"Obviously a breakout show would be the best of all worlds."

He moved to Seattle, where he met his future wife and started performing his monologues and working at Amazon.com, which gave him the material for his breakout show.

In a new season distinguished by its mediocrity, breakout shows and stars are at a premium.

"It was a solid performer last year but not a breakout show," Alan Wurtzel, president for research at NBC, said of "The West Wing."

"Blue's Clues," Nickelodeon's breakout show for preschoolers, had become the new little darling of educational television.

Citing "E.R.," which he called "a breakout show," he said, "Now they need the same kind of creative aggression in theatrical movies and in the music division."

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Their breakout show was opening for The Dead Boys at legendary New York City rock club CBGB in 1977.

Where I think everyone has a great deal of difficulty is in that middle group, identifying which shows will be breakout shows.

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