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Mary and Rhoda Meet Chuckles the Clown's Fate
ABC confirmed Monday what months of silence of the subject screamed: The sitcom project aimed at reuniting Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper (that's Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern, to MTM Show fans) is dead.
"This was one of those cases where the stars didn't line up correctly," ABC Entertainment President Jamie Tarses announced.
It was in November 1997 that the third-place network said it was commissioning a series to star Moore and Harper as their 1970s alter egos. The network gave the go-ahead for 13 episodes. But a workable script never developed--a fact that both actresses hinted at in recent months.
No word Tuesday from the respective camps of Moore and Harper.
One preliminary premise for the series had Richards and Morgenstern as New York-based single moms with twentysomething daughters.
The demise of the project extends Moore's prolonged post-Mary Tyler Moore Show funk. Her résumé also includes these fast-fizzled prime-time shows: Mary (1978), Mary (different format, same title--1985); Annie McGuire (1985) and New York News (1995).
In other ABC news:
There may be room for more Home Improvement, after all. Despite Tim Allen's frequent proclamations that he's hanging up the tool belt after eight seasons, ABC execs now concede that "there are a lot of conversations taking place."
The topic of the conversations? Likely, money. Today's Daily Variety says the network might be willing to part with $44 million to entice Allen, and another $22 million to lure TV wife Patricia Richardson back for more sitcom hijinks. The trade paper says ABC sources think they've got a 50-50 shot at reupping the aging, but familiar series. People close to Allen, though, tell Variety there's likely only a 20 percent chance he'll actually take the bait.
Former disgruntled NBC employee Norm Macdonald gets a new set of network bosses starting March 24, when his new sitcom, simply titled Norm, debuts on ABC. The series is getting the choice 9:30 p.m. Wednesday time slot behind The Drew Carey Show. No need to be disgruntled. Yet.
Hiatus watch: ABC's Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place is going on the bench for six weeks, also starting March 24. It'll be replaced by It's like, you know..., about wacky New Yorkers living in alien Los Angeles. Two Guys is due to be back for the May sweeps.
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