1.   Hickey and McCoy have already written episodes for hit series including Tiny Toons, Duck Tales, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Widget and Beetlejuice.

2.   And the network risked giving the impression that it did not care much about the fans of a longtime hit series.

3.   As it becomes harder and harder to get a hit series, the networks are abandoning entertainment and filling their schedules with more newsmagazines.

4.   As it happens, all the streets on the lot where the hit NBC series is shot are named after classic television shows that were produced here.

5.   Being a regular on a hit series is pretty much what she expected, Davis says.

6.   Because the ratings race among the networks is now closer than it has been in years, the value of a hit series has never been greater.

7.   A critical assessment of the hit new series.

8.   After that, Carter hopes to convert his hit TV series into periodic feature films.

9.   But close watchers of that hit series, a BBC import that made the Food Network worth watching, know the difference between television and real life.

10.   But maybe what is oddest about the hit series is how reassuring it can be.