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6-K Wednesday, July 6, 1988 The Philadelphia Inquirer Harvey's 'Family Double Dare' is axed TV tonight By GAIL SHISTER TVradio talk -A By Pavid Biuncuili Anyone who saw and loved Bull Durham should lake great pains to see tonight's late-night repeat of the 1IUO telemovie Long Gone a similarly wild, funny and sexy comedy-drama about the boys (and girls) of summer and sport of minor-league baseball. It stars William L. Petersen as the same type of wily veteran played by Kevin Costner in Bull Durham, and co-stars Virginia Madsen as the equally aggressive equivalent of Susan Sarandon. Madsen, by the way, also stars in another HBO show tonight: an en-Core showing of an episode of The Hitchhiker. i by a CIA honcho and trained to be international assassins.

Stirling Silliphant is exec producer. Short stuff. Former Family Feud host Richard "Hot Lips" Dawson is preparing to take the Groucho Marx host role in NBC's updated edition of its 195W1 hit, -You Bet Your Ufe. The new expected to break into NBC's daytime lineup next season, will feature a new format and closing round. Former Saturday Nighty Live regular Harry Shearer will offer his warped interpretation of the political process at both -national party conventions in humorous segments for NBC's Today show.

In addition, he'll do daily 10-minute hits for National Public Radio, which carries his weirdo program, he Show. Bob Uecker and the Pointer Sisters will host this week's Friday Night Videos on NBC As expected, pregnant Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable) is leaving NBC's A Different World to return to The -Cosby Show as a college dropout NBC Entertainment chief Brandon Tartikoff says Bonefs pregnancy will not be worked inta the Cosby story line. When Fox suddenly canceled Family Double Dare last week, nobody was more surprised than WMGK-FM morning man Harvey, announcer for the New York-based kiddie show. "The sets were assembled, Ihostl Marc Summers had flown In from and we were in rehearsal all day Wednesday," says Harvey. "We were supposed to go into production Thursday.

I had already checked into my hotel room and unpacked." They got the word late Wednesday night. Fox said that the Saturday-night Family Double Dare, now in its first season, was axed because of "creative differences," In addition. Fox said, it had been Intended only as a summer experiment (So why were 13 new episodes ordered? Hmmm.) Inside sources, however, said that Fox didn't consider the show a suitable lead-in for its new newsmagazine, The Reporters, which will debut July 30. Shed no tears for ol' Harv and Summers. Production is scheduled to resume on the duo's original Double Dare, both in Fox syndication (weekdays at 4:30 p.m.

on Channel 17) and on cable's Nickelodeon network. replacement, faiing, 17, a Great Valley High senior, was a regular on ABC's Max Headroom. Sticks and stones. CBS This Morning co-anchor Kathleen Sullivan says she's "absolutely devastated" by recent gossipolumn items contending that she's a high-strung terror on the job. "The whole thing is such bunk," she says.

"I am not hysterical or high-strung. I think I am professional. When a man asks that things be done correctly and then makes sure they are, he's called professional. If a woman docs it, she's considered difficult" Sullivan suspects that some of the non-flattering items were planted by her former colleagues at ABC. "It's a funny little grapevine," she says.

Casting flash. Peter Strauss (Rich Man, Poor Man), Connie Sellecca (Hotel) and David Morse (St. Elsewhere) will star in NBC's Brotherhood oj the Rose, based on the best-selling David Morell novel of the same name. Production begins Monday in New Zealand. The four-hour mini-series is about two orphans raised as brothers Wiseguy," at 10 Ken Wahl stars p.m.

on Channel 10. Since everyone was set to go, why didn't Fox simply convert the Family Double Dare set to the Double Dare version and shoot a bunch of episodes? "We all suggested it, and we could have easily done it," says Harvey. "Apparently, the Fox network and Fox syndication aren't in communication with each other." Meanwhile, Harvey and Summers will appear in two Nickelodeon home videos in the works: Double Dare's Messiest Moments and Double Dare: Inside the Slop. Catchy titles. More Fox tales.

