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THE CLARION-LEDGER I JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991 inJ APT-Chahnel 16 fires it loTil I TV news director Kurtorigtoil WJTV's Saddler gets title of vice president A replacement is "It's not that he didn't try. He gave it his best shot." WAPT owner president Dick Appleton From Stall and Wire Reports expected to be named in a few weeks. By Leslie R. Myers Clarlon-Ladgar Stall Writer WAFT-Channel 16 news direc Walter Saddler, the longtime news director of WJTV, has been promoted to vice president of news for Broadcasts of Mississippi. The company is the licensee for WJTV in Jackson and WHLT in Hatties-burg.

Saddler will continue to co-anchor WJTV's 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. He joined the station as managing editor in 1984 and became news director the same year. He is a graduate of St. John's University in New York.

network stations, NBC affiliate WLBT-Channel 3 and CBS affiliate WJTV-Channel 12. "I like to use the analogy that this is a family of four television stations and I've got one sick kid the Jackson station," Appleton said. "I'm absolutely dedicated to a marketing plan that obviously calls for excellence in every area of the station. "It's the tough, long-term approach," he said. "We are going to be competitive." pleton added.

"He gave it his best shot." Kurtright, who worked at WAPT about two years, was not available for comment. Appleton has not chosen a new news director. He also is expected to name a new vice presidentgeneral manager in a few weeks. His Northstar Television Group Inc. owns WAPT and three other stations.

Appleton is trying to rebuild WAPT and make it more competitive with Jackson's other major tor Terry Kurtright was fired from the ABC affiliate Monday. "We terminated Terry, that's correct. I just felt we needed someone with more experience and more expertise in the long term," WAPT ownerpresident Dick Appleton said from his North Carolina office. "I'm very requiring and demanding on what the image and the look and the journalistic values of that station are going to be. "It's not that he didn't try," Ap 1 I Clarion-Ledger File Photo Terry Kurtwright: Worked for WAPT-Channel 16 for about two years.

Jessica Fletcher may have more murder writings in her. Word around Hollywood was that this might be the last year for CBS' Murder, She Wrote. But on the heels of renewed ratings strength, CBS Entertainment execu 1 i Circle of Recovery' focuses on black men beating addiction "They talked about defeat, depression and prison," Bill Moyers says. By Scott Williams The Associated Press tive vice president Pe- Lansbury ter Tortorici says "it's entirely possible" Murder could return next year. That would put on hold a deal CBS has with star Angela Lansbury to star in a half-hour sitcom.

Fox's Friday UFO Report: Sightings reaped the network'a biggest Friday viewer-ship ever, and there's talk about making the special a weekly series. Totally Hidden Video and Best of the Worst are set to move to Fridays in November, but Ann Daniel, who produced lFO with partner Henry Winkler, says, "We could move fairly quickly" to make UFO a series. found courage and dignity where we might have thought there was none. Circle of Recovery deals with a group of black men, mostly middle-aged, who meet weekly to support each other, to help each other confront the obstacles to recovery. What's different about these men is that they're also there to help each other to cope with other fundamental issues, like racism, sexism, and the long-suppressed rage of mature black males in American society.

"We listened to them talk about drugs and alcohol, love, anger, their parents and their children," Moyers said. "They talked about defeat, depression and prison. It would take courage, I told them, to talk so openly on camera. And they said they would try." Try they did. There's nothing forced or contrived about what these men have to say.

They open up themselves and their lives to documentary camera. It is a courageous act. Drug counselor and former addict Kenny Hall, a skilled speaker and a thoughtful interviewee, offers this insight: "I'm not a drug addict because of racism. I'm a drug addict because when I put drugs in my body, something happens, just like anyone else who has that propensity to addiction But when you remove the drugs, I'm still black, still worthless, still ugly, still no good. That's recovery for me.

To challenge those demons on a daily basis." As he drives to work in the morning, Dave, another group member, recalls his days as a drug user. Back when he was using, if he were up at that hour he would wonder about the morning traffic. "I thought the people who did this really run the world." Dave, who did prison time at San Quen-tin and works as a painter, also recalls how he perfected his convict's smooth, tough, bad-dude walk in prison. Much later, behind the wheel and driving to work, Dave says only this: "I never dreamed that I would be fightin' this traffic." NEW YORK People who dial past Circle of Recovery, an hour-long Bill Moyers special tonight on 9 on Mississippi ETV, will miss a thoughtful, intimate portrait of seven very special, ordinary men. Somehow producer-director Tom Cas-ciato and Moyers made their inobtrusive way into a story with a human face, and WEDNESDAY NIGHT Movies Specials Sports News Beat beta "Kojack: The Price of Justice" (8 p.m., LIF).

