"Sitting pushed back in my chair with excitement" dept.

NEW YORK—Production has begun on 12 episodes of The Woman With Mild Psychic Powers, a new HBO half-hour sitcom that is already creating a buzz due to its lack of a cutting edge. Playing against HBO's reputation for groundbreaking and award-winning entertainment, Carolyn Strauss, president of HBO Entertainment, today announced plans for the series.

"It is exactly like other things you have seen before," said Strauss. "That's what's so different about it."

Another fine entry from McSweeney's.

Executive producer Tom Havelock agrees. "If anything, The Woman With Mild Psychic Powers is on the opposite edge from the one that cuts," he explained. "It's on the blunt edge, the one you keep toward yourself while cutting, so as not to suffer an injury of some kind."

It's good to see such raised awareness of the potential for sitcom injuries.