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Monday. Oct. 31, 1983 Philadelphia Inquirer 9-C Night Owl Tuesday, Nov. 1, midnight 6 a.m An actor ana nis snow win so on: J'l' H1 lili. 11.

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ESN Boxing: 111:16) Nino LaRoccav. WinterWd. SporttCtr. KykAFocWVrMClerr(RM BSerde: Quarterfinal of (2:15) Harold Vofcrecht, frtffl SnP jtsfjr women 'i world trivrtafl HBO 'aOneMen'i Attraction! (3:10) I ftaWttJtkjtfLk NSH OpryemdonSteoe After Kn, OfftSeAlProyamrranfl reeumei at 9 a.m.1 PSM An Evenincj Whh fieter WWSG-TV (Channel 57) executives have been toying for years with the idea of offering Prism, Philadelphia's sports-and-movie. servicemen a subscription television (STV) iasis.

That dream becomes re-' ality at midnight tonight, and Channel 57 general manager Al Tedesco said demand for Prism, on his over-the-air, scrambled-signal system had been "unprecedented." Normally, Prism is available only on cable TV systems that choose to offer it to customers; by dropping SelecTV (a pay-TV package of movies and specials) and replacing it with Prism's 24-hour signal, Channel 57 can target itself at all Prism fans, mostly sports enthusiasts, who currently are out of cable's reach. According to Tedesco, very few customers have refused to switch from SelecTV to Prism, and Channel 57 has doubled its installation crews to fill demands for new installations. All this activity comes a mere six weeks after Channel 57 finalized the deal to offer Prism on its STV system. Also contributing to this report were Mary Ann Norbom and Lynda Hirsch. Concert "By David Bianculfi biqulnt Staff Vrtfr CBS is throwing a lavish party in New York Wednesday to celebrate the completion of its Pope John 11 made-for-TV movie and wanted all the show's actors to attend.

Albert Finney, the star, graciously accepted, but British stage actor Michael Crompton, who' plays the Pope as a young man, politely declined. He had a prior commitment, he explained, appearing in Shakespeare's Pericles at a West End theater in London. CBS, feeling Crompton's absence could prove embarrassing, offered to buy out the 550-seat house for that evening at a cost of 2,000 so that the play could be shut down for one night without financial loss to anyone. To make matters easier, CBS also offered to shuttle Crompton back and forth by Concorde. Despite those offers, Crompton stood firm.

He couldn't let his fellow stage actors down, he explained, and they and the audience expected the show to go on. How much is Crompton earning as a cast member of Pericles! A whopping 70 a week in American currency, roughly $21 a day. SHO The Crown The Mumc Chanool 1 fr 0' 'it SPN fctaoweveOo9 Traveler! I Ccoteio TreWwg World TBS 1 15! TMC (,.) -i 7 -'tf DrimeVlhr Don't a Boweng: From Inomapoaa, Ind Tenrw: Women finals, from Stuttgart, USA Tern: (10) Women Spam I I nViafe Probe Westuermany Even before NBC's "The Yellow Rose" went on the air, there were indications that the show would be moved from its Saturday time slot and indications, as well, that co-stars Cybill Shepherd and Susan Anspach were not getting along. NBC hasn't moved "Yellow Rose" yet, but Anspach has announced her intention to move out. According to series star Sam Elliott, "There's sparks flying between those two blondes." And although there has been little electricity generated by the show at Saturdays at 10 p.m., opposite ABC's "Fantasy Island" (last week the em was ranked 66th of 70 shows), the bloom is not off "The Yellow Rose." NBC knew the Saturday time period was a suicide mission; according to Elliott, the cast members appeared in promotional spots saying, "Watch for us on our new day and time" weeks before the show on the air.

i New episodes of NBC's "Buffalo Bill" may be accompanied by a laugh track, though NBC tentatively has allowed the show to return with the lyrical sounds of silence. "Don't assume anything," akperson connected with "Buffalo Bill" warned, "NBC said they'd try it without a laugh track last time, but in the end, they decided to go with it. I wouldn't be surprised if that happened again this year." In recent TV comedy history, only Larry Gelbart's "United States," a short-lived 1979 dark comedy on NBC, has been televised throughout its run without a laugh track. The Seeker (Part 1) 0nrath MJU new TjjnnCJTeTaTFIFvi Protectors LaugMn Love Boat Randolph Mamootry John Carnxtn) Menace Hi Rose Lejo Esdave Nottciero ChWMen Thick rfWgrit( 11:30) Hootn'a OH the Set Off the Air (4:20) (Proojammma resumeg at 6 a.m.1 Am.Top10(BetofMMdy HawiitVO Outer Limit CNN New Jo Franklin -en Earth 64) iNfirwert PrLel J.Franktn SturdyNkjht- -UrMWebtWMlHHr Twilight Emergency! jjfj ai WW IIVWl Bjography --S-- Cable premium channels Movies specials 1V1UVC JUUU1 IU Stuart Honda (pluecoetof let) There's a new ADULT MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY in Stuart that combines retirement living at its finest with affordable quality housing. Select from seven beautiful models.

