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2D Press Sun-Bulletin Tuesday, July 30, 1991 TELEVISION Yes Murphy is pregnant Veronica Clare' is cable's new sleuth By MIKE HUGHES Gannett News Service Young actors are supposed to be covered with a layer of desperation. are rare, odds are steep, disaster is gear. That's a show-business tradition. Then there's Laura All Tlf Robinson, star of the UN I new Veronica Clare series. Her response I.

js simply: Balderdash. 1 By MATT ROUSH Gannett News Service "The stick is blue," says Murphy Brown creator Diane English. With that, she confirms the home pregnancy test Murphy took in May's cliffhanger was positive. As the fourth season opens Monday, Sept. 16.

Murphy (Candice Bergen) is with child. "There has been lots of speculation did she do the directions wrong, is she really pregnant, what will happen, a miscarriage, you name it." English says. "But we don't intend to drag out any suspense. You'll find out everything in the first episode and then get on with it." Murphy's competing beaux. Jay Thomas and Robin Thomas (no relation) one of whom may be the father will be back "for appearances," but beyond that.

English is mum. No new cast regulars will be added, however. Don't expect impending motherhood to change Murphy. She'll be "the same feisty, cranky pain in the butt." So why do it? "This is my last season (on the show), so I wanted to do something interesting for the next group of people to work with." Also this season. English hopes to lure Suddenly, Laura Robinson was an actress who didn't need to act.

Just as quickly, her acting career boomed. In her native Canada, she was a Night Heat cop. In Hollywood, she created an android assassin on The Flash "I play a lot of vil-lainesses" and she was the Cheers nurse who left with Sam, when he was supposed to be visiting Lilith and her baby. Then came Lifetime, with a steep task. In effect, Veronica Clare mirrors the channel's view of its audience.

"She solves the mysteries herself," says Pat Fili, the cable channel's programming chief. "She's also sensual, feminine; men are attracted to her. She's a beautiful woman and she's smart." This is an imposing assignment that went to Robinson. In the first two episodes, she remains starkly stoic; however, her voice (heard often in narration) is like a smooth jazz instrument. For Lifetime, Veronica Clare is a crucial test of the notion that basic-cable channels can do one-hour, prime time series.

And for Laura Robinson? As long as there's Balderdash, she has a cozy cushion. "Afterward, I just try to live a normal life." Veronica Clare is as cool and distant as its jazzy score. This week's episode with Bruce Greenwood as a lover with a secret is even more muted than last week's opener. (For a much stronger jolt, catch the second episode of The Hidden Room, at 9:30 p.m. It is a powerful little tale, centering on a coed's incest with her father.) Robinson was just another semi-employed Toronto actress, when she took a wild chance.

She and then-boyfriend Paul Toyne turned an old parlor game into a board game. "We risked a personal investment of $35,000." she savs. "It was kind of ignorence is bliss." Balderdash was born. Basically, it has several players claiming to give the definition of an obscure word: only one is telling the truth. (When I tested the game, for instance.

I drew the word "syncopee." I offered a definition that lacked the grace of synchronized swimming.) "We knew it was a good game," Robinson says. "What we couldn't project was the how big it would be; there were 2 million sold the first vear." i That's Balderdash, the board game. Robinson co-created it and saw it cushion her life. "I haven't had to do anything I didn't like," Robinson says. "Surprisingly, I seem to get more work now, because I don't have this air of desperation." Lately, Robinson has been busy.

She went from the late-night series Night Heat to guest Shots on prime time shows. Now she has her own show, even if it is limited to cable. Veronica Clare is at 10 p.m. Tuesdavs, wrapping up an ambitious two-hour block of original series on Lifetime (channel 23 on Binghamton NewChannels). Robinson stars as a no-nonsense detective.

"I'm in every scene, every episode," she says. Murphy Brown The test was right Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin to sing on air with Motown-mad Murphy. "Ultimately, it will be up to Aretha, but what we've written is for them to sing Natural Woman. The script is on the wav to her now in Detroit." TODAY'S LISTINGS JULY 30, 1991 JULY 30, 1991 TUESDAY TUESDAY Ch. 7:00 I 7:30 I 8:00 I 8:30 I 9:00 9:30 I 10:00 10:30 I I Ch.

