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20 G4 The Philadelphia Inquirer I eiCflblUll Wednesday, October 6, 1993 Channel 29 intends to drop Lee McCarthy, keep Jill Chernekoff raraWPPTOWWfl III MJJ 'M 3 i Gail Shister TVRadio Talk i i A W7mmlmF 1-1 1 "I'm angry, but I have no time for anger or bitterness," McCarthy adds. "I have two kids in college and another in graduate school. I've got to find a job." Beaned in Beantown. NBC's Jane Pauley was struck by a heavy stage light Monday during an interview at the Boston Globe with columnist Ellen Goodman. While a cameraman was setting up for a wide shot, a 10-inch Fresnel light snapped loose and hit the seated Pauley on the noggin.

The collision of the light with Pauley's head sounded like "heavy metal hitting a watermelon," according to producer Susan Adams. Amazingly, Pauley suffered no cuts or Major shakeup at Channel 29. In a shocker, Lm McCarthy, SO, respected anchor of The Ten O'clock News since its February 1986 launch, has been told that his two-year contract won't be renewed after it expires Jan. 7. He's expected to continue anchoring through next month's ratings "sweeps" before a replacement is named.

"We want to keep doing better, and we think we've got to do this change to accomplish that," says WTXF news boss Roger LaMay, offering no details. LaMay says he does expect to renew co-anchor Jill Chernekoff, 37, whose deal is also up Jan. 7. McCarthy was "stunned, overwhelmed and devastated" when he got the news, he said yesterday. A 17-year veteran of NBC News before joining Channel 29, he has never been let go before.

"I had no inkling it was coming. I had never been told they were unhappy or that they were even considering changing the news in any way. All I could get out of Roger was that I'm not the reason people watch the news. I never thought I was. I thought I was part of the product, like everybody else." At an estimated $225,000 a year, McCarthy is the highest-paid news talent at TXF.

He is also the oldest newsroom staffer. He says air next month on Dateline NBC. Pauley yesterday received a huge bouquet from her crew. Says she of her first such mishap in 21 years as an intrepid TV journalist: "Maybe I needed a little rap on the head to get all the cobwebs out." Williams' first. Here's a mind-twister: Off-the-wall funnyguy Robin Williams will make his first-ever dramatic guest shot in an episode of NBC's Homicide: Lie on the Street.

In the segment, to air when the acclaimed series returns for four episodes in midseason, Williams plays a tourist whose wife is killed in a mugging. The episode just finished shooting in Baltimore. It's the first time that Williams is appearing on episodic TV since Mork Mindy, his ABC series that ran from 1978 to 1982. Homicide exec producer Barry Levinson and Williams have a long history. Williams starred in two Levinson big-screeners: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), for which Williams won an Oscar nomination, and the more recent Toys (1992), a major flop.

Short stuff. Republican-turned-Ross Perot strategist Ed Rollins has joined NBC's Today show as part of its "political insiders" team. Rollins will join Democrat Bob Squier on the twice-monthly Lee McCarthy's contract expires Jan. 7. The newscaster has, been with "The Ten O'clock News" since its launch in 1986.

age probably has nothing to do with his imminent departure, but money does. "My salary always seemed to rankle management," McCarthy says. LaMay denies money was a factor. While The Ten O'clock News is on a ratings roll, WTXF is on the verge of a major identity crisis. TXF will lose its Fox affiliation and 39 hours of programming per week, including its entire prime-time lineup when the sale of Channel 57 to Fox is approved.

That could happen as early as January. In addition, the Paramount-owned station is facing the prospect of new ownership. It will be either Viacom or QVC, depending on who wins the red-hot bidding war for Paramount. "From day one, Channel 29 made an investment in me," McCarthy says. "I gave them credibility, competence and class right out of the gate.

Obviously, after almost eight years, they think they don't need me anymore. The rationale is beyond me. Hi fj A iP I I bruises. Slightly dazed, she sat on the floor before lying on the carpet in a conference room for 20 minutes with an ice pack on her head. Then she returned to do 30 more minutes of the interview.

