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- From: penfold@primenet.com (Bonnie Lynne)
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- Subject: Third Rock Episode Guide, Season 2
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- Date: 14 Oct 1996 19:03:04 -0700
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- Summary: Episode Guide for the NBC Comedy Third Rock from the Sun. Includes titles, episode summaries and Nielsen ratings.
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- Archive-name: tv/program-guides/3rd-rock/season2
- Posting-Frequency: monthly
- Last Modified: 1996/10/14
- URL: http://avimall.com/entertain/ThirdRock.txt
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- Episode Guide for: Third_Rock_From_The_Sun
- Copyright ⌐ 1996 Bonnie Lynne Kretschmer
- penfold@primenet.com, updated October 13th, 1996
-
- Thanks to: Nathan Humbard and Someguy410@aol.com
- and Cal at calstar@primenet.com
- Special thanks to Tom Walsh for providing the web page
-
- This guide is available at:
- http://avimall.com/entertain/ThirdRock.txt
-
- This guide is also posted monthly in alt.tv.3rd-rock,
- and monthly in alt.answers and news.answers.
-
- Characters:
- Dick Solomon (John Lithgow): The High Commander
- Sally Solomon (Kristen Johnston):
- A Decorated Military Officer (a Lieutenant)
- Tommy Solomon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt):
- A Seasoned Intelligence Specialist
- Harry Solomon (French Stewart): They had an extra seat
- Dr. Mary Albright (Jane Curtin): Anthropologist, officemate
- and obsession of The High Commander
- Nina (Simbi Khali): Secretary for Dr. Albright & Dr. Solomon
-
- Producers: Marcy Carsey & Tom Werner
-
- <bios are available at the NBC web page for third rock:
- http://www.nbc.com/entertainment/shows/rock/index.html>
-
- United States (NBC) Time slot (all exceptions noted):
- 1996 Jan. 9th to April 16th: Tuesday, 8:30 EST/PT & 7:30 CST/MT
- 1996 April 23rd to May 21st: Tuesday, 8pm EST/PT & 7pm CST/MT
- 1996 August 11th to future: Sunday, 8pm EST/PT & 7pm CST/MT
-
- In 1996 in the UK, it aired on British Sky 1: Fridays at 8pm
- (local time)
- In New Zeland, it airs on TV3: Tuesdays at 8pm (local time)
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- So far, I have no other information about foreign time slots.
-
- Note about Nielson Ratings:
- A show's rating is a percentage of all 95.9 million American
- TV's (in the first season) and 97 million American TV's (in the
- second season), including those turned off, which are tuned into
- that show for that week. A rating of 1.0 would correspond with
- 1% or 959,000 homes tuned in in the first season, and 970,000
- homes tuned in in the second season. Thank-you Nathan Humbard.
-
- Nielson ratings are collected weekly from the following URL:
- http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/let010.htm
-
- Info on future showings is collected from the following URL:
- http/www.nbc.com/entertainment/schedule/primetime.html
-
- Sun. September 22nd Season Premire!
- Nielson Rating: 13.8, Ranking: 17th of the week
- **See Dick Continue to Run**EP#201 & EP#202
- Good Dick, in a box in the basement, writes of the past events.
- Evil Dick decides to call them all Tommy and a million other
- "humiliating irrational edicts", while making plans to build a
- big incubator. The three bump into Dennis Rodman, an alien from
- their planet. Evil Dick is having a really hard time adjusting
- to earth, but continues to court Mary in his naughty way. We
- find that Evil Dick is a disgruntled former employee of the big
- giant head, but no one sees the transmission, except Evil Dick.
- The others finally find Good Dick and free him (after they talk
- Sally into Mutiny). Dick is freed and Mary is saved but not
- without the help of Dennis Rodman who escorts the shell of an
- alien that is Evil Dick back to the home world.
- Guest appearence by Dennis Rodman as himself
-
- Sun. September 29th
- Nielson Rating: 13.7, Ranking: 12th of the week
- **Hotel Dick**EP#205
- The aliens see "Dawn of the Aliens" and are disturbed by the
- negative portrayals of aliens. Dick decides to tell Mary that
- he is an alien (much to the dismay of Sally and the others) and
- decides that the sci-fi convention in Cleveland is the place to
- do it. As Dick is trying to tell her, Mary misunderstands and
- thinks Dick was in a mental clinic. When he finally tells her,
- it is during a sex-game where Mary is pretending to be an alien
- and she doesn't take it seriously. Harry sees the convention as
- a place to fight negative alien stereotypes and Sally discovers
- the wonders of Room Service... at least until they get the bill
- (that must be the population of Cleveland). But all's not lost.
- With the laptop, modem, key and shower cap Tommy transfers the
- charges to Mr. Takei's room bill.
- Guest appearence by George Takei as himself
-
- Sun. October 6th
- Nielson Rating: 12.1, Ranking: 22nd of the week
- **Big Angry Virgin from Outer Space**EP#203
- Dick's relationship with Mary is going well, but Sally and Mr.
- Randall are not doing as well. August tests Tommy's commitment
- to her by asking if he will stay with her even if she became
- disfigured, again, and again, and agian. Harry, feeling left
- out, goes to a video dating service. Between moments with
- flavored international coffees... Sally first tries to give Mr.
- Randall more control, then was going to mend the relationship
- with sex, but neither works, so Sally remains a virgin and even
- starts to like being single.
-
- Sun. October 13th
- Nielson Rating: N/A, Ranking: N/A
- **Much Ado About Dick**EP#204
- The close realtionship between Dick and Mary causes friction
- between the aliens. Mary and Dick soon have their own bit 'o
- friction when the university learns of the romance and starts
- gossiping. Sally gets a parking ticket and runs into officer
- Don. Don shows Sally the glamorous side of cop life and Sally
- wants to join the force. But when Dick forbids it (based on
- something kinda like the prime directive), she and officer Don
- are forced to part ways again. Such sweet sorrow! Dr. Sutor
- advises Dick to ignore Mary to get her back and for as long as
- he can, Dick tries. Mary gets over her fear of what other
- people think at a faculty party and things are peachy again.
- Guest Star Wayne Knight as Officer Don
- Guest Star Harry Morgan as Dr. Sutor
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