Speaking of The Reporters, three of the show's new correspondents will come from the network's syndicated hit A Current Affair. They'll do both gigs. They are: Steve Dunleavy, formerly of the New York Post; Krista Bradford, formerly a TV reporter in Boston, and Rafael Abraraowitz, who got the Robert Chambers "Preppy Murder" home videotape story for Affair. Fox producers are looking for two more reporters. Among the stories in progress: a close-up look at the royal family, and an investigative piece from Chattanooga, where new evidence has recently surfaced in a 31-year-old murder case.

Local hero. Latest project for Malvern teen Chris Young is Prom Night, an NBC coming-of-age flick that begins production tomorrow in LA. Brian Bloom (As the World Turns) and Alyssa Milano (Growing Pains) cc-star. Young's London-based pilot Jake's Journey, starring Monty Python's Graham Chapman didn't make CBS's fall lineup, but it may pop up as a midseason American Masters (8-9 p.m., Chs. 23, 52) Philadelphia painter Thomas Eakins is profiled.

PBS repeat. WiscRuy (10-11 p.m., Ch. 10) Part 4 of 'The Steelgrave Arc" has Vinnie (Ken Wahl) caught between maintaining his cover and avenging the death of a relative. Ray Sharkey, as crime boss Sonny Steelgrave, is the one really worth watching here, along with series co-star Jonathan Banks. CBS repeat.

Invitation to Hell (midnight-2 a.m., Ch. 6) Before it was cast, this 1984 telemovie directed by Wes Craven could have stood a chance. Craven, after all, directed the original Nightmare on Elm Street. Invitaton to Hell has an Jntriguingly sexy premise: It's about a happy family that moves to an insidious suburb and falls under the spell of the devil who's a woman. Joanna Cassidy, as the wife who turns increasingly malevolent, achieves the proper eerie tone, but Robert Urich, as the husband, is boring.

And "Susan Lucci of All My Children, as the slinky Satan, is often hilarious as she overacts so relentlessly that she's more like a bullhorn than a siren. Cable Mein Kampf p.m., A E) This 1961 Swedish documentary parallels, rather than dramatizes, Adolf Hitler's infamous written tract, and shows (with lots of rare footage) the rise and fall of the Third Reich. The Ilitchhikert "Last Scene" p.m., HBO) Madsen plays an insecure actress who'll do anything to work with a famous but deranged film director played by Peter Coyote. Coyote, of course, could have "Home on Deranged" as his theme song. He specializes in playing antisocial characters such as William Bradfield Upper Merion High School's mesmerizing murderer, In NBCs Echoes in the Darkness mini-series.

Long Gone a.m., HBO) This is one of HBO's very best homemade movies and one of the very best telemovies made by any network, cable or broadcast, in 1987. Petersen is the minor-league veteran who rallies his old and new teammates for a wildly improbable shot at the pennant, Madsen is the smart and steamy baseball groupie who gives him a "limited trial offer," and the team's smarmy father-and-son owners are played, in an inspired bit of casting and acting, by Henry Gibson and comic-magician Teller (in a rare speaking role). VCR alert. 1 A Action in "Double Dare" the original show will remain Young local youth in a telemovie Prime time Cloted captioned Denotet critic Ken Tucker't choice EvCIling highlights I EH JIM Tonight Show i NBC People Court Newt Steve Bell. NBC Newt Tom Brokaw.

Police Story: The Freeway Killing '87. Angie Dickinson, Richard Crenna. Members ot a big-city police department deal with personal and political problems while hunting down a killer. Newt Steve Bell. Evening Magazine Worth Winning.

Shelley Winters; comedian Tom Parks. (R) Wheel of ABC Jeopardyl Newt Jim Gardner. ABC Newt Peter New Jim Gardner. Growing Paint The Seavers clean house tor a garage sale, sparking a Nlghtllne Ted Koppel. Fortune Spenser: For Hire A luckless man gets Hawk and Spenser involved with a family feud, federal agents and mob hit-men.