The piece, about adoption, will will make its broadcast premiere Nov. 29 on Fox's Monday Night. Movie Woody Allen, no fan of the tube, will write, direct and star in an ABC remake of his comedy, Don't Drink the Water. Water, originally a stage play, became. a movie in 1969.

Jackie Gleason -starred as an American tourist taking refuge in a U.S. embassy after being accused of espionage in a Communist country. No airdate. segments. He replaces Roger Ailes, recently named president of NBC-owned CNBC.

Villanova grad Richard J. Forney has joined CNN as supervising producer for morning business programs. Based in New York, Forney will oversee coverage for Business Morning, Business Day and Business Asia. Forney formerly was with Minnesota Public Radio HBO's award-winning Barbarians at the Gate, starring James Garner, Jane Pauley was struck by a falling stage light. If El Cable channel numbers Numbers in program listings are codes for VCR Plus, a device for recording programs automatically.

Details in each Sunday's TV Week. Information: 800-4321 -VCR. 1st No. Philadelphia Comcast 2d No. Wade Greater Media (CC) Closed captioned IS Choices of critic Jonathan Storm I 'rime Time TV Today By David Bianculli 5 JUS SI NBC Now With Tom Brokaw and Katie Courlc Autistic children.

(CC) 7761 Hard Copy Carol Alt. (CC) 341 Entertainment Tonight Wesley Snipes. (CC) NBC New Tom Brokaw. (CC) 457 Tonight Show Kelsey Grammar. (CC) 5713099 Law Order A rape case involves a student and a rock star known for lyrics degrading to women.

(CC) 7148 News Jennifer Ward, Bruce Hamilton. (CC) 3939148 Newt Jennifer Ward, Bruce Hamilton. (CC) 877 1 Unsolved Mysteries The mystery of Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia; New Jersey man is sought for strangling his girlfriend. (CC) 7525 33 1308 Jeopardyl (CC) ABC Nlghtlln Ted Koppel. (CC) 2814612 News Jim Gardner.

(CC) 2489693 Wheat of Fortune (CC) 4099 8322 ABC New Peter Jennings. (CC)8815 New Jim Gardner. (CC) 4235 Grace Under Fire Grace helps Ouentin buy a jockstrap. (CC) 46099 Moon Over Miami Gwen (Ally Walker) practices surveillance tactics on a neighbor and stumbles onto a bigamist with many secrets. (CC) 70070 Thea Jerome gets into an accident with his mom's car.

(CC) 7070 Joe's Life Leo's smoking gets Joe in trouble with his brother. (CC) 3877 Horn Improvement Jill invites new neighbors over. (CC) 35419 66 1 Baseball: NLCS, Game 1: Atlanta Braves at Phillies. (CC) 584544 Phillies Phever CBS News Ken Matz, Jane Robelot.8419 News Ken Matz, Jane Robelot. 5777438 CD CBS New Dan Rather, Connie Chung.

(CC) 2099 Late Show With David Letterman Candice Bergen. (CC) 2699032 1010 Porgy and Bess Willard White and Cynthia Haymon star in the Gershwin opera set in Catfish Row. With Simon Rattle conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. (CC) 625254 Are You Being Served? Heir Apparent. 6051 Nightly Business Report 5490 In the Life Gay Pride: Great Performances.

21877 PBS 1212 MacNellLehrer NewsHour Jim Lehrer, Robert MacNeil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. (CC) 93506 New Jersey News (R) 23780 New Jersey New 19148 ITN World News 80214 New Jersey Tonight 43983 Are You Being Served? Takeover. 88341 Another View Public affairs. 92761 Nightly Business Report 33326 Street Smarts: Straight Talk for Kids, Teens Parents Detective J.J. Bittenbinder gives advice.

(CC) 20693 Images Imagenes Hollywood. 13254 Today on TV, at long last, the moment arrives that baseball fans in this town have awaited eagerly for 10 years Game 2 of postseason play between the Blue Jays and the White Sox. Just kidding. That game takes place this afternoon, but the Phillies, beginning their league showdown with the Braves, are tonight's Ready for Prime Time Players. American League baseball playoffs.

