Wednesday, January 31, 2001

By Rob Owen, Post-Gazette TV Editor

Classes will be back in session next fall on "Boston Public." Fox has renewed the David E. Kelley-produced drama for a second season.

Fox's ratings in the 8 p.m. Monday hour have improved this season thanks to "Boston Public," which will feature a cross-over episode this month with ABC's "The Practice," another Kelley drama. On Feb. 11 "Boston Public" characters will show up on "The Practice," and the next night "Practice" characters come to "Boston Public." Both shows are set in Boston.