Telly Savalas returns as Theo Kojaok in this TV movie based on Dorothy Uhnak's "The Investigation." Kate Nelligan turns in a riveting performance as a woman whose children are killed. 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 ZZ 0,00 News: Mar- I 6:30 Current Af- I 7:00 Unsolved Mysteries: Police sus- I 8:00 Movie: "Daddy" (1991) (Premiere) Patrick Duffy, Lynda Carter. An executive is 10:00 News: (10:39) Tonight Show: David Steinberg; (1 1:39) Cheers: sha Pollock, How- falr(CC) pect a fellow lawman in the disappearance faced with turmoil when his wife of 20 years deserts him and their three children. (CC) Maggie Wade, Alannah Myles. (Rerun) Janet urges Sam to NBC ardBallou.

of his son. (CC) Howard Ballou. fire Diane. (CC) rp News: Me- I 8:30 Cosby I 7:00 World Series Baseball: Game Four Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves. From Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

The fall clas- 10:00 News: Me- 10:30 11:00 Mama's 11:30 Gimme a lanie Christopher, Show: "Birthday sic continues as Dave Justice and Ron Gant try to provide the power for the Braves against the Twins and their scheduled starter Jack tanie Christopher, With Children Family Break CB5 Walter Saddler. Blues" (CC) Morris. (CC) Walter Saddler. (CC) ZZ I 6:00 Wheel of 6:30 Jeopardyl 7:00 Dinosaurs: 7:30 Wonder 8:00 Doogie 8:30 Sibs: Warren 9:00 Anything 0:30 Cood Evil 10:00 News: Cory 10:30 Arsenio Hall: Country singer 11:30 Nightline Fortune (CC) (CC) "Employee of the Years: "Frank and Howser, M.D. offers Audie $500 but Love: Marty (CC) Thompson, Karen Reba McEntire; actors Kelsey Grammer (CC) ABC Month" (CC) (CC) for a date.

(CC) feels insecure. Jones. and David Alan Grier. (CC) ZZ i I 7:00 Nightly I 7:30 Face the I 8:00 Scientific American Frontiers: 0:00 Movers Circle of Recovery: Sto- 10:00 American Pie: Profiles "ordl 11:00 Are You OH Air Business Report: State: Mississip- 35 teams compete in a human-powered ries ol seven African-American men recov- nary" people whose strength of character Being Served? PBS Fixed Funds. pi Election submarine contest.

(CC) erlng from addiction. represent America. (CC) I 8:00 Perfect I 6:30 Entertain- I 7:00 Horror Hall of Fame: A tribute to horror films, their creators and the actors who 0:00 Mississippi News Tonight: Hosts: 10:00 Star Trek: The Next Genera- 11:00 MASH: 11:30 Hunter: 5E Strangers: "Blast ment Tonight: starred in them. Host: actor Robert Englund Nightmare on Elm Street" movies). Bob Noonan; Steve Gibbs; Michael Ruben- tion: Picard is abducted and replaced by "Iron Guts Kelly" "Unacceptable DBD From the Past" Teri Garr.

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From Pittsburgh. (Taped) 7:00 LPBT Bowling: Brunswick Open. From Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind. 6:00 Center 8:30 Billiards: WPA World Championship Women's Semifinals. From Las Vegas.

ESP 6:30 Major League Baseball Magaxlne 9:00 700 Club 7:30 Maniac Mansion (R) (CC) 10:30 Movie: "Four Guns to the Border" (1954) Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller. An outlaw gang helps an ex-gunslinger and his daughter fight attacking Apaches. 8:00 Father Dowling Mysteries: A murderer poses as a nun in Sister Steve's former convent. 10:00 and Madman holds a city under siege. 6:00 Waltons: "The Triangle" Jealousy rears its ugly head between John-Boy and the Rev.

Fordwick. FAM 7:00 Big Brother Jake: Kateri and Gary feud. (CC) "En- 8:00 Movie: "Kojak: The Price of Justice" (1987) Telly Savalas, Kate Nelligan. Kojak investigates a woman accused of murdering her two young sons. 6:30 Duet: semble" 11:00 It's Garry Shandling's Show 1 1:30 Days and Nights of Molly Dodd(CC) 10:00 Spenser: For Hire: Spenser and Hawk disagree on how to prevent a teenager from going bad.

7:00 L.A. Law: "Beef Jerky" Arnie plans to use an explicit videotape to urge a client to seek more money. LIF 6:00 Tracey Unman: A ballerina loses her job. Looney 8:30 Get Smart Mork A 7:30 Superman Looney 6:00 11:00 Tunes 9:30 Alfred Hitchcock 6:30 Tunes 8:00 Dick Van Dyke 7:00 Mindy 9:00 Dragnet: Comic strip pictures are stolen. 10:30 Mister Ed: Wilbur designs a statue.