(3 p.m.-conclusion, Ch. 10) Game 2 from Chicago, with the White Sox squaring off against Toronto in the only daytime game that's definitely scheduled for the American League Championship Series. The only other sunshine contest would be Game 5, if there is one. CBS. Phillies Phever.

(7-8 p.m., Ch. 10) -Based on how Channel 10 rustled this show onto the schedule at the last minute, it seems as if the station had nearly Phorgotten it was broadcasting tonight's Phillies game, and had the opportunity to tap into a huge potential lead-in audience. This is a live special, alternating between the studio, Veterans Stadium, and other locations around town. PBS 2323 Esperanza Del Valle 91 167 Esperanza Del Valle 34001 Heritage 12099 PBS Korean New 67803 European Journal 54148 Today's Japan 66544 We Do the Work 57896 Conexlon Latlna 66322 Homestretch 16815 Body Electric 92235 fQ 3535 PBS Charlie Rosa 275867 Porgy and Bess Willard White and Cynthia Haymon star in the Gershwin opera set in Catfish Row. With Simon Rattle conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

(CC) 414780 Health Matters Estrogen. 62631 Nightly Business Report 23254 MacNellLehrer NewsHour Jim Lehrer, Robert MacNeil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. (CC) 99322 QD 3939 fin ire All Night Psychic Una 30099 R.J. and Co. Radio on TV Blues Avenue AstrologyNumerology Psychic Advice Line 71709 Ron Joseph R.J.'s Open Mike 21780 Phillies '93: Chasing a Dream 97341 Best of Love Connection 67821 Love Connection 56506 Amen Frye has a brush with death.

68902 Married With Children (CC) 18273 The Jeffersons Part 1 of 2. Lionel has news. 59254 Time Trax A fatally ill woman works for a fugitive who runs a classy, illegal casino. (R) (CC) 73761 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kwai Chang's nemesis, the crime lord Tan, returns to Chinatown. (R) (CC) 93525 The Wonder Years Jack and Karen fight.

(CC) 94693 1717 FOX Arsenio Hall Jay Thomas; the cast of Glam Slam Ulysses. (CC) 86419 Star Trek: The Next Generation Part 2 of 2. The Best of Both Coach Hayden supervises News Lee McCarthy, Jill Chernekoff. 20362 Melrose Place Jake breaks up with Jo; Michael accuses Jane of infidelity with Sam. (CC) 70885 Beverly Hills, 90210 Andrea's resident adviser is also her English teacher.

(CC) 22099 Cheers Woody moonlights to pay for ring. (CC) 42877 Worlds. The Borg plot against uauber party. (CC) 51525 1529 Earth. (CC) 70821 At Home Downey (CC) Murphy's Fault '89.

Patrick Oollaghan, Anne Curry. 8216821 Newsworthy Bonanza 4816065 Dean A Mary Little House on the Prairie IQD 4848 Hunter 675083 Roseanne Claudia '86. Deborah Baffin, Nicholas Ball. A rich Englishman's violence drives his wife to a lover, followed by murder and revenge, 19525 Designing Women (CC) 89896 Full House Jesse enters cat-food ad contest. Matlock Michelle agrees to defend Ben's pal, framed for murder, until she learns a friend is also suspect.

(CC) 98032 Family Matter Urkel tries to bake bread. (CC) 68815 Roseanne plays bingo. (CC) Roseanne Jackie fills in while Roseanne is away. 64099 1657 Phillies: Chasing a Dream. (7-8 p.m., Ch.

17) This special, though, was scheduled right after the Phillies took the division, and is (CC) 44235 Paid Paid Semana en Garibaldi 760970 El Penon del Amaranto Guadalupe 910493 IT) 6161 AmoySenor Notlclero Find MM more oi a vck Alert: unannei 17. HE IHE In Name Only '39. Carole Lombard, Cary Grant. Hands Across the Table '35, Carole Lombard, 5:30 No Man of Her Own AMC No Man oi Her Own '32. Clark Gable, Catoie Lombard.