(R) flood ot reminiscences. (R) Hooperman Harry fears for the life of an elderly shoplifter. (R) The 'Slap' Maxwell Story Slap saves a paperboy's life. (R)g Jennings. CBS Oraw Entertainment Tonight CBS Newt Dan Bather.

Newt Larry Kane, Alan Frio. Newt Larry Kane. Doreen Gentzlet. The Equalizer Part 2 ot 2. Scott accepts that he must tolerate the agents' unorthodox methods if he is ever to see his father again.

(R) Wlteguy Vinnie jeopardizes his cover when he investigates the drug-related death ot his younger cousin, a promising fighter. (R) Adderty Adderly investigates the black-marketing of plutonium. (R) Jake and the Fatman After learning of his wife's intention to leave him, a newspaper magnate kills her and frames her lover for the crime. (R) C) PBS National Audubon Society On the Edge ol Extinction: Panthers Cheetahs. EattEndert Quick proposes to Debs.

The Wrong Stuff Airlines seek to improve aviation safety by eliminating pilot errors. MacNellLehrer NewtHour Jim lehrer. Robert MacNeil. Judy Woodruff and Charlayne Hunter- Gault. Nightly Butlnett Report Market updates.

World ol Survival Scientists study the argulus. Painting Churchea A daughter who returns to her New England home to paint a portrait of her eccentric parents must come to terms with their advancing age. With Roxanne Hart. Zp Wild Side PBS Louislana New Jertey Nightly Butlnett New Jertey Newt (R) Newt Cookln' American Mattert Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait. Profile of the painter with archival interviews Perspective on Greatneaa Harry Truman emerges from Roosevelt's shadow and becomes a dynamic world leader.

Wan A Commentary The Deadly Game ot Nations. Journalist Gwynne Dyer examines why nations have armies. Nightly Butlnett Report Market updates. Report Market updates. with models.

Health Mattert PBS Nightly Butlnett The Houee on the Waterfall MacNellLehrer NewsHour Jim Lehrer. Robert MacNeil, Judy An Evening ot Championship Skating 1987 Top amateurs skate at Harvard University. Doctor Who Part 4 of 4. The Ribos Operation. 1 Painting Churches A daughter who returns to her New England home to paint a portrait of her eccentric parents must come to terms with their advancing age.

With Roxanne Hart cp MotorWeek Toyota Celica's turbo-charged coupe Your Job Hazardous to Your Health? Woodruff and Charlayne Report Market updates A Current Affair One Day at a Time Ann must Dlrt'rent Stroke Arnold The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 73. Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles. Unhappily married Miles leaves home, falls In with outlaws and falls Morton Downey Jr. Jane Fonda and Vietnam: Should she be forgiven? Matt Houtton An ex-newsman investigating a crooked union leader calls Matt for help. Good Timet Michael gets suspended from school et Julie accept a for the crusty Reynolds.

Light, good-humored fun. and Sam compete lob. Family Tlet It a Living The Late Show Robin Leach. Newt Lee McCarthy. NL Baseball: Phillies at Atlanta Braves.

The cellar-dwellers of the National League lock horns at Fulton County Stadium. Catcher Lance Parrish of the Phillies is among the league leaders in RBls, while teammate Von Hayes is second In the NL in doubles. Dion James stars for the Braves Taxi Both Latka and his alter ego, Vic, romance Simka. That' My Mamat All agree to be totally honest for a day M'A'S'H A grateful Marine smothers Hawk eye. blyse regrets hiring a friend for a secretary Certain Fury '85.

Tatum O'Neal, Irene Cara. A hooker and a rich girl bolt trorn court, hit the street and fight their way through the drug underworld. Koak Koiak's investigation of the murder of a Manhattan playgirl affects several lives including the lieutenant's. The Untouchable Ness plants an agent in the mob to investigate the death of an honest mayoral candidate. S.W.A.T.

Jim pursues a girl planning to use her to stop her district-attorney father from appearina before a qrand jury Carol Burnett Friend Carol and Sis: Back Alley AH In the Family Mike faces the prospect of graduation. AMC Citizen Kane '41. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten. A great film that set technical and 5:00 The Racket 51. Robert Mltchum, Robert Ryan.

