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Television B4 Comics B6 BJWDGTKS Money section B7-11 The Honolulu Advertiser Thursday, September 10, 1987 Toshiba pleads B7 Fall TV season cometh New hits and misses Clockwise from left, "Cosby" kid Lisa Bonet stars In her own series, "A Different Ramon Franco and Terence Knox in a scene from the Oahu-fifmed "Tour of Linda Hamilton is -the beauty in "Beauty and the Beast." The eye on Isle viewing By Wayne Harada Advertiser Entertainment Editor THE big news for Island television fans this fall is that KITV Channel 4, the ABC-TV affiliate here, joins the other two major networks in screening prime-time shows, as well as soap operas, in synchronization with the Mainland. "We'll be on a same-day schedule as the rest of the nation," says a KITV source. There'll be some delayed telecasts "MacGyver," for instance, will be out-of-synch with Mainland programming for the duration of Monday Night Football and some time differences (applicable to all networks). But KITV otherwise has finally entered the space age, matching CBS (KGMB-TV Channel 9) and NBC (KHON-TV Channel 2) in offering same-day scheduling of primetime shows. On the eve of The New Season, here are some notes for your Island television journal: The "season premiere" week starts Saturday, if you include weekend kiddie cartoons; or Sunday, if you're primarily thinking prime-time programming.

"Staggering" seems to be the key word new shows and favorite returnees will be checking in from next week, and trickling in through early October. Most shows debut in their designated time slot and days, but a few will shift days; some debut as two-parters, some as two-hour specials. The point: You'll need a scorecard, or your TV logs, to remember who's on, and when least till the rhythm of the season is familiar. "Magnum P.I.," the Hawaii-based series starring Tom Sel-leck, is logging a Last season's finale, "Limbo," in which Thomas Magnum appears to have died, will be retelecast via KGMB-TV Channel 9 (as well as CBS affiliates nationwide) at 8 p.m. Sept.

30; this See Island, Page B-4 By Kenneth R. Clark Cnicaup Tribune JOHN Ritter, late of "Three's Company," is going to make it very big as a compassionate cop named "Hopperman" in this fall's prime time television line-up, So is Lisa Bonet when, as Denise Huxtable, she leaves Bill Cosby 's household to seek "A Different World" on the college campus. On the other hand, weep for newcomers Jeff Lester and Linda Hamilton. Lester's portrayal of a comic book character in "Once a Hero" and Hamilton's update on the fair maiden of "Beauty and the Beast" are destined to fall flat On their ratings faces. Such are the predictions of New York's three major advertising, agencies, which desperately need to be right more often than wrong.

Trying to anticipate viewing habits of the public, they advise clients where to put money in a marketplace in which an estimated $9 billion will be spent on commercials with the three major networks alone during the 1987-88 season. In their annual predictions for Clients, advertising agencies often differ sharply in assessing individual shows. They claim accuracy rates ranging from 75 to 85 percent, but they do get fooled. Last year N.W. Ayer, BBDO Worldwide and DFS Dor-land (now Saatchi Saatchi DFS Compton) three of the biggest ad agencies in New York- all forecast NBC's "ALF" and ABC's "Sledge instant failures.

Both were' renewed to respectable ratings for the new season. Here is a look at the prime-time lineup of new shows set for launch next week and an assessment of their chances by the ad agencies; local preview and air-dates are noted, when available: ABC (KITV, Channel 4) "Dolly," in which Dolly Parton, hosts; the first prime-time musical- variety show since Barbara Man- 1 ft' tric, opinionated sportswriter who really is a lovable guy deep down. Rated good. (Wednesdays, 8:30 to 9 p.m., Sept. 23) "Full House," in which Bob Sa-get, of "The Morning Program," plays a young widower trying to rear three daughters with dubious help from his hard-rocking brother-in-law and his friend, a would-be standup comic.

