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A Guided Tour of the New Fall TV Season - Entertainment Weekly
September 14 1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
(Fox, 7:30-8 p.m.)
This half-hour features Corin Nemec as a wiseguy high-schooler with connections, money, pals, girls, and. . .wait a minute, isn't that the premise of NBC's Ferris Bueller? It certainly is: There are two of these all-knowing-high-schooler sitcoms competing for the youth demographic this season. Some critics are saying that this one is the better of the two, but beyond the fact that Nemec's sneer is a millimeter less annoying than Ferris' Charlie Schlatter's, the distinction would seem to be nonexistent.
Behind the scenes
''We were not unaware of Ferris Bueller,'' says executive producer Clyde Phillips of his remarkably similar new comedy. ''Ferris Bueller was a terrific movie. But to what degree was (Parker Lewis) ripped off? Zero.'' Nevertheless, cowriter Lon Diamond suggests a very Buellerish goal for the series: ''Hopefully, we can present-if you want to say it-a small John Hughes movie every week.'' Other influences for the show include Batman (the campy, garish series, not the movie) and the early '60s cult sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Chance of survival
Fifty-fifty - the kids at Lewis' Santo Domingo High School face a battle with NBC's Hull High to enroll teen viewers.
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