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A) 0 Mbwiingham Pett-Hfoid Ttiuwday Augmf 7 1916 WDBB reaches agreement with Fox network DuBose said Fox also is considering developing a new series called New Star In addition he said the Fox network will draw on its relationship with 20th Century Fox its parent company to offer movies during prime time will be using some of the 20th Century Fox library of films to offer a movie on one or both of those (weekend) DuBose said Fox has hired 28-year-old Garth Ancier a former vice president of programming for NBC to head its programming department "He was responsible for many of the shows the last couple of years that made NBC so popular" DuBose said Station affiliations were coordinated by David Johnson senior vice president of marketing for FBC and David Hilton vice president of affiliate relations for FBC Agreements cover two years beginning with the October premiere of Miss Rivers' show and include FBC' prime-time schedule that will debut in March By Grace Fiorella Chandler Poet-Heraid Reporter Tuscaloosa' WDBB-TV is among 79 independent stations that have reached broadcast agreements with the new Fox Broadcasting Co FBC is best known as the network for which Joan River left her lucrative position as Johnny guest host on NBC Show Starring Johnny Miss Rivers signed a three-year 83 milium contract with FBC to star in her own late night talk show Late Show Starring Joan Fox has announced that it has reached affiliate agreements with 79 independent stations including WDBB (which broadcasts from Tuscaloosa but maintains an office in Birmingham) and WPMI-TV in Mobile The agreement provides Fox with nearly 80 percent coverage of US television households FBC programming will begin in October with Miss Rivers' show David DuBose general manager for WDBB-TV Channel 17 said Tuesday the station is excited" about its new relationship with Fox Broadcasting Co "It's a great fresh service for many station across the country Joan Rivers has an excellent track record also know that Rupert Murdoch the owner of the Fox network has a very successful record and we're privileged to be associated with the DuBose said Miss show will begin Oct 6 and will air weeknights from 10 to 11 In the spring DuBose said FBC will expand its programming March they will offer programming on Saturday and Sunday nights in prime time Eventually there will be an expansion as time goes on with more affiliates and (as) revenues increase also know they have hired the Disney studios to produce and Out in Beverly which is a situation comedy based on the movie (of the same 2020 examines controversial home for youths IV TODAY AP stop Ellen (Tracy Pollan) from marrying someone else in the conclusion of the two-part episode Repeat NBC at 8: Carla (Rhea Perlman) worries about dancing with her ex-husband (Dan Hedaya) in a contest but is sure the only way she will win Repeat Cable call "MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers" (1983) HBO at 6: Mariette Hartley does a fine job of portraying a grief-sticken mother whose daughter is killed by a drunken driver By Faye Znckerman Special to the Poti-Henld Lynn Sherr a new correspondent for ABCs presents her first piece at 9 tonight on a Providence RI facility for emotionally disturbed youngsters The Behavior Research Institute is embroiled in a legal battle with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office for Children a licensing agency that claims the behavior-modification techniques are inhumane and illegal The institute and the parents of the children enrolled there defend the procedures which include pinching Highlights Columbus" (1985) CBS at 7: In the conclusion of this two-parter the explorer (Gabriel Byrne) makes several trips to the New World where he contends with hostile South American Indians a mutinous crew ill health and the perils of bad weather at sea Repeat NBC at 7: Rudy (Keshia Knight Pulliam) experiments with a juicer that Cliff (Bill Cosby) told her was off-limits Repeat NBC at 7:30: Alex (Michael Fox) will do anything to spanking and making the children smell ammonia and sip foul-tasting liquids On a lighter note Bob Brown is the reporter in another segment on wine coolers brand new billkm-dollar beverage industry that is here to stay" Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor are together again 'It was magic when we made "Singing in the Rain" and we wanted to recapture the magic Miss Reynolds said as she and O'Connor were interviewed yesterday on ABC-TV's 'Good Morning America The pair who starred with Gene Kelly in the film 34 years ago will take their act on the road with their first appearance set for Scranton Pa Sept 19-21 Canal crooners told to cut the Neapolitan pop tunes From Prwt Rtporti Tourist officials in Venice Italy have ordered gondoliers to stop crooning Sole while taking tourists down Venice's romantic canals because the song is Neapolitan not Venetian Tourist official Aagusto Salvador! 