Despite the bathroom situation on Ally McBeal, the Fox family of networks isn't big on the unisex thing. Take its plans for two new gender-segregated kids networks: The Boyz Channel and The Girlz Channel. (That's right — no Hermaphroditz). At the risk of stereotyping the sexes, here's our educated guess at what the lineups might look like.
Boyz
Diagnosis Cooties A hard-hitting medical drama detailing the yuckiness of the opposite sex.
Frogicide: Life in the Playground Jerky camera shots of boys blowing up various amphibians with M-80s.
The XY/XX-Files Sci-fi series investigating those strange, otherworldly beings, a.k.a. girls. Featured villain: the Bubblegum-Chewing Boy.
Girls Say the Darndest Things ''You want to go shopping?'' ''Don'tcha think Zac Hanson is dreamy?''
Early Emission A boy discovers his nocturnal fantasies can predict the future.
Girlz
George & Leo As in Clooney and DiCaprio. The two stars move into a one-bedroom bungalow on Martha's Vineyard.
Slumber Party of Five Soul-rending series about a quintet of unchaperoned girls. Sample crisis: Little Betsy battles chocoholism.
World's Scariest Blemishes Zits, zits, and more zits. Sweeps stunt: A Backstreet Boy pops one on his nose.
NYPD Pink Drama centering on tough-talking Gotham fashion police. Sample dialogue: ''Drop that halter top.''
Barrette-A A girl detective and her well-coiffed cockatoo search for the of-the-moment 'do.
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