While it may be less common than crime procedurals, particularly these days, you might still need a calculator to count all the TV shows (and movies) based on carefree bachelors or bachelorettes suddenly caught in the web of parenthood. There was "Summerland" on the WB Network, which premiered in May and is due back in midseason. [...] there's "Kevin Hill," about a smooth-talking, high-powered entertainment attorney who has about 24 hours to make the transition from playboy to playtime supervisor after his cousin's death makes him the guardian of a 10-month-old baby girl.

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