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New comedy by Drew Carey coming to WB
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Mark Dawidziak
Plain Dealer Television Critic
Drew Carey, whose ABC sitcom returns for a final run of original episodes
on
June 2, will have a new series on the WB this fall. Blending
improvisational
comedy with high-tech animation, "Drew Carey's Green Screen" will get the
9:30-10 p.m. Wednesday spot on the WB's prime-time schedule.
The Old Brooklyn native's new series gives the WB a one-two Cleveland
punch,
since the network renewed "Steve Harvey's Big Time" for a second season.
Former Clevelander Harvey's talent-search comedy show will move from
Thursday to 7 p.m. Sunday.
ABC's "The Drew Carey Show," which is set in Cleveland, has been off the
air
since last year. "Drew Carey's Green Screen" will feature several
performers
from both that sitcom and the comedian's improv show, "Whose Line Is It
Anyway?": Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood and Kathy Kinney.
Seen in this area on WBNX Channel 55, the WB announced Tuesday that it
will
add two other comedies to its prime-time lineup: "Blue Collar TV" (9 p.m.
Wednesday), with comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the
Cable
Guy bringing their touring act to a series; and "Commando Nanny" (8:30
p.m.
Friday), an autobiographical show from reality-TV producer Mark Burnett
and
starring Gerald McRaney ("Major Dad").
The two new dramas will be "Jack & Bobby" (9 p.m. Sunday), starring
Christine Lahti as the single mother of two high school students, one of
whom will become president of the United States; and "The Mountain" (8
p.m.
Thursday), starring Oliver Hudson and Barbara Hershey as members of a
family
fighting for control of a glamorous Utah ski resort.
The WB's new reality show will be "Studio 7," a game-show hybrid from
producer Michael Davies ("Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"). The contestants
also are roommates on this series, which will get the 9 p.m. Thursday time
slot.
Not picked up by the WB was producer John Wells' much-discussed remake of
the vampire soap opera, "Dark Shadows." That puts a stake through the
network's claim on the realm of the undead, since "Angel" was canceled.
Midseason series announced by the WB include "Shacking Up," a comedy about
a
young man who returns home to find his mother (Fran Drescher) living with
someone about his age; "Rocky Point," a coming-of-age drama about a
19-year-old Connecticut transplant returning to Hawaii; and "Global
Frequency," a drama from reality pioneer Burnett.
Also on the bench for midseason are the third installment of "High School
Reunion" and two new reality shows - "Big Man on Campus" and executive
producer Jamie Kennedy's "Wannabes."
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