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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.books
Subject: Re: Oh-oh, guess what's getting adapted to TV...
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 20:03:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  3 20:03:06 1985
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In article <2566@vax4.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>Just saw, in this week's TV Guide, that either a new TV series, or a
>TV-movie will be premiering this fall: "SPENSER: FOR HIRE"....
>... but if this is something that TV writers are dredging up week after
>week, forget it.  The woman pictured playing Susan Silverman does not look
>promising; and the choice of Robert Urich for Spenser is still worse (not
>Urich's looks, Urich's acting).  Frankly, though, I imagine that Quinn
>Martin or someone like that will find the books just another excuse to do
>VEGA$ one more time, except in Boston...
>
	A fairly apt description, I was in the preview audience for
this show several months ago. It struck me as a basic "formula"
detective show with few new elements. There *are* a couple of
interesting characters though. I will probably watch the pilot episode
again just to see if they re-edited it after the preview showing.
Other than that I will only watch it if it is the only decent show
on. Oh, by the way, the dialog came off *real* hockey!
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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