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pi iv vp TV RADIO THURSDAY JANUARY 20 1994 Cf THE MIAMI HERALD JU STHE NIELSEN RATING Networks fight violence issue is: Are we doing better? The answer is yes Let leave it at that for the moment and pursue the real causes of violence THURSDAY 8:00 Mad About You NBC 13 15 8 The Simpsons Fox 49 10 8 Missing Persons ABC 52 105 How'd They Do That? CBS 73 92 8:30 Mad About You NBC 21 14 6 Sinbad Fox 73 92 9:00 Seinfeld NBC 3 22 0 Matlock ABC 34 12 8 Eye to Eye CBS 70 93 In Living Color Fox 82 72 9:30 Seinfeld NBC 4 217 Herman's Head Fox 88 57 10:00 Primetime Live ABC 10 16 3 Homicide NBC 31 13 3 Second Chances CBS 80 79 HOWARD STRINGER president CBS Broadcast Group THE TOP 10 SHOWS For week of Jan 10-16 SHOW RATINQ 1 Home Improvement ABC 238 2 60 Minutes CBS 22 9 3 Seinfeld NBC 220 4 Seinfeld Special NBC 217 5 Roseanne ABC 205 8 Murder She Wrote CBS 19 9 7 Grace Under Fire ABC 19 5 I Coach ABC 187 9 Murphy Brown CBS 167 10 PnmeTime Uve ABC 163 HOW TO READ THIS CHART The first column below is the ranking for the week the second column is the rating a percentage of the nation's 921 million TV homes (P) denotes premiere The first half also happened to be the highest-rated TV movie la-a week So the public appetite is there no matter the official protests The central point is to put out a greater variety of TV movies And in fairness CBS has come through with some recent movies that transcend TV-movie formulas: To Dance With the White Dog Jane's House Gypsy issue is: Are we doing better? The answer is Stringer said leave it at that for the moment and pursue the real causes of violence" For all their faults today's programmers serve us better than we might like to admit And going to serve us better than Reno Simon and other officials who don't watch television Stringer recalls that after he testified before a Senate committee columnist Jimmy Breslin called him and said I've just got back from East New York The kids there are on drugs they've dropped out of school they have no jobs in gangs they're killing each other they all own guns Trust me not watching your The network executives are offering some important rebuttals Even in the Vast Wasteland these voices of reason deserve to be heard TV VIOLENCE FROM 1G and headline-grabbing politics The broadcast networks are not the only game in town remember cable and the independent stations but Washington has been slow to get that point you truly want to get rid of violence on television and not just get your picture in the paper have the rest of the systems coming into my house accept the same broadcast standards we said Don Ohlmeyer West Coast president have Arnold Schwarzenegger ripping a heart and bolding it in his hand at 8 o'clock at night They even watch Tbe thought of Sen Paul Simon D-Ill someone who watch much television overseeing TV astounds meyer you want a guy to vote on a bill he he -asked you have somebody who wants to draft legislation for something available to him and he chooses not to Howard Stringer president of the CBS Broadcast Group sounded a similar theme about Attorney General Janet Reno When he met her she began by saying watch televi- as a viewer and as a network Iger said room to put npped-from-the-headlines material in as long as it's produced well I just think for my own tastes beeD too much of Arid there was in May when there were such movies as Murder in the Heartland and Ambush in H'aco Some movies Stringer of CBS said May that set off the furor over violence was and that a few other violent movies have slipped onto the schedule are movies one terribly proud of and that are gratuitous as well as he said He could have been talking about this CBS minise-nes In the Best of Families which was really about the worst of families: a custody battle a psychopath kidnapping and death Stringer called that statement Yet network television is held in such low esteem that it's not going to be treated fairly In fairness most