October 23, 2000




Peeking in on Michael Richards
By BILL BRIOUX


CTV sneaks the new Michael Richards Show onto the schedule tonight at 8:30 p.m. (If you miss it, NBC has it tomorrow night at 8 p.m.)

Richards plays bumbling detective Vic Nardozza; Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live), William Devane (Knots Landing) and Amy Farrington (ER) round out the rest of the hapless P.I.s.

There's been a stink on this show ever since the original one-camera pilot was torched last spring. Three former Seinfeld scribes were brought in to rescue the show.

"There's no trouble here," a subdued Richards, 51, told the press last July.

He hoped that critics and audiences would allow the show a bit of time to find its feet, reminding anyone within earshot that Seinfeld was a very slow starter.

"It took me about 10 shows to get a handle on Kramer," he said. "Ten shows, I had the look. I pulled the sideburns down, I moved the hair up and I felt it. Ooh man, I was with it.

"I know from experience that it takes a little time to get to that resonating experience," he said. "If this show isn't resonating in 13 (episodes), I say yank it."

Spoken like a true Kramer.


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