The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 8

A8 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS THURSDAY JUNE 13 1996 THURSDAY MORNING JUNE 13 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 h'l yif VWVTN "3r A 7:00 7:30 Channel 5 leads in local TV news race Maybe the helicopter Maybe habit Maybe viewers trust them the most But WMC-TV Channel 5 continues to dominate the local news scene in Memphis at least in the afternoon and late evening WREG-TV Channel 3 leads in the early morning and at noon but saw ratings for its other newscasts slip from last though it continues to be a solid No 2 WHBQ-TV Channel 13 saw ratings for its 9 pm newscast begun when the station became a Fox affiliate last December climb slightly from February And WPTY-TV Channel 24 which began producing news last December when it went over to the ABO network still struggles Channel 5 leads the race at 5 and 10 pm At 5 pm its newscast averaged a 17 rating 37 share up 1 rating point and 1 share point from last rating A rating point represents 1 percent of total TV households in the A Nielsen 30-plus county Designated Market Area a share point represents 1 percent of Tv sets actually in use at a given time Channel 3 averaged a 7 rating 16 share for its Monday-Fnday newscasts at 5 pm down 2 rating points and 5 share points from last May Channel 13 which have a 5 pm newscast last May averaged a 2 rating 5 share this year And Channel 24 averaged a 1 rating 3 share the same rating it received in February but up 1 share point February was the first ratings book for Channel news- Channel 4 JO pm newscast averaged a 3 rating share the same rating and share points higher than February the first ratings book that particular newscast At 10 pm weeknights Channel 5 again dominated with 18 rating 34 share up 1 rating and 5 share points May Channel 3 averaged 10 rating 19 share down 3 points and 3 share points from last May Channel 24 a 1 rating 3 share at pm down 1 rating point with the same share as February Stations can benefit or from the audience their deliver in prime time From 9 to 10 pm NBC delivered a weekday average 15 rating 26 share to Channel 5 CBS delivered an average rating 18 share to Channel and ABC delivered an average 7 rating 12 share to Channel 24 Channel 13 produces an of news at 9 pun That newscast averaged a 6 rating 10 share up 1 rating point and 2 share points from February From to 9 pm Fox delivered an 8 rating 14 share Channel 13 WLMT-TV Channel newscast which is produced Channel 24 averaged a 1 1 share from 9 to930 pm Nielsen measure before 6 am From 6 7 am when three stations local news Channel with a 9 rating 36 share while Channel 5 averages an rating 30 share Channel morning show which from 6 to 8 am averages a 10 2 for an from rating averaged 10 but last lose networks 11 3 hour 8 average to by rating audiences to pro- 3 8 runs 1 Awards offbeat enjoyable TOM WALTER Television Radio rating 3 share At noon Channel 3 averaged an 8 rating 26 share Channel 5 averaged a 7 rating 24 share while Channel 13 averaged a 1 rating 3 share Screenings pulled HBO has pulled three screenings of Paradise Lost: He Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills from its daytime schedule The film which details the murders of three 8-vear-old West Memphis boys in 1993 and the subsequent trials of three teenagers premiefed Monday nighf HBO had scheduled the film to air during the day today Sunday and next Thursday It decided the film is too vivid and emotionally wrenching to be shown when young children may bo watching just felt we should irr on the side of safety and that is removing the daytime plays I think the overall emotional impact was stronger than we expected when we initially scheduled said Quentin Schaffer vice president for media relations HBO officials had seen a rough version of the film when it scheduled it but hot the filial version Schaffer said the decision to re-schedule the film was made independently of any viewer criticism of the daytime airings HBO decided to pull the daytime showings on Mondfcy 1 before the film was shown WMC-TV Channel 5) in which jokes on The Tonight Show cause his uncle all kinds of trouble Scheduled on 48 Hours (9 pm WREG-TV Channel a report on the case of a 14-year-old who killed his father DIAMONDS FACTORED I EC' 17 (L tart 1J0 CtMaqM58f 1 JIM tar 1100 uacLtartWO U8cLtar22Sk 2J9cLOrtG08i