88m. The Racket '61, Robert Mitchum, Robert film noir about a tough cop cracking a gang of racketeers meddling in politics. 88m. Citizen Kane '41. (To 1 30) 119mM American Mowe creative standards that still stand.

Welles starred, directed and shared screenwrlting credits yet, astoundingly, it was his first movie. A thinly masked biography of tycoon William Randolph Hearst. 119m. Classics DISNEY The Edison Twins Tom undergoes a The Apple Dumpfmg Gang 75. Bill Bixby, Susan Clark.

Three orphans find a gold nugget in an abandoned mine. Decent enough Disney, but strictly for kids. Girt Happy '65 Elvis Presley. Shelley Fabares. A Chicago mobster sends a rock-and-roller to Fort Lauderdale, to keep an eye on his daughter during spring break.

Danger Bay Grant learns of a deadly fish. Green Grata of Wyoming '48. (TO 1:00) 1 Ozzle ft Harriet David and Rick agree to fish college initiation. HBO The Zoo Gang '85. (PG-13) Ben Vereen, Jason Gedrick.

Teens face a street gang out to take over their hangout, a drunk's old nightclub called the Zoo. Profanity, violence. 96m. The Hitchhiker A director pushes an actress too far. Disorderlies '87.

(PG) The Fat Boys, Ralph Bellamy. A greedy heir hires rap-singing orderlies Kool, Buffy and Markie to take bad care of his millionaire uncle. Profanity, nudity. 96m. Richard Lewlt I'm Exhausted.

The comedian tells his problems, from havingdates from hell to being in pain. Boxing: World Heavyweight Championship: Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks. Tyson (34-0, 30 KOs) battles undefeated Spinks (31-0, KOs). (R) MAX 8:00 Police Story: The Freeway Kitting '87.

Angie Dickinson, Richard Crenna. Members of a big-city police department deal with personal and political problems while hunting down a killer. 8:00 Growing Pain (R) The Seavers clean house for a garage sale, sparking a flood of reminiscences. 8:00 Jake and the Fatman (R) After learning of his wife's intention to leave him, a newspaper magnate kills her and frames her lover for the crime. 8:00 C9 National Audubon Society Protecting the diminishing habitats and gene pools of the endangered cats.

8:00 19 Movie "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing." 73. Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles. Unhappily married Miles leaves home, falls in with outlaws and falls for the crusty Reynolds. Light, good-humored fun. 8:00 American Matter "Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait." Profile of the painter features archival interviews with models, his works and re-enacted scenes of his life.

8:00 0J Movie "Certain Fury." '85. Tatum O'Neal, Irene Cara. A hooker and a rich girl bolt from court, hit the street and fight their way through the drug underworld. 9:00 Hooperman (R) Harry fears for the life of an elderly shoplifter who claim he can identify a masked gunman. LP 9:00 CD The Equalizer Part 2 of 2.

(R) Scon accepts that he must tolerate the agents' unorthodox methods if he is ever to see his father again. 9:00 (Q The Wrong Stuff Airhnes seek to improve aviation safety by eliminating pilot errors caused by personality characteristics and cockpit automation. 9:00 Perspective on Greatness Harry Truman emerges from Roosevelt's shadow and becomes a dynamic world leader whose policies help ressurect a war-ravaged world. 9:30 The 'Slap' Maxwell Story (R) Slap saves a paperboy's life. 5 10:00 Spenser: For Hire (R) A.

luckless man gets Hawk and Spenser involved with a family feud, federal agents and mob hit-men. 10:00 CD Wiseguy (R) Vinnie jeopardizes his cover when he Investigates the drug-related death of his younger cousin, a promising fighter. 10:00 Painting Churches A daughter who returns to her New England home to paint a portrait of her eccentric parents must come to terms with their advancing age. With Roxanne Hart, Sada Thompson and Donald Moffat. I 11:30 The Tonight Show (R) Guests: Shelley Winters, comedian Tom Parks.

