The good, the bad and the maybe.(Life-Scene)

Byline: MARK MCGUIRE STAFF WRITER

The broadcast networks have finished the "upfronts" the New York City coming-out party for new fall shows and schedules, and the understated funeral for dramas and comedies past and proposed that don't make the cut.

Of course, the dearly departed ("Jack & Bobby") and the better-off-dead ("Listen Up") get scant if any attention at this gathering to schmooze and impress advertisers. The focus is on, as Green Day sings, the television dreams of tomorrow.

That's the way it works. Ask a TV exec about mistakes (What are you talking about? I don't remember any show named "Father of the Pride") , and you'll likely get talk about looking ahead, and a strong fall slate filled with shows that are organic and will pop and blah-de-blah-blah-blah.

Blah.

So we are left to say goodbye, and amen, to "Joan of Arcadia" and "Judging Amy." Farewell "8 Simple Rules" (John Ritter …