Bette Midler On Keeping Her TV Series Viable: “I have no idea” if the show will return next fall, Midler said Monday while seated next to the kitchen counter on the set of “Bette.” “I really like the idea of having success in a medium that I’ve worked so hard to get my arms around. It’s a great challenge. I’d like to come back. I certainly wouldn’t go down without a fight.” (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, January 9, 2001)