Gotham card shark weds librarian none the; wiser. 81m. 79332167 Amw. Movie Reflections on the Sliver Screen Tony Curtis. 339877 '32.

Clark Gable, Carole Lombard Gotham card shark weds librarian none the wiser. 557544 Fred MacMurray. A manicurist and a playboy try to marry for money; they fall In love with each other instead. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. 875780 a socialite wno married tor money (Kay rranctsj refuses to divorce her husband when he falls for another woman who really loves him.

8217761 after all, was the station broadcasting the season-winning clincher and its postgame reverie, along with lots of exciting away games. Natinnal I hsim hacahall nlau- Classics 3040 Elizabeth Part 1 of 6. 77e Lion's Cub. 326419 Off the Air The Kirov Ballet In The Sleeping Beauty Farukh Ruzimatov and Lanssa Lezhnma dance in the Soviet company's 1989 production ot Petipa's at the Place des Arts. 581341 BRV 7244 i Hn DISNEY The Bee Gees: Going Horn (CC) 20799506 Willow '88.

(PG) Val Kilmer, Joanne Whailey. A warrior and a little person save a baby princess from a queen's sorcery in a mythic iand. Directed by Ron Howard. Violence. 126m- (CC) 6456867 Charlie Brown and Snoopy 945273 3434 Sebastian' Caribbean Jamboree (CC) 936525 Herbt Rides Again '74.

Helen Hayes, Ken Berry. The second trip for Disney's intelligent Volkswagen, lots of slapstick and: special effects but little wit, 88m. (CC) 328877 Raffl on Broadway The acclaimed performer concludes the Family Tour Trom the Gershwin Theater in New York City. 813235 HBO 2626 11:15 Dream On (CC) 5639099 Tales From the Crypt (CC) 112322 The Larry Sander Show Larry has a nervous breakdown on the air. (CC) 8904273 Th Waterdance '92.

(R) Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt. Paralyzed by a hiking accident, a young writer struggles to adjust among other men in a hospital ward. Adult situations, profanity, nudity. 107m. (CC) 954235 Tim After Tim 79.

(PG) Malcolm McDowell, David Warner. A nifty sci-ti chase flick. Jack the Ripper uses H. G. Wells' time machine to flee into the future, and Wells pursues him.

Adult situations, profanity, violence, 1 12m. 942490 10-45 Rapid Fir Movie Fast Getaway '91. (PG-13) 3011490 HB02 TalesCrypt Dream On (CC) Caddyshack '88. (PG) Jackie Mason. (CC) 2774341 Miracle Beach '92.

(R) Ami Dolenz, Dean Cameron, Painting th Town '92. Real-life New York Night Rhythm '92. (R) Martin Hewitt. Sam Jones. Talk-radio host framed for murder.

9605457 Vila. y.ui.n.uu.iU3iuu, u. iu; The Phillies vs. the Atlanta Braves. Curt Schilling vs.

Steve Avery. Postseason play. This is what it's all about, so sit back and enjoy. My prediction, just for the fun of it: The Phillies in seven. CBS.

Porgy Bess. p.m., Ch. 12) This production is quite a combination of talents starting with the original operatic jazz musical by George and Ira Gershwin, and Du-Bose and Dorothy Heyward. Willard White and Cynthia Haymon have the title roles in this co-production of Great Performances and American Playhouse. It's directed by theatrical VirtQiriiiroifrKt TVmrrtu Mnnn knM1 MAX Cinemax 5035 artistparty crasher Richard Osterweil recounts his brushes with tne rich and famous.

80m. 737815 :15 Max Dugan Returns '83. (PG) Marsha Mason. Jason Robards. Widow's wayward fathers-shows up with shady money, Adult Situations, profanity.

71640186 30 Memoirs of an Invisible Man CC) 5005254 When a man loses his job and apartment he gains a gorgeous genie named Jeanie, who grants his every li wish. (CC) 224032 Combat 865524 N.Y.P.D. 903457 Ban Casey 886341 Americana Sampler 415803 Americana Sampler 991612 Foreign Affairs 377983 Storyteller Theater OI Tim Music Festival NOS 7943 PRISM 2525 Lonely Heart '91. (R) Beverly Angelo. Eric Roberts.