11:30 Dobie Gil-lis: Dobie takes a poet's advice. 10:00 Green Acres: Oliver sprains his ankle. NIC (9:39) Movie: "Gold" (1974) Roger Moore, Susannah York. An Englishman and some international investors plan to flood an entire gold mine in Africa, thus rigging the gold market for their own gain. (7:09) Movie: "Live and Let Die" (1973) Roger Moore, Jane Seymour.

James Bond and a psychic dodge danger in pursuit of Harlem's Mr. Big. TBS (6:09) Too Close for Comfort: Muriel goes into labor. (6:39) Sanford and Son: Fred is in Olympic training. (9:30) Bugs Bunny A Pals 9:30 Movie: "Susan Slade" (1961) Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens.

The mother of young girl who becomes pregnant pretends that the child is her own. 7:00 Movie: "Where Love Has Gone" (1964) Susan Hayward, Bette Davis. A divorced couple reunite to save their daughter after she kills her mother's lover. TNT 8:00 Movie: "Blackmail" (1991) Susan Blakely, Dale Midkiff. A gigolo is torn between greed and love when he falls for his intended victim.

(CC) 11:00 Equalizer: "Pilot" McCall's first cases involve a computer technician and a divorcee. 10:00 MacGyver: A plane crash forces MacGyver and four probationers to rough it in the mountains. 6:00 MacGyver: "Deadly Dreams" A police detective is the target of a serial killer. Guest: Kim Zimmer. 7:00 Murder, She Wrote: A much-put-upon wife, a teenager and a tycoon are murder suspects.

(CC) USA 6:30 To Be 10:30 Kojak 9:00 News: Rick Rosenthal, Allison Payne. (CC) 6:00 I Dream of Jeannie 7:00 Movie: "Drive Hard, Drive Fast" (1969) Brian Kelly, Joan Collins. Story of race car drivers and a woman of intrigue who uses an innocent man in a murder plot. 11:30 Movie: "Change of Heart" (1943) 10:00 Night Court: "Attack of the Mac Snacks" WGN 9:00 Seoul '88: 1 6 Days of Glory: Highlights from the 1988 Summer Olympics, Including interviews with and profiles of athletes Greg Louganis, Janet Evans and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. (Rerun) (CC) 7:00 Movie: "The Girl From Tomorrow" (1990) Katherine Cullen, John Howard.

A young time traveler struggles to recover her vessel from a futuristic warlord. 1 44 min.) 11:30 Movie: "Bad Day at Black Rock" (9:30) Movie: "Hansel and Gretel" (1987) Hugh Pollard, Nicola Stapleton. 26 min.) DIS 6:00 Inside the NFL 10:00 Tales From the Crypt 1 1:00 Movie: "Aliens" (1986) Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn. (R) (CC) (2 17 min.) 9:30 Dream On: Martin has to swear off coffee. 9:00 Sessions: Dan's daughter goes on a date.

7:00 Movie: "Steel Magnolias" (1989) Sally Field, Dolly Parton. A Louisiana beauty parlor serves as the meeting place for six iron-willed and eccentric women. (PG) (CC) (1 58 min.) 10:30 Countdown to Holy-field Tyson -HBO (11:49) Movie: "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" 8:30 Movie: "Nightmare in Badham County" (1976) Deborah Raffin, Chuck Connors. Two hitchhikers spurn the advances of a lecherous sheriff. (R) (1 40 min.) (10:19) Movie: "Last Call" (1990) William Katt, Shannon Tweed.

A real-estate developer is unwittingly roped into a busi-nessdeal with dangerous consequences. (P.) (9:00) Movie: "Sex and the Single Girl" (1964) Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood. (1 54 min.) 7:00 Movie: "Elliot Fauman, Ph.D." (1990), Jean Kasem A prostitute and an actress complicate an uptight college professor's research into human sexuality. MAX 11:30 Movie: "Without You I'm Nothing" (1990) 7:00 Movie: "Parenthood" (1989) Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen. Ron Howard directed this look at the joys and headaches that come with the responsibility of raising children.

(PG-13) (2 4 min.) (9:09) Elayne Booster; Live Nude Girls: A satiric look at issues from liquid diets to strippers. (Rerun) (10:09) Movie: "Party Plane" (1989) Kent Stoddard, Karen An-narino. A low-budget airline keeps the passengers happy with their well-endowed flight crew. (NR) (9:00) Movie: "Appointment With Death" (1988) Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall. (PG) (1 min.) SHO 9:00 Movie: "Rainbow Drive" (1990) Peter Weller, Sela Ward.

A Hollywood homicide detective uncovers corruption within the police department. (R) (10:40) Movie: "Montenegro" (1981) Susan spach, Erland Josephson. A neglected housewife's adventure with a group of Yugoslavians leads to sexual liberation. 7:00 Movie: "Arachnophobia" (1990) Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak. A doctor's fear of spiders takes on a frightening reality when an army of lethal arachnids descends on his community.

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