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The afore-mentioned final score was from Super Bowl XXVII,which was the event that this,the premiere episode of this awesome and ground-breaking show piggy-backed on,the evening of January 31,1993.That would add this show to a select(and perhaps infamous)fraternity of shows that have gotten their christening voyage on that un-official American holiday("The A*Team", "Airwolf" and "The Wonder Years" would count among them). A little trivia for ya there.

I recall watching this show on that evening as somewhat of a curiosity,since I was more into the game that night and knew only a token amount of info about the show itself. I recall watching the first half and half-time show(featuring a bizarre lip-synching that occurred halfway through Michael JAckson's halftime show)at a local bar--The Dugout I believe was the name if I recall correctly--which was something for me because I just reached legal drinking age earlier that month,before going back to my college campus apartment to finish the game. The game was a blow-out,but I figured I'd stick around to catch the show on after it,primarily due to the small amount of knowledge about the show I'd had coming in(i.e. produced by Barry Levinson,co-stars Belzer and Beatty)was positive. When I did,I recall that while I wasn't enraptured with it,it was intriguing enough for me to want to catch the next show,which was run the following Tuesday.

I stayed with the initial run of the show for as long as I could that winter. I was impressed with the crispness of the dialog and the dry humor incorporated,but I believe the network's reticence to hold onto the show pretty much caused me to believe that the network was giving up on it(The four episode abortive mid-season filling shows the following year wouldn't inspire much confidence where that was concerned,either). Thankfully,that would SO NOT be the case.