Four new dramas and two new sitcoms mark Sunday night. "America's Funniest Home Videos" moves back to Sunday for the first time in years, as "Wonderful World of Disney" heads to Saturday. The Alphabet launches the new "10-8" to try and get a nice lead-in for "Alias," which should gain on last year's numbers -- at least until "The Sopranos" debuts in early '04. "The Practice" is essentially all-new, well, half-new since half of the cast was dumped. I'm calling it: "The Practice 2.0."
CBS is sticking with its tradition of "60 Minutes" and the "CBS Sunday Night Movie." The new "Cold Case" is between the two and should hold its own.
"Oliver Beene" and "King of the Hill" move to the early hour, football permitting to lead into "The Simpsons." Let's hope Matt Groening never runs out of 'ink.' Hammocked between Bart and Co. and Malcolm and Co. is "The Ortegas." It's a different kind of comedy, but has a good slot.
NBC keeps the first three hours as last year, but caps the night with the all-new Rob Lowe vehicle, "The Lyon's Den." It's against the CBS Movie and "The Practice 2.0". It should win the slot.
While UPN doesn't do Sunday, the WB does and replaces "Gilmore Girls: Beginnings" with "Smallville: Beginnings." It's a great idea to generate more interest in one of their jewels. They also do an "Easy View" outside of traditional Primetime from 5-7 on Sundays. "Charmed" is still spell casting in the 8pm slot followed but the new "Tarzan." I expect "Tarzan" to wither on the vine -- there's too much competition.
