WINTER'S TALES

摘要

Have you ever taken down the Christmas tree, cleaned up all the pine needles and wrapping paper and discovered, way back in the corner, an overlooked, unopened present? And it turns out to be a good one. This month is turning into TV's Season of the Unopened Present The networks have always debuted a smattering of shows in the new year to plug the spaces left by the corpses of fall. In the television business, these programs are called "midseason replacements," a dreary name that gives you an idea of how lowly they're considered. But that's the funny thing about this year's crop. Pound for pound, the bench warmers are more talented than the first string.