experiencing our witnessing something like this in your child? well, yes. two reasons you want to go to the physician. you want him to make the diagnosis, and we can give you antibiotics such to eliminate y carriage of it. that s important because you don t spread it to other individuals in the family and community. once the individual starts having coughing, the antibiotic itself won t modify the prolonged course of the illness. fascinating stuff. dr. lawrence ross joining us from los angeles. thanks so much. thank you so much. all right. a lot of television viewers are very upset this weekend. fox network shows have apparently the plug has been pulled on many of them, particularly in the new york area. why? we ll explain.