As is tradition, NBC kicks off the upfronts -- the annual pitch to advertisers announcing the fall schedule. Whose bubbles were burst? Who are the most promising contenders for September (and I mean contenders TWO ways)?
NBC's trumpeting of the great departure of, according to the peacock, the greatest sitcom since "I Love Lucy," leads many television critics to wax nostalgic on the TRUE TV greats. Now it's my turn ...
That's right! Once you're older than thirty, you'd best start running. In the cutthroat world of demographically controlled daytime television, our oldest, most cherished characters have proved of late to be expendable.
