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eievision September 27, 1984 THE JOURNAL HERALD Dayton, Ohio 36 Slicked-up 'Jeopardy' a mere shadow of the original By Mike Duffy KntM Ntwt fervtct The new Jeopardy is a disgrace. It may get ratings, but it deserves no cnert The slirkpd-uD new version of one of 'The questions and answers were almost exclusively simple and simple-minded' television's few intelligent game shows is aimed straight at a pinhead pop culture men- sion of Trivial Pursuit. On the premiere, if you were at all familiar with Plymouth Rock, Mr. Wizard, The Twilight Zone or Van Halen, you might have won some bucks. This is during Double Jeopardy, mind you.

A category called Four Letter Words included such toughies as: Little girls do it with a Van Halen does it with a song Gump), and Serling's Twilight and a basketball defense (zone). Aaaaargh. The show is a pitiful echo of its former self. Whereas the old Jeopardy rewarded intelligence, the new Jeopardy merely insults the three bland ciphers who competed for money and prizes on the recent premiere sure didn't sparkle with anything resembling quality gray matter. Then again, the questions and answers were almost exclusively simple and simple-minded.

And that is the most annoying aspect of the new Jeopardy. There's nothing special about the knowledge required. There's no challenge. Science, literature, philosophy? Who needs 'em? If you watch a lot of TV and read People magazine, you're set. What a bore.

In fact, Jeopardy resembles a remedial ver Fleming was refreshingly unslick. And the contestants were actually intelligent human beings. Best of all, viewers who played along at home could feel pretty good about their own brain power if they answered even a fair percentage of the questions. You had to be sharp to win on the original Jeopardy. On the new Jeopardy (7:30 p.m.

wceknights on Channel 22), you merely have to possess a quick finger on the buzzer. The host is Alex Trenek, one of the generation of game-show host clones who popped into view during the 1970s. He used to host -tality. With the new Jeopardy, a knowledge of Michael Jackson is a lot more important than a knnwlnrfop nf KhakesDpare. Anvone with fond High Rollers, which should have been a tip-off that the new Jeopardy would be a Joke.

Even legendary announcer Don Pardo is missing. Of course, they couldn't totally demolish Jeopardy. The brainless, shrieking Bozos who usually serve as contestants on many game shows Just don't fit the Jeopardy format. But of the original Jeopardy may well be The no-nonsense original was straightfor- 1 1 L. 1 1 1 I A A waru, cereorai una uiaiieugmg.

nusi nn Bill Cosby crowned king for a week in new Nielsen ratings week before the official start of the season, although the networks have been "sneaking" shows on early. In all, NBC placed the premieres of three new shows in the top five. Highway to Heaven was third and Hunter work failed to win the weekly Nielsen ratings despite taking five of the first six spots. ABC was first for the week ending Sept. 23, and NBC was second.

CBS sank to third place in the last ratings By Jerry Buck AiwctatidPreu LOS ANGELES (AP) Bill Cosby's return to NBC after an eight-year absence from television was the highest-rated show of the week, but the net- JOHN DARLING Lf THERE'S THIS MEXU PRESSING ROOM fourth. The season premiere of The A-Team was fifth. The Cosby Show is the comedian's first venture into television since his short-lived variety series in 1976. He first gained fame in I Spy in the 1960s, then starred In The Bill Cosby Show in 1969-71. In his new show, he plays a doctor with an attorney wife and four children.

Two new ABC series, Paper Dolls and Jessie, made their debuts in the Top 10: Paper Dolls seventh and Jessie 10th. ABC was first in the A.C. Nielsen Co. survey with a network average of 15.3. NBC was second with 14.8 and CBS was third with 14.2.

The networks say this means that in an average prime-time minute, 15.3 percent of the TV homes were tuned to ABC. AAIRROR OF WNE IS A GREAT Other premiering shows did not fare Here are the week's top-rated as well. The next highest-rated new: fall l. The Cosby Show. NBC show was CBS' Cover Up, in 33rd 2.