Rated fair to good by Ayer and Saatchi, a flop by BBDO. (Fridays, but not airing Ideally) "I Married Dora," in which a conservative widower is persuaded by his children to marry their illegal-immigrant nanny to save her from deportation back to El Salva-' dor. Rated fair by Ayer, good by Saatchi, a flop by BBDO. (Fridays, but not airing locally) "Once a Hero," in which comic strip character Captain Justice and his sidekick, Gumshoe, materialize in the real, and hurtful, world when their cartoonist creator threatens to drell left the air in 1982. All three agencies give it a fair chance.

(Sundays, 8 to 9 p. beginning Sept. 27) "Buck James," starring Dennis Weaver as a world-renowned surgeon in a Texas trauma center who dresses like a cowboy and rides the range off duty. Rated fair by Ayer and BBDO, poor by Saatchi. (Sundays to 10 p.m., Sept.

27) "Thirty Something," a yuppie show in which an upwardly mobile professional couple decides to have a baby and get a disrupted lifestyle as a bonus. Fair to good. (Tuesdays, 9 to 10 p.m., Sept. 29) "Hooperman," starring John Ritter as a cop whb trusts more in the: power of persuasion than he does in his gun, which he refuses even ta load. A certified hit by Saatchi and BBDO, good by Ayer.

(Wednesdays, 8 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23) "The "Slap Maxwell' Story," in which Dabney Coleman, late of "Buffalo Bill," returns as an egocen what sleazy Boston private eye occasionally befriended by Jessica Fletcher of "Murder, She Wrote." Rated fair. (Tuesdays, 9 to 10 p.m.; Sept. 29 premiere episode; preview from 8 to 10 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 27) "The Oldest Rookie," starring Paul Sorvino as a veteran policeman who has risen to the top of the heap in a public relations job but who decides to go back to the police academy and start over as a street cop. Rated fair by Ayer and Saatchi, a flop by BBDO. (Wednesdays, 7 to 8 p.m., Sept. 16) "Tour of Duty," in which the Vietnam War will be refought every week by a disparate group of young soldiers.

Ayer and Saatchi, a flop; BBDO, fair, (Thursdays, 7 to 8 p.m., Sept. 24) y. "Wiseguy," featuring an undercover FBI agent who infil- See Hits, Page B-4 terminate them for lack of reader interest. A unanimously certified flop. (Saturdays, but not airing locally) CBS (KGMB-TV, Channel 9) "Everything's Relative," which postulates two "Odd Couple" brothers living together and plagued by a snoopy mother and a pushy business partner who wants to be a girlfriend.

Rated fair by Ayer, fair to good by Saatchi, a flop by BBDO. (Mondays, 6:30 to 7 p.m., Oct. 3) "Jake and the Fatman," starring William Conrad as "the Fatman," a caustic, rumpled California district attorney, and Joe Penny as Jake Styles, the cool, sophisticated investigator with whom he works. Rated fair. (Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.; Sept.

29 premiere episode; preview from 9 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26) "The Law and Harry McGraw," starring Jerry Orbach as the some Revelations' 2,000 years of history through textiles THIS is for ordinary folks," said Reiko Brandon, letting her hand brush gently against an exquisite, hand-painted Japanese kimono embellished with a silver metal eye for the phoenix in the What: "Revelations II." an exhibit that celebrates the Honolulu Academy of Arts' 60th anmversary. In conjunction with the exhibit, textiles curator ReiKo Brandon will give a free gallery talk on selected textiles at 2 Sept. 27.

When: Opening Sept. 17 and continuing through Oct. 25 in the second floor gallery of the Academy. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. wore it summer "Maybe a carpenter for New Year's. Or a festival." tions held five years ago to display museum treasures that were newer then. This second exhibit primarily showcases pieces that have been acquired in the past five years.

Many of the textiles were discovered by Brandon, who pulled together the magnificent display that forms a large part of the exhibit. They include: The Academy's famous Hawaiian flag quilt from the 19th century; Two Chinese theatrical robes, one emblazoned with the Imperial five-clawed dragon; A Japanese wedding kimono embroidered with cranes; A 16-foot funeral shroud woven with crocodile god im- See 2,000 years, Page B-3 19th In the Edo period, late century Japan. Her finger lightly touches the bird's silver eye. "I've never seen anything like that before," she says. "It's very unusual to find." Brandon's words carry weight.

