SHOW: DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN
TIME: SATURDAYS, 8 P.M. EST, CBS
THE BOTTOM LINE: The surprise hit of the season is treacly but has its old- fashioned pleasures.
Well, here's a fine how-de-do. The networks keep churning out trendy sitcoms and hip ensemble dramas in a desperate (and largely futile) attempt to attract young viewers. Then CBS trots out an old-fashioned frontier drama, slips it almost sheepishly into the little-watched Saturday-night schedule, and gives it the clumsiest title on TV, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Darned if the homespun series doesn't catch on. Aside from coattail successes like Love and War (which...
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