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Vegging out in front of the tube usually isn't a highpriority for entrepreneurs, but in case you've gotten thechance to tune in lately, you may have noticed the wave ofentrepreneurs taking over the WB and Fox. The good news? Televisionproducers have caught up with the rest of the world and abandonedXers as slack-infested losers in favor of entrepreneurialcharacters. The bad news? TV's entrepreneurs are offing theircompetition and getting their loans rejected because of demonicinterference. Well, at least these shows are getting it halfright.

From Donna and Kelly, co-founders of a hipster clothing boutiqueon Beverly Hills 90210, to Jake, a bar owner, on the late,great Melrose Place, TV entrepreneurs reside in a land ofchic restaurants, hip night-clubs and over-priced high fashionboutiques--places where they seldom even lift a finger. Perhapsyou'll be more realistically portrayed after the networks catchup with the dot.com age--Po Bronson, author of TheNudiston the Late Shift, and e.r. and L.A. Law vet PaulManning are currently penning a new drama about a San FranciscoInternet start-up--but we're betting there will still be anexcessive office romances and intrigues. In the meantime, check outsome current offerings and see how they measure up.

Show: Felicity (WB)