Article: `NYPD Blue' hangs onto its Tuesday time slot

"NYPD Blue" producer Steven Bochco won his war of wills with ABC on Friday. The network announced it was keeping the Emmy-winning police drama in the Tuesday time slot it has occupied since 1993.

But he's going to have to wait: "NYPD Blue" doesn't return for its new season until Jan. 11, 2000.

The network said it would move "Once and Again," the new drama that has been airing at 9 p.m. CT Tuesdays, to 9 p.m. Mondays in January, once the pro football season is over.

"We . . . believe this scheduling decision allows us the opportunity to maximize the potential of both series," said Stu Bloomberg, co-chairman of the ABC Entertainment Television Group.

ABC's deliberations over ...

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