In the case of The Practice , it was a courtroom. The whole birth process on TV usually takes about three minutes. First, Mom doubles over in pain and announces the baby is coming. Next, a quick shot of mom's face, grimacing in pain. Back to mom's face, now covered with sweat.
Helpless husband stands around looking worried.
Mom screams in pain. Then we hear the sound of a baby crying. I get a little choked up just thinking about it. It's called The Lone Gunmen , based on a geeky trio of conspiracy theorists. Maybe he's putting all his energy into the new show, which would explain the lame episode of The X-Files that ran Sunday.