1.   --And ABC has been bright enough to air the show when families can watch together.

2.   Around this time, a San Francisco public TV station aired a show that featured local newspaper reporters talking about current events.

3.   At least nine stations in such holier-than-thou states as Utah, Mississippi, Idaho, Indiana, and Louisiana refused to air the show last Thursday.

4.   Airing the shows a second time on a cable network increases ad revenue without adding any production costs.

5.   But Gore has said he will not be there, and NBC has said it will not air a show without both candidates.

6.   But even when networks air a high-definition show, there is no easy way for a viewer to know it is happening.

7.   But it aired the show anyway.

8.   But Littlefield is not willing to promise that NBC will become the first network to air a show about an openly gay character.

9.   ESPN also has been airing a show on the list.

10.   Even so, many network executives expect Disney to air more shows than it now does over ABC.