60 Minutes CBS place. NBC's Partners in Crime was 3. Highway to Heaven NBC 36th, ABC's Who's the Boss? was 39th, 4. Hunter NBC ABC's Finders of Lost Loves was 40th, 5. The A-Team NBC NBC's Hot Pursuit was 50th, and 6.

Movie The Enforcer "NBC ABC's People Do the Craziest Things 7. Paper Dolls ABC was 55'h- 8. AfterMASH. CBS The lowest-rated show of the week 9. Three's Company ABC was the NBC movie The Border.

lo. Jessie. ABd Here are the bottom five shows in 11. Family Ties NBCl descending order: CBS' London 12. 20-20.

ABd Davis In New York, ABC's People Do 13. The Emmy Awards CBS the Craziest Things, NBC's Dean Mar- H. Hawaiian Heat ABO tin Celebrity Roast, NBC's Silver 15. Simon Simon CBS. Spoons, and the NBC movie The Bor- 16.

Webster ABO der- 17. TV's Bloopers Practical Joke's, CBS was again in the lead among (tie) NBC the evening news shows. ABC was Movie Burning Rage CBS: second and NBC was third. The rat- NBC All-Star Happy Hour NBC Ings: CBS 10.8, ABC 9.9, NBC 8.2. 20.

CBS! IMPROVEMENT! ii i Tonight's TV Movies -L. (1979) Peter Falk, Warren Oates-Several average men from assorted, backgrounds join forces to rob a well-; guarded armored car. (PG) 4:30 CMD Krull (1983) Ken Mar shall, Lysette Anthony. On another! planet, a prince faces many tests as he' tries to regain his kingdom, rescue his! betrothed and fight a fabulous beast! 2:15 CMD The Stud (1978) Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias. A waiter advances his career by sleeping with his boss's wife.

(R) 2:30 CMD Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) Peter Sellers, David Niven. Following the disappearance of bumbling French police detective Inspector Clouseau, a TV reporter interviews friends, family and enemies to put together a profile of his life. (PG) 2:30 CED Private Lessons See 9:30 p.m. 4:00 fin The Female Trap (1968) Jack Lord, Susan Strasberg. A male hitchhiker accepts a ride with a young girl never realizing he is to become the unwilling captive of her mother and sisters in a lonely desert outpost.

4:00 CUD Las Vegas Hustle See 11 p.m. 4:00 CUD Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) Dana Andrews, Gene Tier-ney. A detective accidentally commits a murder while conducting an investigation. 4:10 CMD The Brink's Job (PG) 5:30 CED Horse Feathers! (1932) Marx Brothers, Thelma Groucho takes over as president of a' college. 12:50 CMD Humongous (1982) Janet Julian, David Wallace.

A disfigured murderer stalks a party of feckless teen-agers weekending on a remote island. (R) 1:00 CED Le Mans (1971) Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch. A veteran driver is obsessed with conquering the Le Mans endurance course. 1:55 CMD North Dallas Forty (1979) Nick Nolte, Mac Davis. Groupies, pill-popping and all-night partying begin to take their toll on two fun-loving but over-the-hill football players.

(R) 2:00 CMD Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) Aldo Ray, Mimsy Farmer. A crowd of barefoot, long-haired, undisciplined young people gather for kicks and a brawl begins when several are picked up for violation of the curfew. 2:00 fiTsTl The Blue Angel See 8 p.m. Clark, Mitchell Ryan. A woman relives a traumatic experience in order to help her young unmarried daughter make her own decision about her pregnancy, (renin) 12:20 CMD My Favorite Year (1982) Peter O'Toole, Jessica Harper.

A dipsomaniacal former matinee idol has trouble coping with the pressures of a live TV performance during television's golden age. (PG) 12:30 Triple Cross (1967) Christopher Plummer, Yul Brynner. An international agent receives medals from Germany and Britain before the end of the war, when he turns out to be a hero for the Allies. 12:40 CUB Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains (1981) Diane Lane, Ray Winstone. The meteoric rise of a trio of female punk-rockers leads ultimately to their selling out in the big-money world of the music industry.

