SnoopyStyle
Boyd Pritchett (Anthony Clark) drives his little sister Wyleen (Hedy Burress) from their rural Virginia home to big city Boston where she starts school at Randolph Harrington College. Boyd falls for graduate student Joy Byrnes (Traylor Howard) and takes the repairman job at the Student Union. Tasha King (Tasha Smith) is his new sassy black co-worker. Joy is actually going out with pompous Prof. Jack Reed (Vincent Ventresca). To Wyleen's dismay, Boyd stays in her apartment. Leonard Prince (Steve Paymer) is their sad-sack 18th century footwear archivist neighbor.The writing team of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan are the co-creators. The first season was a late-season shorten replacement and it did relatively well. It sets up a functional group of characters. The central love triangle starts off a little rocky but after a few episodes, Joy's flirtations with Boyd help. They end up in the friends zone in the second season anyways. The second season stagnates as the characters are unable to expand their connections. The show has some sitcom fun but isn't anything long lasting. It probably needs one or two extra characters for romantic possibilities. The addition of Roger Rees is good but Ventresca is essentially diminished by him.
MovieMilhouse21
This is another one of the many guilty pleasures that was on the USA network. This was one of the many shows that I used to love on the USA network. My favorite character was Leonard. He was kind of weird, but in a totally good way. I was really mad when they took this show off the air. I had a whole lineup on the USA network that I would watch on days when I was off from school and this was one of them. I am mad that the USA channel stopped playing my shows.
tittlemouse
There's an element to this show that's unexplainable. It leaves you feeling good. The writing was superb, the cast was talented, and this was one of the few '90s sitcoms that didn't constantly rely on sex for material. Great show! Thanx to USA, reruns are still on, but for how much longer?
Pacey-3
Boston Common is a really cute sitcom about a young girl (Wyleen) going so far away from home for college for the first time. It should not have been cancelled. It's on in reruns on USA network at 10:30 a.m. Watch it for a little while, and see for yourself.