Old Dog, No New Tricks

SHOW: FAMILY DOG

TIME: JUNE 23, 8 P.M. E.S.T., CBS (DEBUT)

THE BOTTOM LINE: After two years, a much touted cartoon show finally arrives. Question: What was all the fuss about?

Remember TV's animation boom? A couple of years back, snowed by the success of The Simpsons, the networks stormed the animation houses for other prime- time cartoons. Most of the promised shows never materialized (The Pink Panther) or came and went in a Road Runner minute (Capitol Critters, Fish Police). None, however, carried higher expectations than Family Dog, based on an episode that Tim Burton (Batman) directed for Steven Spielberg's...

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