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you THURSDAY'S MOVIES AUGUST 7 1986 AFTIRNOON 4:00 WO Street Presents: Follow That Bird" (1985) Voices of Jim Henson Carroll Spinney (CC) 5:00 SHOW (1984) Roy Scheider John Lithgow PG (CC) DON "Hacksaw" (1972) Tab Hunter Susan Bracken MAX "Antarctica" (1984) Ken Takakura Tsunehiko Watase (CC) VININO radio gets him involved with various funny offbeat hometown locals AU Fireman's Ball" (1968) Josef Svet Marie Jezkova Elaborate plans to fete their 86-year-old chief at a special bail go awry for a group of well-meaning Czechoslovakian firemen (Subtitled) SHOW "Purple Rain" (1984) Prince ApcNonia Kotero (CC) 7:05 W1BS Three (1974) Oliver Reed Raquel Welch In 17th-century France three dashing adventurers come to the aid of King Louis XIII when they learn that his crafty cleric Cardinal Richelieu is hatching a nasty plot against him 8:00 OB Rage To Live" (1965) Suzanne Pleshette Bradford Dillman After many love affairs a promiscuous young social leader tries settling down to a normal married life WO "Commando" (1985) Arnold Schwarzenegger Rae Dawn Chong (CC) DON Voyage" (1962) Fred Mac-Murray Jane Wyman MAX "Bill Cosby Himself" (1982) Bill Cosby PG 9:25 W1BS Last Detail" (1974)' Jack Nicholson Otis Young Two rowdy shore patrolmen attempt to teach their emotionally withdrawn prisoner the facts of life 10:00 MAX 14 "The Heavenly (1985) Lewis Smith Jason Gedrick PG-13 UH '4 "Sweet William" (1980) SamWater- ston Jenny Agutter An English girt has a rocky romance with a rakish Scotsman 10:30 OS "Crime In The Streets" (1956) Sal Mineo John Cassavetes Despite the efforts of a social worker to reform him a young street hood leads one of his gang members into a life of crime 10:45 MSN "Toby Tyler Or Ten Weeks With A Circus" (1960) Kevin Corcoran Henry Calvin 11:00 0 '4 "Whose Life Is It (1981) Richard Dreyfuss John Cassavetes Paralyzed from the neck down in an automobile accident a sculptor reminisces about his life before and eloquently argues for his right to die WO V4 "Tightrope" (1984) Clint Eastwood Genevieve Bujold (CC) AU "The Fireman's Ball" (1968) Josef Svet Marie Jezkova Elaborate plans to fete their 86-year -oW chief at a special ball go awrfJbr a group of well-meaning Czechoslovakian firemen (Subtitled) SHOW "Friday The 13th The Final (1984) Crispin Glover Kimberty Beck 11:20 WTU "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (1959) Bela Lugosi Mona McKinnon UFOs containing strange inhabitants from an unknown planet invade Earth 11:30 WGN "The Barkleys Of Broadway" (1949) Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers A theatrical couple split up over a disagreement concerning their future only to find that their love for each other is revitalized 6:00 WO Vt Mothers Against Drunk Drivers" (1983) Mariette Hartley Paula Prentiss (CC) 7:00 WGN 614 Exorcist" (1973) Ellen Bur-styn Linda Blair Based on the novel by William Peter Blatty The young daughter of a popular actress becomes possessed by a demonic spirit which commits evil acts through the occupation of her mind and body 02) Cradle WIN Fall" (1983) Lauren Hutton Ben Murphy Strange happenings at a hospital where she is detained following an auto mishap lead an assistant DA into a web of homicidal intrigue USA "Handle With Care" (1977) Paul Le Mat Candy Clark A man's obsession with his CB Turning the tide On Aug 7 1942 US Marines launched America's first offensive of World War II with their landing on Guadalcanal one of the Solomon Islands In July the Japanese had begun constructing on airstrip at Guadalcanal in preparation for an all-out assault on Australia about 1000 miles to the southwest It took six months of vicious fighting for the Americans to finally subjugate the island Then began the long drive to Tokyo about 3000 miles away DO YOU KNOW On what two cities did America drop atomic bombs in 1945? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER The Andean Mountain! run through the western part of Bolivia Knowledge llnlbnitcd Inc.