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He may wear Orville Redenbacher's trademark bow tie and spectacles, but all Dr. Will Miller advocates is closer scrutiny of shows aimed at youngsters.
"I encourage the audience, and parents, to look at the messages of programs," says Nick at Nite's resident commentator at large.
A comedian and psychotherapist with master's degrees in clinical social work, education and divinity, Dr. Will does for Nick at Nite what Russell Baker and Alistair Cooke before him did for PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre"-puts shows in perspective.
And sometimes with unexpected observations. " `Gilligan's Island' is about rage," he proclaims. "Here is a young man who through his ineptitude . . . "
Well, what about "The Dick Van Dyke Show"? "Who put the ottoman in Rob's path on `Dick Van Dyke'? Was it perhaps Laura or Richie, angry that Rob is more bound to work than he is at home? Or did Rob set it there himself, out of guilt?"
Dr. Will may lace his views with humor, but he's quite...