routine into a show. As a standup, Seinfeld discusses the same sort of topics dramatized on his show, much as he does at the beginning and end of each episode as he appears as if in a nightclub before an audience. The shows center on comic ideas about life, and the response from the public shows that this approach works. Seinfeld succeeded with some difficulty. The show originally debuted with four episodes as a sort of test. When they did well, the show was put on the schedule, though ratings were not high at first. Eventually, the show found an audience and became the important centerpiece for the Thursday night comedy group, especially after the loss of Cheers last season.
Roseanne has been an important ratings winner for ABC for several years in its time slot on Tuesday nights at 9:00 pm. This year, the show is being shifted to Wednesday night, trading places with Home Improvement. The reason for this is not clear. NBC moved its popular Frasier opposite Roseanne, which was seen as a potentially foolish move on the part of NBC because it put th
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