Looking forward to fall's broadcast TV? The critics aren't.

From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: July 15, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Jonathan Storm

PASADENA, Calif. _ The major broadcast networks began their presentations Monday at the Television Critics Association's annual summer press tour. They were facing a tough audience anxious about the economy and terrorism but more deeply disappointed by the mediocre new programs coming in the fall.

Mediocre and thuddingly familiar.

"Everything seems like a repeat," said Bill Goodykoontz of the Arizona Republic. He was referring to a slate of new shows that has been unanimously branded as uninspired, but he could have been riffing on the event ...

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