European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                What s new from the cover to new time slots. Twenty seven new series Are on the schedule compared to last fall s 38. The number of new and returning comedies is 41, representing 25 percent of total programming. That s Down from last fall s 29 percent although sit coms still tend to Lead the ratings pack. Newsmagazine shows Likely to turn into Simp son showcases come his sept. 19 trial in connection with the murders of his sex wife and a Friend have remained steady at nine. The networks May be wishing they could make baseball disappear. The nine part documentary be ginning sept. 18 on pcs could prove a serious Dis traction As the networks launch their new schedules. Here s a guide to the new series debuting on the four major networks lbs last season s no. 1 network is introducing seven new series. The mix of four dramas and three come Dies continues the network s emphasis on hour Long shows. Less than 20 percent of its schedule is de voted to comedy less than any other network. The boys Are Back is first out of the lbs Gate with a preview 8 . Not sunday sept 11. The sit com airs in its regular 8 . Edt wednesday time Slot starting sept. 14. Hal Linden and Suzanne ple Shette Star As empty testers who find their three sons winging Back Home for shelter. A Dudley Moore comedy and an otherworldly drama also Bow sept. 14. Moore is left to the tender care of his three daughters when his wife leaves him for his Best Friend in daddy s girls which airs at 8 30 . Edt wednesdays. Roma Downey stars As an angelic do gooder and Delia Reese As the dispatcher who pro Vides her earthly assignments in touched by an Angel airing at 9 . Edt. On Friday sept. 16, the police drama under suspicion debuts at 9 . Edt. Karen Sillas stars As Rose Phillips a squad room s Lone female detective. Chicago Hope about heroic doctors Mandy Patin Kin Adam Arkin and . Marshall in a High pres sure Hospital previews at 8 . Sunday sept. 18. It moves to its regular time Slot opposite Abc s medical drama or. Thursday sept. 22, at 10p.m. Edt. Due South the mis Alliance of a Royal Canadian mountie and a Slick Chicago policeman premieres at 8 . Edt thursday sept. 22. Paul Gross and David Marciano Star. The five mrs. Buchanan an in Law comedy Fea Turing Eileen Heckart and Judith Ivey bows at 9 . Edt saturday sept. 24. Abc the no. 2 network is offering six freshman series including two dramas and four comedies. Five of the shows Are entered on Young families the target audience for Abc which is close behind lbs. My so called life a drama about adolescent angst from thirty something creators de Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz debuts at 8 . Edt thurs Day aug. 25. Claire Danes Bess Armstrong and Tom Irwin Star. On our own which features six real life siblings As orphans trying to avoid being Farmed out to Foster Homes debuts at 7 30 . Edt sunday sept. 11. The Smollett billed by Abc As the Jacksons of the 90s," Star Ralph Harris plays eldest brother Josh. Blue skies about two friends trying to launch an . Bean like Catalon company bows at 8 30 . Edt monday sept. 12, Corey Parker and Matt Roth Are the pals. Julia Campbell makes it a threesome Chad Everett medical Center returns to series to in Mckenna premiering at 9 . Edt thurs . 15. Everett plays the patriarch of a clan that operates a Pacific Northwest wilderness expedition business. Me and the boys about a widower raising three sons with the help of his Mother in Law debuts 8 30p.m. Edt tuesday sept. 20. Steve Harvey and Madge Sinclair Star in the series created by Bobby or former Roseanne head writer. Eriq Lasalle George Clooney Anthony Edwards Sheny Stringfield and Noah Wyle in the drama eel a special preview of All american girl a new half hour comedy series with comedian Margaret Cho airs 9 30 . Edt wednesday sept. 14. The series about a Young korean american living with her tradition minded family settles into its regular time the following week on wednesday sept 21, at 8 30 . Edt. Abc the third place network is introducing eight new series including a quartet of comedies and three dramas. Abc s first new series to Bow is e.r., a Hospital emergency room drama starring Anthony Edwards Sherry Stringfield of Nype Blue and George Clooney. . Debuts with a two hour preview 9 . Edt monday sept. 19, then Heads for its regular 10 . Thursday Slot on sept. 22. The Martin Short show starring the comedian As a family Man who also happens to Star in a prime time to comedy debuts at 8 30 . Tuesday sept. 20. Jan Hooks co stars As Short s wife. The Cosby mysteries starring Bill Cosby As retired new York police criminologist Guy Hawks begins at 8 . Edt on wednesday sept. 21, followed by a new hour of dateline Abc at 9 . Edt. A pair of comedies friends and madman of the people debut thursday sept. 22. Friends an ensemble show about the lives of six Twenty something new yorkers airs at 8 30 . Edt. Madman of the people starring Dabney Coleman As a Magazine columnist who finds himself working for his daughter Cindy Gib debuts at 9 30  Edt in a cushy spot following the popular Seinfeld. Sweet Justice a Legal drama starring Melissa Gil Bert and Cicely Tyson As unlikely partners in a Southern Law firm premieres 9 . Edt saturday sept. 24. 3t Abc Cindy Gibb stars in madman of the people. Abc from fall to an How fast will an to Start airing new stateside shows maybe by March that s How Long it took for an to pick us Abc s Nype Blue one of the new shows of the 1993-94 season. It took another month for an to land dyes orld Fox s Xiv if single and Abc s Lois & Clark the new adventures of Superman. By May Abc s Grace under fire was on an. " the next month came Abc s Joe Slifco. By August an had two More offerings from 1993-94 the  show and frasier. On saturday oct. 1, the comedy something Wilder pre Meres at.8 . Edt. Gene Wilder stars As a fifty ish confirmed Bachelor whose life changes abruptly after marriage to a Young Mother of twin boys. A debut Date was unannounced for Earth 2, about a band of pilgrims searching for a new planetary Home to replace the depleted Earth. The adventure series will air at 7 . Edt sunday. Fox known for its Bawdy comedies the no. 4 network is adding just two sitcoms this season its four other Issei Furre dramas fifth drama models inc.,  Edt up this summer a wednesdays at 9 next on Board is m.a.n.t.i.s., a science fiction drama about a crime fighting superhero whose Day Job is renowned biophysicist Carl Lumbly stars in the series which debuted at 8 . This past Friday. R a James Bono Vlick spy adventure of r at 8 3� pm Edt. Wildam of generation x chicagoan airs at uncover a drama about two Young Mauk v h��5 Egins 9  a sept. 8.and Chari Delorenzo a hot musical beat and driving camera work Are billed As the stars. " abut orphans Stop T if you be Abc ser trying t0 stay Teeth � unlike the not Beuett Vej Fox s show is out for a hos not belly laughs. It debuts 9 . Monday sept. 12. Page 4 sunday August 28, 1994