Well, one wise thing Fox is doing with this year's show: it's doing a much better job than usual celebrating what TV Land calls "our rich television heritage." From Mary Tyler Moore to Kermit to Julia Child to Tom Snyder, the on-air tributes show that the producers seem to be figuring it out: television stardom is cumulative. That's what makes TV a unique art form. Just a thought.

By P.J. Bednarski