i thally dangerous when it comes to fixing things at Home. A sifts Abc wednesdays another promising comedy this one from James l. Brooks and some of the others behind the Simpsons and the Tracey Ulman show. Three Sisters played by Marsha Mason Margaret Colin and Jami Gert Are from different generations and rarely see eve to Eye. What sounds trite on paper turns out to be engaging on the screen in part because of the three starring actresses and supporting players Alex Romeo and Dan Castellaneta who s the voice of Homer Simpson. A Good it evil. Aik. Wednesdays a third promising comedy. The Short list arguably ends Here As in Sims. The protagonists Are Sisters of vastly different stripes with Margaret Whitnum Nul Teri Oarr working Well together As the Good and the Quot evil a Sisters respectively. The characters arc almost stridently Over the top As in soap an earlier hit comedy from the same creative team Witt Thomas Harris productions. But the sibling rivalry a some might Call it hatred a produces brisk comedy. A the Royal family lbs wednesdays despite being created by yes Eddie Murphy this is about As novel As Eddie Cantor. And not quite As Tunny. Redd Foxx and Della Reese arc a couple with plans Tor retirement. Things Are just swell until. Until. ,. Their daughter and her three kids move in. Of Nohh huh. Of. Yes. A Teeth. I is wednesdays Royal family is followed by a Royal pain with Phil Lewis playing an inner City school teacher who somehow winds up teaching music appreciation in a snoopy private school where the principal despises him. Naturally. Meanwhile How will tech who is Black Icin in four unruly White students who give him trouble the same Way Gahe Kaplan handled the tour a  on virtually identical Welcome Hack. Kolter in the late 70s. A Drc Xcell s class Fox thursdays is this a bad season Tor teachers or what this time it s Dabney Coleman having problems with his students it a school where the principal despises him. Coleman is a master at playing Nasty characters like . I Nortu Natly this time he is eclipsed in nastiness by the Little twerp in his class. A step in step. Abc fridays what do you get Page 4 a sunday september 15 1991