The
Wayne Brady Show -
Wayne and
his comrades return for another
hilarious take on music, sketch, and
improv.
FOX
American
Embassy - Arija
Bareikis stars as Emma Brody, a young
woman from Toledo, Ohio who accepts a
job at the U.S. embassy in London.
[Debuts in February at 9 p.m.]
Formerly titled "Emma
Brody"
TNT
Witchblade
- Encore of the first season of the
hit drama series, on Mondays at 9 p.m.
(ET/PT). Beginning January 21, the
two-hour series pilot will air. Series
episodes 1-11 will also air Mondays at
9 p.m. beginning with the first
episode on Monday, January 28.
Tuesday Night
ABC
The Court- The Supreme Court, one of the
most powerful and insulated
institutions of our government, is the
setting for this one-hour drama which
centers on the chambers of its newest
Justice. Sally Field plays Justice
Kate Nolan, a pragmatic politician who
must prove herself in a deeply divided
Court.
FOX
Andy Richter
Controls the Universe -
Set in present day Chicago, Andy is a
struggling writer who makes his living
writing technical manuals for a giant
and totally indifferent company. Andy
is constantly thinking about
possibilities. Could life be better
this way or that, should I take the
path less traveled, did I forget to
feed the fish?
NBC
Imagine
That - Hank Azaria
stars as self-effacing TV writer Josh
Miller, who mines his own rich fantasy
life for comic inspiration. Other
characters include Wendy (Jayne
Brook), Josh's power lawyer wife;
Josh's self-absorbed boss, Barb (Katey
Sagal); Josh's partner, Kenny (Joshua
Malina); and Tabitha (Julia Schultz),
a sexy new assistant. Suzy Nakamura
and David Pressman also star. CANCELLED
Watching Ellie -
Jukia
Louis-Dreyfus stars in a 22-minute
slice of life comedy set in Los
Angeles about lounge singer Ellie
Riggs. The first episode deals with an
overflowing toilet, her neighbor
Ingvar (Peter Stormare) who knocks
himself unconscious trying to help,
and a naked doctor (Don Lake) who
comes to the rescue. Finally out the
door, Ellie bumps into her
ex-boyfriend Edgar (Steve Carrell) who
tries to "un-invite" her to his
birthday party.
UPN
As If
- A brand new teen comedy drama
series, based on the British version
of the same name, about the lives and
loves of six teenagers in Los Angeles.
Alex, Sooz, Sasha, Nickie, Jamie and
Rob. Each episode of As If shows the
story from one character's point of
view, as if they were the main
character of a movie about his/her
life.
The Random
Years - ("Somewhere
between high school and the rest of
your life") Alex, Todd and Wiseman
have known each other since grade
school. Casey is a smart,
hard-charging young woman. In their
early 20s, the boys now share a
Chinatown loft apartment and Casey has
just moved in down the hall. They find
themselves in New York City trying to
negotiate the daunting realities of
post-collegiate life – semi-mature
relationships, steady employment and
coming up with the rent, for example.
Despite their seemingly similar
situations, the members of this
foursome take dramatically different
approaches to life:
Wednesday Night
ABC
George
Lopez -
Popular stand-up comedian George Lopez
stars as an assembly line worker
promoted to manage an L.A. airplane
parts factory whose job and busy
family life are complicated by the
presence of his stubborn, insensitive
mother.
FOX
Greg the
Bunny - The series
follows the adventures of a Greg, a
not-so-innocent, yet undeniably cute,
bunny puppet. Greg lands his dream job
on the long-running children’s show,
“Sweetknuckle Junction,” a series
populated by neurotic puppets and the
humans who both love and abuse them.
PBS
American Family -
Chronicles the lives of the
Gonzalez's, residents of East Los
Angeles. Jess Gonzalez (Edward James
Olmos), the conservative patriarch,
and his daughter Nina Gonzalez
(Constance Marie), a feminist
attorney, are constantly at odds with
each other. Nina has moved back home
following a family tragedy. She must
make the difficult choice between her
dreams of a career in Washington,
D.C., or staying home to help raise
Pablito, her brother Esteban's son.
Esteban (Esai Morales) struggles to
rebuild his life after serving time in
prison. Flamboyant Aunt Dora (Raquel
Welch) lives next door and adds some
spice to everyone's life.
WB
Glory Days
-Eddie Cahill as
author Mike Dolan who returns his
hometown Lake Glory to write a second
novel. Unfortunately, the town's
residents give him a cold welcome
because of the way he portrayed the
them in his first novel.
Thursday Night
FOX
That 80's
Show- Half-hour comedy
focusing on a group of twenty-somethings
finding their way through the '80s in
San Diego. The cast of characters
include
Corey (Glenn Howerton) and sister,
Katie (Tinsley Grimes) who live with
their Dad RT (Geoff Pierson); Corey's
friend Roger (Eddie Shin); Corey's ex
Sophia (Britanny Daniel) who hangs at
the Club Piranha; Margaret, Corey's
boss who owns Permanent Record, the
music store where he works; and the
new girl, Tuesday (Chyler Leigh), a
punk rocker who sports a Mohawk and
attitude to match.
NBC
Leap of
Faith - This new comedy
is about the relationships between a
close circle of friends in their 30s.
At the center is Faith Wardwell (Sarah
Paulson), a spirited young woman who
calls off her engagement and takes a
leap of faith back into the single
life to discover what life is like
when you stop doing what you should
do, and start doing what makes you
happy.
Friday Night
CBS
First Monday
-
Revolves around the U.S. Supreme
Court's nine justices, whose momentous
decisions make history - and
headlines. Associate Justice Joe
Novelli, (Joe Mantegna) a new addition
to the bench, will have a pivotal role
in an evenly split court of four
conservatives and four liberals. Also
starring is James Garner (The
Rockford Files) as Chief Justice
Thomas Brankin, a staunch
conservative, and Charles Durning (O
Brother, Where Art Thou?) as
Justice Henry Hoskins, one of
Brankin's closest allies.
AFP: American
Fighter Pilot - A new
"Top Gun"-like reality series that
follow three men from different walks
of life as they train to become F-15
fighter pilots. The series opens at
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida,
where the three brave young men face
110 days of F-15 pilot training.
Saturday Night
SCI
Legend of
the Rangers - Sequel to
the sci-fi series BABYLON 5 premiering
on the Sci Fi Channel on January 19,
2002. The action adventure series
follow the exploits of Dylan Neal as
Captain Martel, the pilot of the
starship Liandra who brings galactic
law and order in the aftermath the
Shadow Wars. His crew consists of
Rangers, a specially trained police
force composed of both humans and
aliens. "The Live for the One. They
Die for the One."
Sunday Night
SHO
Jeremiah
-
In a
post-apocalyptic world following "The
Big Death" - a mysterious but
devastating plague that claimed the
loves of billions of people- only the
children remain. Fifteen years have
gone by, and in the midst of the
chaos, one man, Jeremiah (Luke Perry),
rises above the rest to restore
civility and order. He, and his
companion Kurdy, must lead the
struggle to uncover the buried truths
of a forgotten society to provide hope
for the future. In 2021, As Jeremiah
and Kurdy search for the elusive "Valhala
Sector" they encounter their greatest
fears and discover their own humanity.
