lead to "The Single Guy" on TV.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Single Guy is going to be more single in the upcoming television season, reports the guy who plays the title role, Jonathan Silverman.
The NBC sitcom became a first-season winner for NBC, and not just because it benefited from a platinum time slot -- between Friends and Seinfeld on Thursday night. Still, networks love to tinker, and the show will have a slightly different direction next season.
"I think they brought up a very good point: For him to truly be a single guy, he's gotta have a lot less luck with the ladies," Silverman said. "It was turning into a version of Dream On. Every week, he'd have a different girl to go out with.
"I think that was fine and funny and certainly a good introduction in that first season. But we all agree we should explore other aspects of his being single and a bachelor, with the pain and pitfalls as opposed to having a 'Babe of the Week' show."
Silverman himself remains single, but he admits to a "terrific relationship" with country singer Annalee that has lasted more than two years.
"So I feel like a married man, as opposed to a single guy, in real life," he said.
Accustomed to one new project after another in the early years of his career, Silverman said he is looking forward to the sophomore season of The Single Guy.
But beyond that he won't predict: "One season at a time. We'll see what happens."
It was during baseball season that Silverman and The Single Guy came together.
A lifelong baseball nut, the actor is a player with the Hollywood All Stars, celebrities who play exhibition games for charity. A few seasons back, Silverman appeared at the annual Hollywood Stars night, a few innings of action preceding a regular game at Dodger Stadium.
"I was playing the outfield, because in those days I didn't have a film that made $100 million or a show that was in the top 10," he recalled. "They send everyone else to the outfield.
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"Lo and behold, Tom Selleck, 'Mr. Baseball,' hit a shot over-my head. God was with me, and I robbed him of what should have been a double or a triple. A few innings later, the same thing happened. He hit one more toward right centre, and I caught it.
"The fine folks at Castle Rock were in attendance. Through the efforts of our short-stop, Billy Crystal, I was offered a job in a baseball picture called Little Big League as a relief Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. Castle Rock gave me an over-all deal which eventually resulted in the television show."
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