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10a ST. PETERSBURG TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1989 CBS drops 'Beast 'Equalizer adds new weeknight shows By KATHRYN BAKER Associated Pri and thrown off the force and is looking to clear his name by working as an investigator. The tentatively titled The Hawaiian stars Chamberlain as a doctor pitted against hospital bureaucracy. A Peaceable Kingdom stars Ms. Wagner as a zoo administrator.

Top of the Hill, with William Katt, is about an idealistic surfer elected to fill the unexpired term of his ailing congressman father. Snoops features Tim and Daphne Reid as Washington professionals he a noted criminologist, she a protocol officer at the State Department. Here is CBS' fall schedule, night by night: Monday: Major Dad, The People Next Door, Murphy Brown, The Famous Teddy 2, Designing Women, Newhart. Tuesday: Rescue: 911, Wolf, The Hawaiian. Wednesday: A Peaceable Kingdom, Jake and the Fatman, Wise-guy.

Thursday: 48 Hours, Top of the Hill, Knots Landing. Friday: Snoops, Dallas, Falcon Crest. Saturday: Paradise, Tour of Duty, West 57th. Sunday: 60 Minutes, Murder, She Wrote, CBS Sunday Movie. because we consider it a precious commodity The show had languished toward the bottom of the Nielsens chart.

As for The Equalizer, LeMasters said it was dropped because of lackluster ratings. CBS is leaving its successful Sunday night schedule in place, but will add new shows to each weeknight. The Tuesday movie will be eliminated. By contrast, No. 1 NBC's fall schedule is largely intact, except for new Friday shows.

ABC is to announce its 1989-90 fall lineup next week. The new season begins Sept. 18. Paradise, a Western starring Lee Horsley that was new to the schedule last season, made CBS' cut. The only other freshman show renewed for a second season was Murphy Brown, a comedy starring Candice Bergen as a network newswoman.

CBS is adding three new half-hour comedies to Monday night in an attempt to bolster the relatively successful Murphy Brown, Designing Women and Newhart. Gone are midseason replacements Live In and Heartland and the long-running Kate Allie, whose stars did not want to return for another season. The new half-hour comedies Monday are: Major Dad, with Gerald McRaney as a newlywed and just-retired Marine; The People Next Door, with Jeffrey Jones as a cartoonist whose imaginings turn real; and The Famous Teddy starring Jon Cryer as a hot-shot Hollywood agent. CBS is keeping Rescue: 911, a reality-based, mid-season replacement, and adding several new dramas. Wolf stars Jack Scalia as an ex-cop who was framed NEW YORK Third-place CBS on Friday announced a 1989-90 prime-time schedule that dumps The Equalizer and Beauty the Beast and brings back series veterans Richard Chamberlain and Lindsay Wagner.

Beauty the Beast will be a backup show, CBS Entertainment President Kim LeMasters said at a news conference. He said the network had ordered 12 more episodes of the critically praised fantasy drama and eventually would return it to the schedule. "We have not abandoned this show," LeMasters said. "We don't want to rush it on the air because it needs a little bit of work, and we want to tend to it, Train crew passes drug tests Lot Anoelot Timet USE THIS 25 OFF HOME STORE COUPON SATURDAY, SUNDAY OR MONDAY 25 OFF ing crew members and the two trainmen who died in the wreck contained no trace of alcohol or illegal substances. Also, investigators said they are now virtually certain the train was more than 2,800 tons heavier than its crew thought.

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