From: holliman@sounder.csc.ti.com (Ed Holliman)
Subject: Re: Love and War : details wanted
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.tv.uk
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:52:35 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.203049.25894@pixel.kodak.com> dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones) writes:

   Trevor Jenkins (tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk) wrote:
   > British TV is going to broadcast the American comedy series "Love and War"
   > starting on Friday 15th January (LWT 22:40).
   > 
   > The full synopsis published in the Radio Times (equivalent of TV Guide and
   > the only authoritative UK publication) was "First in a new American comedy
   > series"! Is there a fuller synopsis/episode guide/cast list for this series
   > which I can acquire from somewhere, in order that I can decide whether to
   > watch it or not?
   > 
   This is the one with Susan Dey (ex of L.A. Law) and some guy whose name
   escapes me as a couple who, despite being a mismatch (she rich, self-made,
   businesswoman type, he a street-wise, slightly MCP reporter) have gotten
   past the will-they-won't-they stage and are now just dealing with each other
   and the various slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.  The home base for
   the show is a bar/restaurant (bit of a dive, actually) that she bought on
   an impulse and is now trying to run.

   It's one of a number of new shows which break out of the will-won't formula
   of couple-comedy and show that there is life, not to mention comedy, after
   bed.  Shows like Cheers came a cropper when all that sexual tension was 
   finally released, but the irreplaceable "Anything But Love" actually took
   the plunge (they had nothing to lose, since they were always poor relations
   and likely to be cancelled whatever they did).  Amazingly (or not, if you
   consider they had good writers, actors and directors), ABL survived and
   prospered (until the network canned them anyway....).

   Love and War, apart from exploring this "new" territory, features some
   other unusual stuff, like actors talking at the camera in soliloquy.
   I don't really watch it much, nor do I miss it.  It does seem to be doing
   well, though.

   Other shows in same vein: "Mad About You" (these guys are married, young and 
   living in New York City).  Good, hip dialog and a truly hilarious other 
   couple providing comic material.  "Flying Blind": this from the Dirty Digger 
   Network.  A young uptight Jewish guy is waylaid and laid by a free-spirited 
   siren.  The siren carries the show: she's amazing.  Another one, name 
   forgotten, features John Ritter and Markie Post as a trysting pair moving in 
   political circles in Washington DC.  Heavy on the breathing, light on the 
   comedy, though the two of them are good enough to carry the show.  

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   ||Dave Jones (dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com)|Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, NY | 

I wonder how old Trevor from the UK is going to like this Americanized review
of a bunch of American shows that he probably knows nothing about.


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