series programming today is far less violent than in years before In fairness the violence in current police dramas like NYPD Blue and Law Order is handled with sophistication and restraint There are still too many violent TV movies but the networks seem to have noticed too On this point they were responding with more insight than bravado think time for us to step back a bit and look at the impact of made-for-television movies in said Iger of ABC welcome a shift of some sort in subject He singled out recent Home a tender drama with James Woods as a widower as a refreshing change of pace like to see more of those FRIDAY! 8:00 Family Matters ABC 19 14 7 Diagnosis Murder CBS 43 1 1 9 Viper NBC 79 81 Brisco County Jr Fox 90 54 8:30 Boy Meets World ABC 27 143 9:00 Step by Step ABC 15 150 Burke Law CBS 38 124 Two Fathers NBC 54 103 X-Files Fox 92 49 9:30 Mr Cooper ABC 29 140 10:00 2020 ABC 11 162 Picket Fences CBS 44 1 18 SATURDAY! 8:00 Sports Weekend has the line-up of major sports events and local South Florida events so you can pick the winners The Miami Herald WSVN Channel 7 and Ttopics 1067 FM invite you to Murder Between Friends NBC 33 12 9 30 Lovei War CBS 18 149 1030 Exposure CBS 22 14 5 830 Full House ABC 25 14 4 Rescue 9 11 CBS 30 13 5 Monty Fox 78 8 6 Saved by Bell NBC 85 6 3 830 Phenom ABC 28 14 2 Good Life NBC 84 6 9 Roc Fox 91 5 2 830 Roseanne ABC 5 20 5 Terror in the Night CBS 35 12 7 'J Larroquette NBC 81 7 8 Am Most Wanted Fox 89 56 30 Coach ABC 8 18 7 Cafe Amencam NBC 85 6 3 1030 NYPD Blue ABC 25 14 4 Dateline NBC 73 9 2 WEDNESDAY HgMWWMHUM 830 Unsolved Mysteries NBC 39 12 3 Beverly Hills 902 10 Fox 40 12 2 TheaABC 57 10 2 The Nanny CBS 57 10 2 830 Hearts Afire CBS 69 9 4 George ABC 63 10 0 00 Home Improve ABC 1 23 8 Melrose Place Fox 54 10 3 Heal of the Night CBS 57 10 2 Now Katie NBC 67 9 7 30 Grace Under Fire ABC 7 19 5 1030 48 Hours CBS 32 13 0 Blrdland ABC 45 117 Law and Order NBC 49 10 8 4 PM Sally Jessy Raphael Assault on Nancy Kerrigan (1:00) Oprah Winfrey Women coerced uito robbing banks 1 (130) (cc) 5 PM Geraldo Jealous spouses (1:00) Ricki Lake Jealousy (1:00) 7 PM Hard Copy Police corruption (cc) America: Personal Conversations With Dennis Wholey Director Haile Gerima 7:30 PM Entertainment Tonight Jennie Garth (cc) 9 PM (cSn Larry King Live President Bill Clinton (1:00) (cc) LATE NIGHT 11 PM Arsenio Hall Richard Harris (1 30) (cc) 11:35 PM 0 The Tonight Show Robert Klein Thomas 1 Haden Church band Heart (1:00) (cc) Late Show With David Letterman Willie Nelson MIDNIGHT Hall See 11 pm (1:00) (cc) 12:05 AM American Journal See 4:30 pm 12:35 AM 0 Late Night With Conan Frands Ford Coppola Florence Henderson (1:00) 12:37 AM Rush Limbaugh 1 AM Larry King Live (R) (cc) 1:35 AM Later With Bob Costas Penelope Ann Miller 7 AM Today Correspondent Peter Arnett Live From the NHL All-Star Game preview filmmaker Mark Rydell (2:00) (cc) This Morning The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards day-care tips telemarketing scams author Jonathan Keller-man US Olympic uniforms South Bronx mobile health unit investing in bonds outcome-based education (2:00) (cc) (S3 Q) Good Morning America The Clinton first year Sharon Stone hidden bank fees problems of working women in their 40s new treatments for chronic fatigue comedy troupe the Capitol Steps (2:00) (cc) 9 AM Donahue Zsa Zsa workout video (1:00) (cc) Rush Limbaugh Regis Kathie Lee Freddie Jackson actor Paolo ganti (1:00) Maury Povich Cay teens (1:00) (cc) 10 AM Leeza Compulsive shopping (1:00) Vickil (R) Playmates and their fathers (1:00) Montel Williams Sexy husbands (1:00) Jerry Springer Interracial 1 adoption (1:00) 11 AM Jane Whitney False-memory syndrome (1:00) Jones Troubled slepfarmhes (1:00) 1 PM CB Charlie Rose Author Michael Cnchton (130) 3 PM Bertice Berry Bob Vila (1:00) Saturday February 5 1 994 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Everything you canjmagine in one garage! 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