Lame Selection In Stock" £4 wii ountrvljfvf lers S3 fcjht) fta4 Bronkhftven Ctpcle K'hII Toll Krf HHom 999-fl9rt Put POP in Onr Poplins i 2 For $299 i Ybur Dad probably grew up in tfw are whan twary man young or old owtwa a poplin wit Bring back Mmo coo1 entp comfortoblo momorioi in Hum i olrao oyster tan and navy Single Suits 17 rLiHitf CLlimf SLn IMS 50 North Front Start Kssaan Irssr 1 2941211 Monday Friday 90 -Clasad Saturday 40 In Touch TUNE IN gate a baby-sales ring When a new mother is murdered Moreno (Lauren Velez) poses as a assistant in a prenatal ward Bill Smitrovich Dirk Benedict and Christina Pickles guest on a Murder She Wrote repeat (7 pm WREG-TV Channel 3) in which a none-too-sweet ice-cream magnate experiences the Big Chill himself David ScHwimmer guests as his Friends character Ross on a crossover episode of The Single Guy (7:30 pm WMC-TV Channel 5) from November In The Conunish: Father Image (8 pm WPTY-TV Channel 24) Michael Chik-lis returns as top cop Tony Scali He is visited by his former mentor who winds up being assigned as special investigator to a serial-murder case Tony is working on Jay Leno appears as himself on a Seinfeld rerun (8 pm Always MTV Movie By Kirk Nlccwongcr United Feature Syndicate NEW YORK Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo who starred together in the 1994 disaffected-youth comedy Reality Bites co-host the enjoya-bly irreverent 1996 MTV Movie Awards (8 pm MTV) As viewers ot past ceremonies know the best thing about the MTV Movie Awards is its off-the-wall categories that stuffier cinema-honors rites inexplicably overlook such as Best On-Screen Duo Best Villain Best Kiss and Best Action Sequence And this year a completely new distinction will be recognized: Best Fight The nominations for the MTV Movie Awards were selected through a national poll of viewers who also served as the ultimate arbiters of the winners Presenters are slated to include Patricia Arquette Jamie Lee Curtis David Duchovny Laurence Fishbume Samantha Mathis Natalie Portman Lela Rochon and Vanessa Williams Scheduled performers are the Fugees who will re-create their remake of Roberta 1973 hit Killing Me Softly Garbage which will do Only Happy When It Rains and Whitney Houston who poses the musical question why Does It Hurt So Bad? In addition Adam Sandler will warble one of his comedic compositions created especially for this auspicious occasion which is so classy that MTV cautions honorees in its ads No shirt no shoes no Living Single returns to the Fox lineup tonight Actually this is an early tryout for fall Thursday-night schedule in which Living Single and Martin will swap time periods with New York Undercover remaining set at 8 pm lineup of course consists entirely of reruns On Martin (7 pm WHBQ-TV Channel 13) Gina (Tisha Campbell) and Martin (Martin Lawrence) buy a new brass bed which causes difficulty when Gina gets her cranium stuck in the headboard ask) Then Mario and Melvin Van Peebles guest on the Living Single return (7:30 pm WHBQ-TV Channel 13) in which Regine (Kim Fields Freeman) gets herself into a jam by dating both a handsome weatherman and his father Finally on New York Undercover (8 pm WHBQ-TV Channel 13) the detectives investi- BEAMS notice ON PAGE 15 OF THE SEARS THURSDAY JUNE 13 ADVERTISING SECTION YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED THERE IS A PRINTING ERROR THE PANASONIC 55656 VHS-C CAMCORDER (MFR PVD326) ADVERTISED DOES NOT HAVE COLORVIEW FINDER FEATURE AS SHOWN WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED OUR control device that simplifies I programming Devetopment Corp fray Rom 88808077 11 pjn 99 MwiM MWKwns From 1995: physical violence among high-achool fllrwlnvotvlng taca alaahinga 116 pjn Janny Jonaa From It am CSPAN Journal (Live Phont-ln) (3:00) 922 7 am (X TNo Morning Act ran Roaia O'Donnell visit to Camp Janus a camp catering to bum victims 57313 7 ajn (D Today How to talk to children about divorce actor Matthew Broderick In styls this summer at the beach 'Today's Health" with Dr Art 1 Ulene movie critic Gena Shall! 71961 7 ajn 89 Good Morning Amarica Mot Freeman tuning up an air con- GRAND REOPENING SATURDAY JUNE IS Free Activation! cssomue) and Free Mobile Memo for 3 months! 1 Atm Nokia 100 foronly5(t (BMrtrt and Pager for onlyg((prt OR $40 credit toward iny Kcmoiy oayoarBVflbiU! 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