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HOLMES AND WATSON, TOGETHER AGAIN. "The Return of Sherlock Holmes,"now in production, will focus on Jane Watson (Margaret Colin), whogoes to England to sell the estate of her great-grandfather in order to raise money for her own faltering detective agency. This humorous fantasy will defrost the remains of Sherlock Holmes and revive him for a possible hit series.
BRINGING BACK VAUDEVILLE. For Peter Scolari, "The New Vaudevillians" was a natural. The juggler, unicyclist, comedic actor stars in the Disney Channel special, premiering Saturday, focusing on the country's new wave of street performers and theater acts. "We're featuring the real eccentric edge of this movement," he says. "I served as a sort of in-depth profiling host." He also juggles on the show. Scolari first saw street performers in New York City, which is also where he learned to juggle. "I learned from a Finnish actor named Paavo Tammi. You have to say it like you have gas - PAHVo TOMee. We were in a long-running play there at the time and he trotted it out into a scene one night - totally shocked me. We were playing jesters in the scene. This was now about 145...