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Sunday, September 14, 2003

IT CAME FROM THE MIND OF STEVE BAXLEY
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW ISSUE
BY VEGAS SLIM

Hi fallsters, Im a bit late, but what da hell!!

Lets kick this season in the buns wit some boogie baby!!

SUNDAY:
We gots 5 new shows on a deadly night, of course when ANY show goes
up against the CBS Solid Sunday Squad..ya knows there be some trippin and zipping going on..

8pm et-10-8/abc:Think of dis as a remake of "The Rookies",ON A LOOOOW BUDGET-Starring Danny Nucci as a brooklyn hood who is the newest deputy trainee for the
LAPD,and Ernie Hudson (HBOs "OZ")Plays the training officer who is old school!-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM: DIS IS ONE SHOW THAT DONT MAKE THE GRADE! MAYBE A NEW TIME SLOT COULD WORK OUT-DICE ROLL...4 OUT OF 12

8pm-COLD CASE/CBS:Stars Kathryn Morris as Lily Rush, a tough, yet cunnin' philly homicide detective whose speciality is unsolved cases.-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:THREE WORDS..CBS SUNDAY POWERHOUSE!! NUFF SAID !-DICE ROLL...11 OUT OF 12

8:30-THE ORTEGAS/FOX:Stars Al Madrigal as host of his very own talk show..IN HIS OWN BACKYARD!!, along with him is his family headed by Cheech Marin-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:AT LEAST IT AINT ANNA NICOLE!-DICE ROLL...5 OUT OF 12

9:30-ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT/FOX:Stars Jason Bateman as Micheal Bluth,the black sheep of a delusional high uppity crusted while trying to raise his son.-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:TEEN ANGST SUCKS!-DICE ROLL....CRAP OUT!

10:00-THE LYONS DEN/NBC:Stars Rob lowe as Jack turner a lawyer..think of this as whats under "THE WEST WING"-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:ROB LOWE, NUFF SAID!-DICE ROLL.....BOXCARS!!!!

9:00-TARZAN/WB:Stars Travis Fimmel as the loin clothed king of the jungle
trying to adapt to a new jungle..NYC!-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:HIM TARZAN...SHOW NOT LONG FOR EVEN APES WILL LEAVE!-DICE ROLL...3 OUT OF 12


VEGAS' FINAL ROLL:CBS again claims Sunday nights, while FOX shines and the WB
makes some strides,ABC may want to rethink its sunday lead tho..

MONDAY:
4 New shows,and a final season of a monday night funfest lead!
While abc stays in footy mode

8:30-EVE/UPN:Stars singer EVE as Shelly a single Miami fashion designer
in biz with her two GF's-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:SANDWICHED BETWEEN UPN'S COMEDY "THE PARKERS" AND "GIRLFRIENDS", A MONDAY NIGHT BLOCK OF COMEDY, UPN MAY HAVE FOUND A NICHE FINALLY-DICE ROLL....6 OUT OF 12

9:00-SKIN/FOX:Stars DJ Cotrona as Adam Roame,the sun of a politically driven DA on a crusade against smut, while Oliva Wilde plays Jewel Goldman,the daughter of a sex mogul (played by Ron Silver)-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:PRECEEDING "JOE MILLIONAIRE" AND UP AGAINST JAMES CANN'S "LAS VEGAS",THE CBS MONDAY COMEDY BLOCK,AND THE WB'S THREE FAVES ..SKIN WONT BE IN FOR LONG-DICE ROLL....4 OUT OF 12

9:00-LAS VEGAS/NBC:Stars James Cann as a former CIA spook now running a vegas casino and josh duhamel as a ex-marine and a ladies man whose fling with a "Naughty daddy's girl" who just happens to be the daughter of Cann's "Big Ed" character proves to be more dangerous than he thought, when he is welcomed into the family.-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:WHERE FX'S "LUCKY" FAILED..DIS SHOW RECAPTURES IT AND TAKES IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL-DICE ROLL...BOX CARS!!

9:30-2 AND A HALF MEN/CBS:Stars Charlie Sheen and Jon cryer, you know this premise, dad is a chiropractor who hasnt loosened up and takes his son and moves in with charlie sheen.-VEGAS SLIM'S WORDS OF WISDOM:MONDAY NOW IS FUNDAY!-DICE ROLL....10 OUT OF 12

VEGAS' FINAL ROLL :ABC'S STAYIN WITH NEWS AND MNF,WHILE CBS STANDS FOR COMEDY,WB'S DRAMA STAYS IN TACT ..WHILE UPN GETS COMEDILICIOUS, NBC PULLS UP THE REAR WITH FEAR. A TOSS UP BETWEEN UPN AND CBS FOR TOP DAWG

Tomorrow: Tuesday and Wednesday Nights predictions