11:30 t3 EastEndert Quick proposes to Debs; Kelvin talks of forming a band. 11:30 6D The Late Straw Robin Leach Lifestyles of the Rich 4 Famous); comedians John Roarke and Amaring Jonathan; 30th anniversary of Alvin the Chipmunks. 1 1:35 CD Adderty (R) A suspicious wife puts Adderly on the trail of a nuclear-reactor-plant employee who may be linked to the black-marketing of plutonium. Night owl highlights 12:00 Invitation to Hell "84. Susan Lucci, Robert Urich.

The seductive director of the Steaming Springs Country Club, in league with the devil, recruits new members for her boss In Silicon Valley. 12:00 CD Nova An inside view of secret intelligence. 12:00 CD Movie "The Man Behind the Gun." '53. Randolph Patrice Wy-more. An Army maior goes under cover to stop a plot to make Southern California a separate stete.

12:00 SD The Fugitive Kimble and the one-armed man are brought to the same hospital. 12:30 Late Night Guests: sport scaster Marv Albert, Conni Gordonart With, en art demonstration. 12:30 Cotumbo A publisher (Jack Cassidy) hires a gunman (John Chandler) to kill a mystery writer (Mickey Spillane), 12:45 CD Movie "The Coming." '81. Susan Swift, Trisha Sterling. Gone.

2:00 Movie "Bells of San Angelo." '47. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans. A writer of cowboy novels gets herself and a border agent out of a jam with a trick from a chapter of her latest book. 2:45 0 Movie "Separate Ways." '81. Karen Black, Tony Lo Bianco.

Bored with their relationship, a man and his wife seek extra- mnntal expwwnrpn. TVKarlio Intlnx Cable movies 7 Daytime hiflhliqhts 7-E Niflht owl grid 7-t Radio today 7-f 4:00 The Manhattan Project Cmemax Gardens of Stone '87, (R), violence. 1 Farewell, My Lovely 75. (R) Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling. Raymond Chandler's classic mystery is given trie full, atmospheric treatment and Mitchum shines as Marlowe.

Profanity, nudity, violence. 95m. 650 Klet of Death '47. Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy. The famous gangster melodrama In which the giggling, psychotic Widmark pushes some wheelchair-bound grannie down a flight of stairs.

Tee-hee kerplunk! 98m. Dead of Winter '87. (R) Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall. Farfetched Gothic starring Steenburgen in a treble role as an out-of-work actress, an heiress and her twin sister. A remake of the excellent My Name sJifa floss misdirected by Arthur Penn.

Prolanily, violence. 100m 1l2m.Q PRISM PRISM Sporta The Quett '86. (PG) Henry Thomas, Rachel Friend. A U.S. orphan and his friend Wendy seek truth to the aborigine legend ot a lake monster in Australia.

Adult, situations. 93m. Hot Pursuit '87. (PG-13) John Cusack, Robert Loggia, A teenager misses the plane to join his girlfriend and family on a Caribbean island, and is shanghaied by a pirate. Adult situations.

93m. Getting Even '86. (R) Edward Audrey Landers, profanity, nudity, -violence, 90m. 1 Armed Response '86. (R) David Carradine, Lee Van Cieet.

A dead private eye's father and, brother finish dirty business started with gangsters over a stolen jade relic. Adult situations, profanity, nudity," violence. 85m. SHOW TIME Zutaut, Sam Temeies. Adult situations, profanity, nudity, But Stop '56.

Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray. They say this is Monroe's first bit of real acting, as a voluptuous showgirl pursued by a back-country cowboy. The William Inge play is a ramshackle vehicle, but there are credible performances all around. 96m. It' Garry handling' Show Jackie is pregnant.

Brother The gang proposes ideal mates for Cliff, Crimea of the Heart '86 (PG-13) Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange. Based on Beth Henley's 1980 play about the North Carolina Magrath sisters: fast-living Meg, nervous Lenny and Babe, out on bail (Sissy Spacek). Three Sisters. Southern-fried. Adult situations, profanity.