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136m, SPT: 11:30 p.m. Yanks 79. (R) Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave. American soldiers stationed in England ust before D-Day have romances with local women in this stylish effort from director John Schlesinger. Language, mature theme.

139m. SPT: noon when his widowed mother is nominated for the U.S. Senate. Starring: Dlna Merrill. PSM: 7:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m.

An Evening With Sister Sledge The four Sledge sisters perform their hits, "We Are Family" and "He's the Greatest Dancer," and do impressions of Dolly Partoh, Cher, Diana Ross and the Andrews Sisters. PSM: 3:30 p.m.; 1:30 a.m. -One Man's Fight for Life The family and friends of a man stricken with lung cancer help him confront his terminal Illness. HBO: 6:00 p.m., 5:25 a.m. Someone's In the Kitchen With Jamie A high school baseball star manages to persuade all the members of the team to take a course in home economics.

PSM: 6:30 a m. A Stranger to Watching '82. (Ft) Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn. Torn IS a psycho who kidnaps a TV reporter and holds her captive in dank, shadowy tunnels beneath Grand Central Station. Violence, mature theme.

92m. HBO: midnight Angela 77. Sophia Loren, Steve Rails-back. A Woman whose son was kidnapped years ago learns too late the Identity ot the man she loves. Violence, language.

83m. PSM: 2:00 p.m., 2:30 a.m. Big Mo 73, (G) Bo Svenson, Bernle Casey. Weak imitation of Brian's Song. About a paralyzed basketball player and his friend.

113m. PSM: 9:00 a.m.. 5:30 p.m. Cat People '82. (R) Nastassia Kinskl, Malcolm McDowell.

Intermittently thrilling but ultimately Incoherent story ol a brother and sister with feline alter egos. A scratch by director Paul Schrader. Violence, adult language, nudity. 118m. PSM: 11:30 p.m.

Cheech a Chong' Nice Dream '81. (R) Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong. In pursuit of the perfect high, taking the low road, as usual. Language, mature theme, nudity. island to decipher the meaning of It all.

Mature theme. 141m. SPT: 2:30 p.m. Thing, The '82. (R) Kurt Russell, Richard Dysart.

Sickeningly gory John Carpenter remake of the '50s horror classic about a creature from Outer Space that invades a remote, Arctic outpost. Adult situations, language, violence. 108m. PSM: 9:30 p.m. Trad of the Pink Panther '82.

(PG) David Niven, Herbert Lorn. An outrage. 'Director Blake Edwards Strung tr" ether a bunch of outtakes from old Pink Panther movies with a thin plot about the search for the missing Inspector Clouseau. Mature theme, nudity. 97m.

SPT: 6:00 a.m.. 5:00 p.m. Waltz Acroee Texas '82. (PG) Anne Archer, Noah Beery. A snobbish geologist and a macho oil man become wildcat drilling partners.

Mature theme. 100m. SHO: 5:30 p.m. Witch's Slater, The 79. Daphne Youree, Dara Brown.

A 12-year-old girl and her best friend slip into a dismal old mansion on a stormy night to uncover a family secret. 68m. SPT: 10:00 a.m. SCRATCHED APPLIANCES Specials 0. cno, in 4 uuu uuu OFF te 327-4870.

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BetaVHS Call 568-1676 1 Tonight, Celebrate the pride, the pain, the miracle of strength that is the American Family. 110m.SPl; 5:15 a.m. Daya of Heaven 78. (PG) Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Terrenes Mallck's brooding, languorous meditation on rural America is pictorlally eloquent but narratively mute. Nestor Alemandros won an Oscar lor his cinematography.

Mature theme, nudity. 95m. SPT: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 p.m. Eating Raoul '82. (R) Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov.