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(CC) 68 Twilight mmmm Zone 10:30 24 P.O.V. (CC) 32 Boxing: The WTBS Happy Days 6:00 2 3 12 18 20 28 34 36 40 N6W8 5 6 16 22 News (CC) Advertise in this convenient, easy to use and re-use reference guide containing reliable, up-to-date news and information on culture, recreation, sports, business, education, health, housing, weather, transportation For complete daytime listings, see TV Week included with your Sunday Press Sun-Bulletin. SN Mama's Family 9 Cosby Show(CC) 11 Happy Days 24 44 World of Sunday, August 25,1991 FORMAT: Quarterfold DEADLINES: Reservation' August 8 5:00 pm Copy Sweet Science 38S Mama's and government in tne bou nern ner. vv.i "2 5 40 Cosby Show (CC) 3 618 28 36 Donahue "5N Diff'rent Strokes 9 People's Court 9N Ironside ,11 Brady Bunch 12 Who the Boss? (CC) "16 News (CC) 20 Hard Copy 22 Inside Edition (CC) 24 Mister Rogers (CC) 34 Geraido 38Gidget 38S 68 Tiny Toons (CC) 46 Reading Rainbow (CC) ARTS Fugitive FAM Popeye DIS Kids Incorporated DISC Mother Nature ESPN Monster Truck Challenge NASH VideoPM NICK Mork Mindy uSHOW Movie "Tuck Everlasting" (1960) Margaret Chamberlain, Paul iFlessa. USA Just the Ten of Us WGN Rescue Rangers WTBS Laverne Shirley 'HBO Movie "Days of (1990) Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall.

44 Apple a Day I 2 12 Golden Girls (CC) 22 News (CC) SN Mr. Belvedere (CC) 9 News 1 1 Hogan Family a 16 Night Court 20 People's Court iruuay, nuyuai 3 Family 68 Paid Program WGN News (CC) 2359182028 36 News 6 16 22 News (CC) 32 SportsDesk 38S Arsenio Hall (CC) 68 Mama's Family WGN Twilight Zone 32 WWF Wrestling Spotlight 11:30 2 3 18 28 Tonight Show 5 Cheers (CC) 6 22 Exile 9 16 20 36 Nightline (CC) 44 All in the Family 68 Arsenio Hall (CC) AMC Movie "Around the World" (1943) Kay Kyser, Joan Davis. WGN Magnum, P.I. land, Grace Kelly. 6 Kate Allie (CC) 16 News (CC) 28 Late Night With David Letterman 32 PKA Karate: The Kick of the '90s 36 Into the Night 38S Paid Program 68 Republic Theater AMC Movie "Wake Up and Dream" (1946) John Payne.

June Haver. 3 18 Later With Bob Cos-tas 5 Joker's Wild 9 News 44 1 Love Lucy 22 All News Night 5 Nightwatch 22 All News Night 28 E.D.J.: Entertainment Daily Journal 3:00 68 Dick Van Dyke AMC Movie Stage Door Canteen" (1943) Lon Mc-Callister, Helen Hayes. WGN Facts of Life 68 Big Valley WGN Soap 22 All News A.M. WGN Movie "Explosion" (1969) Don Stroud, Gordon Thomson. 9 News 68 Buck Rogers Survival 38 ALF (CC) 38S Highway to Heaven 46 Gourmet Cooking 68 Star Trek ARTS Avengers (CC) FAM Our House DIS Teen Win, Lose or Draw (CC) DISC Beyond 2000 ESPN Running Racing LIFE Supermarket Sweep NICK Wild and Crazy Kids TNT Giiligan Island USA Cartoon Express WGN Andy Griffith WTBS Bewitched 2 3 18 28 40 NBC News (CC) 5 12 22 CBS News (CC) 5N Three's Company 6 News (CC) 9 18 20 34 38 ABC News (CC) 9N Who's the Boss? (CC) 11 Happy Days 24 44 46 Nightly Business Report 38 Bosom Buddies DIS Movie "The Sword in the Stone "(1963) ESPN Up Close LIFE Shop 'Til You Drop NICK Get Smart SC Inside Racing and Dream'' (1946) John Payne, June Haver.

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