Two obvious trends dominate fall TV: The amount of tried-and-true talent resurfacing and the increased number of network shows with multiracial casts.

Familiar faces include Tony Danza, Kirstie Alley, Bob Newhart, Judd Hirsch, Fred Savage, Richard Lewis, Jenny McCarthy and Ed McMahon. Among those bringing diversity to the small screen are Paul Winfield, Richard Roundtree, Ice-T, Constance Marie, Royale Watkins, Maria Canals, Dondre T. Whitfield and Kelly Perine.

Then there's a star like Bryant Gumbel, gone from "Today" to a new CBS magazine show debuting Oct. 1. Gumbel's been an ongoing TV fixture so long, he transcends both trends. But when it comes to combining them, perhaps no program, movie or special does it so well as "Cinderella," which will air Nov. 2 on ABC's "The Wonderful World of Disney" (yep, that's back, too).

The new version of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's only made-for-TV musical features actors from many different backgrounds and from nearly every walk of entertainment: Brandy, Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters and newcomer (from the Broadway stage) Paolo Montalban.