208 --The chigan Daily Weekentitagazine -Thursday, Januty 16, 1997 0 TV PREMIERES MARK NEW YEAR. Los Angeles Times Comedies, dramas, thrillers, action-adventures and a news-magazine show are among television's midseason offerings. Several familiar faces will pop up in new series, including Arsenio Hall, Larry Hagman, Julia Duffy, Pam Dawber, Sharon Lawrence and Pauly Shore. O.J. Simpson's Dream Team attorney Johnnie Cochran has a new legal series and TNT unveils its first original series. Here's a look at what's new on the tube for 1997. (Premiere dates are indicated.) ~ABC "Arsenio Hall Project" (untitled): The former late night talk-show host plays a recently married sportscaster in this sitcom. Vivica Fox plays his wife. Premiere TBA. "Gun": Anthology series follows the life of a semi-automatic, pearl-handled gun as it's passed from one situation to another. Robert Altman is one of its executive producers. Premiere TBA. "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher": Comedy Central's nightly talk show moves to ABC after "Nightline." Early weekday mornings at 12:05 a.m. "The Practice": Executive producer David Kelley ("Picket Fences," "Chicago Hope") is the creator of this ensemble drama set in a small Boston law group that takes cases big firms won't. Dylan McDermott stars. Premiere TBA. "Spy Game": Allison Smith and Linden Ashby star in this action-adventure drama series about two deep undercover government operatives. Premiere TBA. V CBS "Coast to Coast": CBS News magazine series featuring "unconventional, insightful reports of people, places or policies that are improving our society." Wednesdays. "Feds": Adrian Pasdar and Blair Brown star in Dick Wolf's new crime drama series set in "the fast-paced world" of the Manhattan federal pros- ector's office. Premiere TBA. "JAG": David James Elliott stars in this action- drama that aired last season on NBC. Fridays. "Life ... and Stuff": Rick Reynolds and Pam Dawber play a married couple in this sitcom loose- ly based on Reynold's acclaimed one-man show. Premiere TBA. "Orleans": Larry Hagman stars in an ensemble drama as an ethical judge and patriarch of a lead- ing New Orleans' family. Wednesdays. "Temporarily Yours": Debi Mazur stars in a situation comedy as a woman searching for the perfect job. Joanna Gleason is the neurotic owner of the temp agency. Premiere TBA. ~ NBC "Chicago Sons": Jason Bateman, D.W Moffett and David Krumholtz play three blue-collar broth- ers who live together. Wednesdays . (Already pre- miered). "Crisis Center": Kellie Martin headlines an ensemble drama set at a hectic San Francisco assistance center. Premiere TBA. "Fired Up": "NYPD Blue's" Sharon Lawrence stars in this sitcom as a New York executive fired the same day as her long-suffering assistant (Leah Remini). The two women become reluctant part- ners and roommates. Premiere TBA. "The Naked Truth": Canceled last year by ABC, this bawdy sitcom stars Tea Leoni as a divorced photojournalist working at a tabloid. George Wendt plays the new boss who gives her an advice column; Holland Taylor is demoted to a reporter. Thursdays. Premieres Thursday. TV's Top 10 best shows: 1) E.R., NBC, 10 p.m., Thursdays 2) Seinfeld, NBC, 9 p.m., Thursdays 3) Mad About You, NBC, 8 p.m., Tuesdays 4) NYPD Blue, NBC, 10 p.m., Tuesdays 5) Friends, NBC, 8 p.m., Thursdays 6) Relativity, ABC, 10 p.m., Saturdays 7) 3rd Rock From the Sun, NBC, 8 p.m., Sundays 8) The Rosie O'Donnell Show, FOX, 4 p.m., weekdays 9) Newsradio, NBC, 8 p.m., Fridays 10) Cosby, CBS, 8 p.m., Fridays TV's Top 10 worst shows: 1) Melrose Place, FOX, 8 p.m., Mondays 2) Family Matters, NBC, 8 p.m., Fridays 3) Frasier, NBC, 9 p.m, Tuesdays 4) Roseanne, NBC, 8 p.m., Tuesdays 5) Beverly Hills, 90210, FOX, 8 p.m., Wednesdays 6) Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, NBC, 9 p.m., Fridays 7) Ellen, NBC, 9:30 p.m., Wednesdays 8) Caroline in the City, NBC, 8:30 p.m., Tuesdays 9) Suddenly Susan, NBC, 9:30 p.m., Thursdays 10) Lois and Clark and the New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 8 p.m., Sundays - Coipiled by Elan Stav-os, Wekend e'ditor Would you like to have access to the newest releases in music and books? Then join the Daily Arts Staff. Come to our mass meetings: /Tonight i/Jan. /Jan. 21 27 All are at 7 p.m. in the Student Publica- tions Building.