ABC, trying to attract more viewers to its entertaining but relatively low-rated series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," is giving the show some added exposure.
Tonight and next Wednesday, the network will repeat the show's two-hour pilot as a two-parter on at 9 p.m. (ABC also says the show will feature footage not seen when the pilot aired back in September.)Let's hope it helps boost the ratings. This is a show that deserves a bigger audience.
- To no one's surprise, "Townsend Television" - the lowest-rated show on TV - has been axed by Fox.
That network will begin airing back-to-back episodes of the ambulance-chasing series "Code 3" on Sundays at 6 p.m. beginning Jan. 2. ("Code 3" was seen on Fox last season but didn't make the fall schedule.)
- Cybill Shepherd is working on a new series for CBS. There's no word on exactly what kind of show she'll be doing, but it will come from the Carsey-Werner team ("Roseanne," "The Cosby Show") and will be produced by Jay Daniel, who has spent the past few years producing "Roseanne" and worked with Shepherd on "Moonlighting."
- As expected, King World has canceled "The Les Brown Show" as of Jan. 14.
- David Jacobs, who created "Dallas" and "Knots Landing" and executive produced shows like "Homefront" and "Lois & Clark," has signed an exclusive pact with NBC Productions to develop and produce series for that network.
- Ballerina Gelsey Kirkland will make her dramatic acting debut in an episode of "L.A. Law" on Feb. 10. She'll play a ballerina who sues a "tyrannical choreographer" with the aide of attorney Jane Halliday.