There are a few good laughs in this macabre comedy about an eccentric couple inviting people over and killing them, but it goes on way too long. Adult situations, nudity. 87m. SPT: 2:00 a.m. -Exorclat The Heretic 76.

(R) Richard Burton, Linda Blair. Painfully stupid sequel to the blockbuster about demonic possession is without flash or wit, and the only mood it stirs is incredulity. Language, violence, mature theme. 1 10m. SHO: 8:00 p.m.k.

3:20 a.m. Fat Chance '81. Farnham Scott, January Stevens. Overweight and embarrassed by their appearance, two pen pals enlist the aid of substitutes when they set a date to meet 99m. MAX: 6: 15 a.m., 2:00 p.m.

Galaxy of Terror '81. (R) Edward Albert, Erin Moran. Low-budget Alien rip-off about boring space explorers being picked off by predators on another planet. Adult situations, violence. 80m.

SHO: 10:00 p.m. Ghost Story '81. (R) Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas. Peter Straub's genuinely scary novel about four old codgers who share a grisly secret is altered and simplified in this drab adaptation. Adult situatons, violence, nudity.

110m. PSM: 11:00 a.m., 7:30 p.m., 4:00 a.m., HBO: 10:00 p.m. Gloria '80. (PG) Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry. Action melodrama from director John Cassavetes about an aging floozy who tries to save a young boy from the Mob.

Language, violence. 12 1m. MAX: 10:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m., 1:50 a.m. Godfather, The 72. (R) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino.

A domineering Sicilian living in America rises ttf power as a Mafia don who places extreme pressures on his family in his life of crime. Language, violence. 177m. SPT: 7:00 p.m. Gobi' South 78.

(PG) Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen. Nicholson directed this boisterous western about a cackling bandit who marries to escape the hangman. Steenburgen debuted as his wile. Language, mature theme. 109m.

HBO: 7:30 a.m.. 2:00 p.m. Halloween III: Season of the Witch '82. (R) Dan O'Herlihy, Stacey Nelkln. A mad scientist manufactures killer trick-or-treat masks.

The Halloween series gone haywire. Language, mature theme, violence. 98m. HBO: 8:00 p.m., 3:40 a.m. Jlnxed '82.

(R) Bette Midler, Rip Torn. The tables turn after a singer decides to get rid of her heavy-gambling man. Adult situs Hons, violence. 104m. SPT: 3:30 a.m.

Mystery on the Moor Marcus Evans, Simon Henderson. Three children lost on a fog-enveloped moor meet an ex-convict and a wild dog. 56m. PSM: 8:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m. Plaf.

the Early Years '82. (PG) Brl-gitte Ariel. Legendary French singer Edith Piaf rises from a tragic childhood on the streets of Paris to become a world-famous chanteuse. Adult situations, language. 101m.

MAX: 8:00 a.m.. 6:00 p.m. Rabkf 77. (R). Marilyn Chambers.

The ravenous appetite of a vampire proves contagious. Adult situations, violence, nudity. 95m. SHO: 11:30 p.m. Sender, The '82.

(R) Zeljko Ivanek, Kathryn Harrold. In this absolutely chilling thriller, an amnesia victim uses telepathic powers to transfer violent nightmares, and In a horrible scene, sends his shock treatment into his doctor's mind. Language, violence. 92m. HBO: 1:35 a.m.

Sax With the Stars '80. (R) Martin Burrows. An astrology columnist spices up his writing. Adult situations, language, nudity. 90m.

MAX: 12:15 a.m. Stunt Man, The '80. (R) Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback. An engaging, offbeat comedy about a mysterious young man on the lam who wanders onto a movie set and Is hired by the eccentric, messianic movie director (O'Toole). Adult situations, language, violence.

129m. MAX: 10:00 p.m., 3:55 a.m., Tape '81. (PG) Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott. Hutton and classmates react tike good citizens when their military academy faces closure: They take the place over by force.

Earnest, predictable. Language, violence. 118m. SHO: noon, 1:10 a.m. i Te Ma a Riddle '80.

(PG) Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova. Faithful, polished version of Tillle Olsen's novella about an elderly man and his dying wife. Touching but not maudlin. Language. 90m.

HBO: 10:00 a.m. Tempest '82. (PG) John Cassavetes, Susan Sararrdon. Paul Mazursky's comedy about a world-weary man suffering a midlife crisis who takes a vacation on a Greek BOONE Something to cheer for. Something to believe in.

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