As the Honolulu Academy of Arts curator of textiles, and a gifted textile artist herself, Brandon knows of what she speaks. As she guides a pre-opening tour of "Revelations" II," the Academy's major fall exhibition that opens next week, her eyes gaze with pride on more than 100 of the museum's new, restored or seldom-shown treasures. This is the sequel to "Revela This 19th-century Chinese woman's robe, embroidered with the eight immortals of Chinese legend, is on display in "Revelations II," opening next week at the Academy of Arts. People By Milt Guss Advertiser Columnist Rice Regan 'A Carlsson at a White House state dinner yesterday. Guests included "Sugar Ray" Leonard, Candace Bergen and Marvin Hamlisch.

No, the elaborate menu did not include the everpresent monkeybread. Darby McQuade, owner of the Jackalope Pottery store in Santa Fe, has yielded to criticism and discontinued sales of a T-shirt with a drawing of a "pope-alope." It has the image of Pope John Paul II with deer antlers growing out of his head. Customers felt the shirts were sacrilegious. McQuade thinks the pope would enjoy it. How is Ariz.

Gov. Evan Mecham reacting to being lampooned in the "Doonesbury" comic strip? Well, don't invite him and cartoonist Garry Trudeau to the same party. At least Mecham's calmed down enough so he's decided against suingD Combined Sewt Services against the traffic pattern, was charged with drunken flying. The 900th anniv. of the death of William the Conqueror, the last foreigner to subjugate England, was marked in Caen, France, yesterday with a mass attended by Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

Hundreds of Normans lined the streets to see the royal couple, especially Diana. One paper headlined in English: "Hello, Lady Di." Turnabout is fair play, and Diana conquered the Normans. Bonn superstar Udo Lindenberg tried a little rock diplomacy in a meeting with visiting E. German leader Erich Honecker yesterday. "Guitars not guns," Udo said.

Udo gave him a letter appealing for more artistic freedom in the East. He called for a meeting with Honecker in E. Berlin to discuss "an important freedom project." Udo's associate said Honecker replied: "See you in East Japan yesterday to begin a 12-nation tour. Many fans waved imitations of Jackson's trademark one-hand glove. Vegetarian Michael took no chances with airline food; he brown-bagged it.

British bookmaker William Hill lists George Bush as the favorite to make it into the White House. The VP is 6-4. Odds are 9-4 on Robert Dole; 5-1 on Richard Gephardt; 10-1 on Michael Dukakis; and 12-1 on Paul Simon. The biggest bet was $335 on Clint Eastwood. No word on what the odds were for Dirty Harry, but the bet made Hill's day.

Fifty-one years ago, Alf Landon and Sen. Hamilton Fish were political rivals. Fish had supported Sen. William Borah for the GOP presidential nod. Yesterday Landon marked his 100th birthday by receiving Fish, 98, in Topeka.

The president and first lady honored Swedish PM Ingvar While Gary Hart was admitting on "Nightline" that he has strayed during his marriage, Donna Rice was promoting jeans named "No Donald Regan has signed a contract with NBC to serve as a contributor for "Before Hours," a morning business program. NBC's Gerry Solomon said that as head of Merrill Lynch, Regan "felt the pulse of Wall St." He stressed that Regan had the president's ear. Yeah, and after a tiff with Nancy Reagan, he was out on his ear. L.A. officials said the pilot was too high and the plane too low the small craft was belly-landed with the wheels up.

James McCoy, who made a pass at the wrong runway and turned Documents discovered by L.A. adman Mark White in a second-hand desk did NOT contain secret data about an Army copter, Hughes Aircraft and the FBI said yesterday. The "classified" stamp on the library services directory, a Hughes spokesman explained, was used to help employees "find information in libraries. It was a library term, not a military one." We hope so. Michael Jackson, accompanied by Bubbles the chimp, received a frenzied welcome when he flew into.