31 October 2005, by Webmaster
Three sitcoms airing early each week are among the new TV offerings doing relatively well:
"How I Met Your Mother" (7:30 p.m. Monday, WBBM-Ch. 2), "Out of Practice" (8:30 p.m. Monday, WBBM-Ch. 2) and "My Name Is Earl" (8 p.m. Tuesday, WMAQ-Ch. 5).
None of these middling entries in genre imitation is likely to wind up a classic. They’re intermittently amusing, they pleasantly amble instead of hilariously rush, and each can be annoying.
Nevertheless, a holding pattern for the endangered (...)