The Daly Shows (With Tyne, Tim)

New York Daily News - July 25, 2000

By DONNA PETROZZELLO
Daily News Staff Writer

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There will be a double dose of Daly on CBS this fall. Tyne Daly returns for a second season of "Judging Amy" and her younger brother Tim Daly stars in a remake of the classic chase series "The Fugitive."

Fresh from playing former San Francisco activist Harvey Milk in Showtime's movie "Execution of Justice," Tim Daly revives the doctor-on-the-run role that David Janssen made famous more than 30 years ago in "The Fugitive." The series will air Fridays at 8 p.m.

Daly described the series as a "remarkable concept" for TV because "it is a cop show, a doctor show, it has two chases ... and an attorney." The series revolves around an innocent doctor who is trying to outrun a murder rap while searching for his wife's real killer.

Roy Huggins, creator of the original series, dispelled the long-time belief that it was based on a 1954 murder involving Dr. Sam Shepard.

"In 1960, I came up with 'The Fugitive' and had the concept in order, except for one thing: What did he do for a living before he got into this terrible mess?", Huggins said. "I decided that at the time, everyone liked doctors" and as a doctor, the leading man would have to risk being caught in order to save lives of people in danger that he encounters in his flight from the law.

Big sis Tyne Daly, who plays "Judging Amy" star Amy Brenneman's mom, Maxine Gray, in the series, says she would like to see the legal drama get more political. "I would like to tell the story of how the women got the vote in this country," Daly said. "I would like to tell the story of Mother Jones, who radicalized the unions, and fascinating women who had real lives, who seem to me very appropriate for television.

"But, what television prefers to do is pick the bones of poor, old, dead Marilyn Monroe again, you know, recycle stuff." The series airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m.


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