TELEVISION: A BETTER MOUSETRAP?

WITH DISNEY READY TO REBUILD THINGS, ABC BRACES FOR CHANGE--AND LOTS OF TRIPS TO SPACE MOUNTAIN

WHEN ROSEANNE CONNER took her television family on vacation to Disney World a month ago, TV's most cynical sitcom clan seemed to have been injected with happy juice. "Man, it's so clean!" marveled Dan, on first seeing the home of Space Mountain and giant Goofy impersonators. "I want to be worthy of living here!" exclaimed Roseanne's sister Jackie. Daughter Darlene was a sour holdout at first, but even she was won over--by a big hug from Winnie the Pooh.

The Conner family came to its senses a week later in another Roseanne episode, which satirized a Disney-style theme park where workers...

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