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One of the pleasures of TV is watching some of your favorite stars pop up in new roles -- tackling new characters, morphing their established images. Like, for instance:
Kim Delaney, ''Philly'' The widowed cop on ''NYPD Blue'' is now a divorced lawyer on ABC's ''Philly,'' and since this is also a Steven Bochco show, it means there are lots of blue remarks about how good Delaney's character looks in a skirt. The Philadelphia-set show is derivative of some other Bochco efforts, but Delaney gets to show more emotional range -- she smiles! she jokes! -- than she did at her old job.
Jill Hennessy, ''Crossing Jordan'' Hennessy, freed from being grim alongside Sam Waterston in ''Law & Order,'' literally lets her hair down in this new NBC drama about a forensic investigator who breaks rules and talks saltily. Her show trades a little on the popularity of ''CSI,'' and I don't know what the title means -- her character's name is Jordan, but, what, we're not supposed to CROSS her? Still, Hennessy proves she's got personality to burn.
