European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Or of a ships and stripes Niaj ii Ine August 28, 1994 no Melissa Gilbert Cicely Tyson in Sweet Justice. Debrah Farantino and Joey Zimmerman foreground Are part or the new Bunch in Earth 2, Abc what s new on the . Tube Abc Abc Claire Danes Jared Leto in my so called life. By Lynn elber a television writer excitement is rising As America s fall to season approaches but remember there s More in store than murder trial coverage and Ken Burns baseball epic of nabs while those Are the obvious bets for gripping television Abc lbs Abc and Fox broadcasting co. Would appreciate a Little attention for their 95 new and returning prime time series. None of the debut shows has evoked the naked anticipation network shows open As the summer of of. Fades into fall of last season s Nype Blue which might mean that the networks Are feeling complacent after a fairly Good 1993-94 Outing. The Success rate for new series was up from the year before with 13 shows returning compared to seven fall 1992 survivors according to Betsy Frank of Saatchi & Saatchi advertising. And five of last Ben la Vert Steve Harvey in me and the boys. Season s top 20 programs were new shows including Abc s Nype Blue. The most Apt characterization is if it Ain t broke Don t fix it says Frank senior vice president at the new York based and Agency. Last season represents a Tough act to follow. And perhaps not surprisingly the networks have chosen to follow it very carefully with More stability and More conservatism than one would Hope she said. Sixty six established programs will be Back with Only 15 percent of these moving continued on Page 4