An obsessive-compulsive woman gets taken by a con man, then tracks him down and becomes his Breakheart Pass '76. (PG) Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson. Undercover agent solves Old West mystery on train. Violence. 97m.

94780 The Guyver '92. (PG-13) Mark Hamiil. Vivian Wu, Mutant-monster Zoanoids battle a college student turned superhero by an alien device. Based on a M-i: Japanese comic book. 827896 Mm 5:30 Tough Enough '83.

(PG) Dennis Quaid, Warren Oates. The lure of quick money gets Dennis to don boxmg gloves and fight it out. TKO. Profanity, nudity, violence. 193341 m-w fsn partner, istmtmit Championship Boxing Report SHOWTIME 4737 Olggstown '82.

(fi) James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr. A con man baits a tank-town big shot with a -v gimmick bout, Adult situations, profanity, violence. 97m. (CC) 9754877 Raising Cain '92. (R) John Llthgow, Lolita Davidovich.

Mad alter-ego brothers round up children for their crackpot father's experiments. Directed by Brian De Palma. (CC) 4199099 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (CC) 770235 To Dte, To Sleep '93. Noah Hathaway, Paul Coufos. A teenage boy has suicide on his mind until he meets a concert roadie with wisdom and understanding.

817525 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 57143099 his own stage version. Filmed expansively for television, this version looks good and sounds fine, but not necessarily together. The lip-syncing 5:50 42nd Street '33. Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter. Broadway producer uses understudy when star twists ankle, 90m.

8317761 10-55 Deslr '90. (R) Peter Marc, Josle B.sett. Mysterious stranger seduces musician stranded in Venice. Adult situations, profanity, nudity, 91m. 92197254 Body Chemistry II: Vole of a Stranger '92.

(R) Gregory Harrison, Lisa Pescia, An offbeat ex-policeman works closely with a radio sex therapist whose cure for him is her. 3366032 Saraflnal '92. (R) Leletl Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg. Young woman Joins anti-apartheid revolt in Soweto, Adult situations, violence. 1 1Sm.

(CC) TMC The Movie Channel 4942 seldom matches the ambience of the settings, much less the lips of all the singers. For the ears, it's a treat; for Bugs Bunny's All-Star 765099 Klssin' Cousin '64, Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connelt. Air Force officer vfeitstwirt cousin" and kin'v7l24032 Charrol '69. Elvis Presley, Ina Balln. Ex-outlaw's gang tries to frame him for cannon theft.

17947490 Yogi Bear Bunch 387235 TNT 1120 Fred and Barney yu.i i Hfi.iJT'l! 'I '-I'm hi 111 IL mi'" Sr'K'l'j. Rockford Files (CC) 405544 An Evening at the Improv Dirk Benedict. 390273 Civil War Journal The 54th Mass. 512273 Our Century Combat at Sea: Supercarriers. 502896 American Justice Target: Mafia: Empire of Crime.

509709 In Search Of Butch Cassidylnca Treasure. 503525 2430 Screen Scene Video Soul 458322 Comlcvlew Comedy Club Sanford Happening Comedy Club Screen Seen BET 2115 Video LP Real Personal Moon Over Miami. (lO-u p.m., Ch. 6) John Ratzenberger, no longer warming a stool at Cheers, has a biga role tonight as a bigamist. ABC.

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4991419 Hitchcock (R) Battlestar Galactlca 2518051 Hitchcock SCI-FI Incredible Hulk 5438457 Night Gallery TBS Andy Griffith Gun of Diablo '64. Charles Bronson, Kurt Russell, Boy and wagonmaster fjnd trouble. siffiismeK Breakout '75. Charles Bronson. Woman hires bush pilot to free husband from Mexican prison, 9763525.

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10:30 Sally Jessy Raphael Teen-aqe girls In gangs. 11 a.m. Bertlce Berry Women fight back. 3 m. Maury Povlch Correspondents of murderer Robert Chambers claim death threats- former girlfriend of mass killer.

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