11.   Starting with a starless cast last fall, the series hooked viewers by running an array of uniformly flawed characters at an addictive pace.

12.   That task becomes even more difficult when children see their parents lolling about watching soap operas, sitcoms and programming that relies on sex and violence to hook viewers.

13.   The challenge for the networks is to keep on hooking new viewers who can take over from the older ones.

14.   The question is, what will it take to get American television viewers hooked on tennis again?

15.   With a little restraint, and a greater attention span, it could hook viewers into its story lines.