105m. TMC The Movie A Piece of the Action '77. (PG) Sidney Pcitier, Bill Cosby. Third pairing of Poitier 8nd Cosby, and the magic is almost gone. They're ultra-slick con-men who get involved with a school tor wayward youths.

Profanity. 135m. 4:00 Mastermind 69. (G) Zero Mostel. 92m.

10:15 Bill Cotby: Himself '83. (PG) Cheap-looking concert flick of some ot Bill's routines; the highlight is his imitation of a man with a mouthful of pain-killer arguing with his dentist. Profanity. 104m. Blue City '86.

(R) Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy. The late mayor's angry son returns to his corrupt Fldrida hometown and gets another guy and girl to help him clean it up. Adult situations, profanity, nudity, violence. 83m Channel Ul. UL Golden Age ot Televllon ARTS Metn Kampf 60.

Newsreels and archival footage document the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, their victims and their horror. Good Time Cafe Ask Doctor Science. World of Survival Africa's water animals. The 20th Century Part 1 o(2. Winston Churchill: Valiant Year Evening at the Improv Host: Madeline Kahn.

Secret A Mytterlet The ocean liner Titanic, On the Line BET 5:30 Notes Video LP Video Soul Cooking Soft Notes Bobby Jonee CBN The 700 Club Remington Steele Big Valley Crazy Like a Fox Straight Talk Snapshots Remington Steele Crossfire Showbiz Politics '88 CNN Moneyllne Prlmenew Larry King Ltvel Evening News Moneyllne Sport 'night ESPN SporttCenter Sport tLook Bowling: Tucson Challenge. From Golden Pin Lanes in Tucson, Ariz. SporttCenter Scholastic Sports America Muscle Magazine Lighter Side of Sport 1987 National Final Rodeo Highlight LIFE Partner In Crime Foley Square Easy Street Something Short of Paradise 79 Susan Sarandon Cagney A Lacey Cagney A Lacey Crook Can Be a Star NASH Nashville Now VldeoC'ntry Crook Fandango Can Be a Star New Country VldeoC'ntry Magazine Double Dare NICK Donna Reed Mr. Ed The Monkee My Three Sons Ann 8othern Laugh-In Vou Can't Do That on TV Don't Just Sit There Finders Keepers Room tor Daddy Cer 54, Where Are You? TBS Andy Griffith Peggy breaks a date with Andy. NL Baseball: Phillies at Atlanta Braves.

The ceiiar-dwollers of the National League lock horns at Fulton County Stadium Catcher Lance Parrish of the Phillies is among the league leaders in RBls, while teammate Von Hayes is second in the NL in doubles. Dion James stars for the Braves. Carol Burnett ft Friends Ad men talk shop. Alice Alice and Flo play matchmaker for lonely Vera 10:20 Something Big 72 Dean Martin, Brian Keith. A broke outlaw kidnaps a cavalry colonel's wife to trade her for a Galling gun he needs to rob a Mexican bandit.

Small World Birth of the Bomb TDC Secret of Nature American Diary Nature of Thlngt The Horse In Sport Alrwolf USA Street Hawk Cartoon Express Mike Hammer Talet ot the Gold Monkey Alrwolf Alfred Hitchcock Benton Barney Miller WGN New McQ 74. John Wayne. Eddie Albert. USA Tonight Twilight Zone 4.00 NL Baseball: Chicago Cubs at San Ciiants Trapper John, M.D. Prlmavera Notlclaro Notirlm 41 Mansion de Luxe Dos Vlda Notlclero Bromaa 8.A.

Mauricio GaroPfl. Muy Especial SI C5J Newt A Current Affair The Devonsvltle Terror '83. Suzanna Love, Robert Walker. New Taxi The Late Show WKRPIn Cincinnati Three 1 Company T.J. Hooker Newt Barney Miller Baretta Morton Downey Jr.

Benny Hill $100,000 Pyramid Evening Magazine Entertainment Tonight Cheert Cheer Newt Gimme a Break The Jeftertont AL Baseball: New York Yankees at Texas Rangers USA Tonight 'ID The Honeymoon.