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This 10 page paper discusses the TV show “Samantha Who?,” its lead-in and the show the follows it, and its competition to find answers to why networks put programs where they do. It also discusses ways to increase the show’s audience. Bibliography lists 6 sources
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the follows it, and its competition to see if we can answer some of these questions. It also recommends ways to improve the show. Discussion About the shows: "Samantha Who"
appears on ABC at 9.30 p.m. Monday nights. Its preceded by "Dancing with the Stars" and followed by "The Bachelor: London Calling" which are both reality shows. It seems very
odd to have a half-hour sitcom sandwiched in between these two; well see if we can figure out why the network has done this. "Samantha Who"s competition on NBC is
another reality show, "American Gladiators." Only on CBS is there a direct competitor, another half-hour sitcom, "Rules of Engagement." At first glance, none of this makes any sense, but then
were talking about TV here. "Samantha Who?" is a half-hour situation comedy starring Christina Applegate as a young woman who has amnesia as the result of a car
accident; she is functional and back at work but has no memory of her previous relationships and other important facts about her life. As she finds out more about herself,
she realizes she doesnt like the person she was, and she looks on her amnesia as a second chance, a way to start over and become the person she would
like to be (88888888888888 A "situation" comedy takes its humor from the situations in which the characters find themselves, and so it is here. Samantha is apparently in love
with one man but agrees to marry another; her girlfriend is mad at her because shes after the second man for herself; the boss is a goofball; her parents are
pushy and so on. Except for the "gimmick" of Samantha losing her memory, the show seems unremarkable. "Dancing with the Stars" is hugely popular, usually well up in the top
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