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Monday, November 26, 2007
‘Notes from the Underbelly’ returns, Lauren still pregnant!
A product of bizarre scheduling, the expectant human parents on “Notes From the Underbelly” will have endured a gestation period longer than a pachyderm’s when the baby finally arrives.
The comedy, originally intended for fall ‘06 but bumped to spring ‘07, didn’t make it onto this fall’s schedule but returns tonight at 8:30 on ABC. Andrew (Peter Cambor) and Lauren (Jennifer Westfeldt) are still preggers in episodes that should have aired during the first season.
As the second season begins tonight, viewers will have to re-acquaint themselves with the characters — including new parents Julie (Melanie Paxson) and Eric (Sunkrish Bala) and pals Danny (Michael Weaver) and Cooper (Rachael Harris). Bespectacled career gal Cooper is my favorite character — wry and quick, blessed with the fantastic comedy timing of the actress who plays her.
At some point during the season, that overly-percolated baby will be born, spawning a whole new level of neurotic behavior in the parents and their extended family of friends.
Pray for an end to the writers’ strike … please
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers return to the bargaining table in Los Angeles today, and I’ve got all digits crossed that this three-week nightmare will come to an end soon.
Why so frantic? Because NBC is promoting a new version of the strike-proof reality show “American Gladiators.” Will somebody please have mercy on us? This drek gobbled up the weekly syndication schedule from 1989 to 1996. It wasn’t good then, and it won’t be good now.
Allegedly a strength and agility competition, it’s really more of a Vegas-style exhibition featuring men and women in silly costumes flexing their muscles and showing off their ability to act ridiculous.
The new “Gladiators” is scheduled to debut in January. If the writers and producers can agree on compensation sharing for digital platforms, we might be spared this horror.
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