(R) I if, I 5 M0) ME wm Radio highlights CHAfflTY HAD Spencer: Features Glen Campbell. .6:30 WYSO-FM (91.3) Currents: Guests Mary Frost-Pierson of Mysteries in the Yard in Yellow Springs and John Hartley Fox will discuss the great art of mystery writing and reading. 7:35 WHIO (1290) BasebaU: Atlanta at Cincinnati. 9:00 WYMJ-FM (103.9) Scott McKenzie: Features Fleetwood. 9:30 WQRP-FM (88.1) Kevin Scott: Features Janie Fricke.

TODAY 6:30 WQRP-FM (88.1) Scott Clark: Features Dixie Melody Boys. 12:00 WFCJ-FM (93.7) Chuck Swln-doll: Topic: "Eat, Drink and Be What?" Repeats at 8 p.m. 12:30 WFCJ-FM (93.7) Dr. James Dobson: Topic: "Hospice: Special Care for the Terminally 111." Repeats at 9:30 p.m. TONIGHT 6:30 WQRP-FM (88.1) Dusty i Old photo special! TO MEAN 6:00 CMD In Love and War (1958) Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter.

The effects of World War II upon three Marines from vastly different backgrounds are portrayed. 8:00 CED Skyjacked (1972) Charlton Heston, James Brolin. A tally deranged veteran hijacks an plane with a U.S. senator aboard and demands to be flown to the Soviet Union. 8:00 I Saw What You Did (1965) Joan Crawford, John Ireland.

When two teen-age girls alone for the weekend play an innocent telephone prank, little do they know that the party they've reached is a killer who wants to repay the surprise. 8:00 Green Eyes (1977) Paul Winfield, Rita Tushingham. A black Vietnam war veteran returns to Saigon to search for the young son he left behind. 8:00 CSD Cross Creek (1982) Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn. Based on the memoirs of Marjorie Rinnan Rawl-ings.

In 1928, an ambitious New York writer leaves her wealthy husband for the more peaceful existence of a Florida orange grove where she plans to write Gothic romance novels. (PG) 8:00 CM) The Black Stallion Returns (1982) Kelly Reno, Teri Garr. A boy goes to the Sahara Desert to find his beloved black Arabian stallion which was reclaimed by its previous owner. 8:00 CUD The Blue Angel (1959) May Britt, Curt Jurgens. A middle-aged professor's love for a beautiful cafe singer leads him to degradation and ruin.

9:00 CMD Gandhi 1 982) Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen. Traces the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who led demonstrations of passive resistance in order to gain independence for India. (PG)g 9:30 SD Private Lessons (1980) Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman. A housekeeper has an ulterior motive for providing her employer's teen-age son with his first sexual experience (R) 10:00 (W) Under Fire (1983) Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman. Two American journalists and a photographer cover the Nicaraguan war while a French double agent uses photographs of rebels to search for key Sandinista leaders.

(R) 10:35 CUE) Charade (1964) Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn. A woman becomes the target of her murdered husband's cronies who believe she knows where vast fortune is hidden. 11:00 CED La Vegas Hustle (1984) Annette Haven. Richard Pacheco. A sexy detective investigates the murder of a woman and discovers that there may be many possible suspects.

11.00 CMD Eddie Micoo'i Rna (1933) John Schneider, Kirk Douglas. An escaped criminal become! the quarry of a ruthless law officer. (PG) 11:30 2) Big Jim MeLaia (1952) John Wayne, Nancy Olson. A special agent and his assistant attempt to stem the tide of terrorist activities in Hawaii. 12:00 CED Night Watck (1971) Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey.

An attractive woman cannot convince her skeptical husband that she hat seen a murder taking place in the deserted house across the courtyard. 12:11 Reck, Rock, Rock! (1956) Alan Freed, Tuesday Weld. A high-school prom featuring the music of such '50s stars as Frankie Lymoo and Chuck Berry brings a boy and girl together. 12:05 CD The Ckoke (1381) Susaa i I1 MEIFMOEE si I 11 1 I 7 i I i -I A- No one makes your dollar work harder than the I'nited Way. Because your one contribution helps more than one hundred service programs.

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