Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 27

I MORE TV CDS Entertainment President Jeff Sagansky announced the nctworkj plans for spring fC-1 1 1 Vy Vy'V i I -i' V' WpdflyJaniwyl3l $93 Theater Personalities y- J6 A fc 'i v(j 1 recalls the hot heyday i to noises about outlawing the fender less ve- By Pat Ciaig hides completely 't jV'itvAiVl' Tfw' nmth Thexii asthe'30sdrewtoacIoseV-8f -v -I Mann IN the beginning there was the desert engines found their way Into the road-And the cars old four-banger sters making racing foster and more dan- Chevys and Model Fbrds open gerous Parks and a few of his friends cafo stripped of their fenders headlights founded the Southern California Timing and windshields and lined up side by 2 Association a group that began deveK A side across the diy deswt lake beL oplng niles and safcr standards waiting to chase after the pace car to start a three- iAta Channel 44 rolls out syndicated lineup UOYED as he la by the high ratings of last Thursday's premiere of "Star Trek: Deep Upage Nine" Channel 44 programming chlefTom Spitz still admits this is nervous time" for I hlm- The two-hour Space Nine" debut won the 8-10 primetime spot last week In the local Nielsens (tied only by Slm-j peons" at 8) That's a rarity for the lnde-j pendent station In fact says Spitz the first time I can remember us winning prime time since the miniaeries Zulu' premiered six years 3-' But the quick-starting spinoff Is only the first of several new series KBHK rolls out this month that will trans- form Channel 44's weeknlght lineup from Its traditional movie orientation to mostly first-run syndicated programming By next month KBHK will run movies only two weeknlghts Wednesdays through Fridays will be first-run action-adventure abawa Friday night KBHK rolls out another mile crosscountry rai was all right If you were out In front" said 'i Ally Parks "But If you 4- were back In the pack It was so dusty you couldn't see anything There were a lot of accidents" S'- But for young Southern California drivers bent on squeezing all the qeed they could out of rattletrap "if roadsters from the 4 and early this was 5 hot rod heaven: Of course the term hot rod among other things had yet to be Invented i said Parks who will be the featured speaker Wednesday at a klckofiTuncheon for the Oakland Roadster Show which runs from Wednesday through Sunday at the Oakland Collsepm -The roadster show one ofthe biggest Ini the United States will feature cars that go back to the early days of hot redding 4 as well as more contemporary rods FOr 4 Parks the show reminds him of early ex- hlbltlons of hot rods Los Axigeles: Even though he didn't know what to call the hot car hobby at the time Parks knew he was In on the beginning of some-' thing big Those dust clouds rising from the desert lake beds In the early were imoheilyialianiioundngtbeMrUicfa new sport many of the drivers out of their cars and hl them into the military service plied he wouldiiave to do something about v-r making the new sport safe Street racers Parks for example served Ini the had alreadyglven the sport abad name and dty officials were making angry Plsase see Mi C-2 j- 9 1 Sharon Walton says theater is the i sl 1 i i-' V1 II Lists Madonna tops worst-dressed list: A i She a NON photo most collaborative of tha arts Ck 1 fc 7 from home base Paramount a remake of the old "Untouchables" series That will be paired with "Bay Watch" on Friday nightie a lineup aimed at the 18-to- 49 male audience that helped make "Star Trek The Next Generation" such abig hit (Men 18-49 are one of the weaker sitcom audiences) 3 More new hour-long action-adventure shows follow later this month on 44: David Carradlne plays his original my-1 Hod grandson onKung Flu The Legend Continues" with his son I (played by Chris Potter) another chip off the old karate-chopplngbfock Paired I with "Rung Fta" on Wednesdays will be: another new sd-fi action series f-r -Is -V i why la KBHK Which has just V' moved Into new San Ftancisco stu-dlos and whose "Roseanne" and Tull House" have debuted In syndication season with strong ratings buying all the new hour shows to replace I 'movies? V' "Because when you see products this good you say no" Slfcexplalns The shows also give Channel 44 a higher profile Spitz claims "becauae the average TV viewer because of the number lof channels available now doesn't differ- entlate between the networks lndepen- dent stations llke us and cable And as V- long as we don't disappoint viewers they'll find this Untouchables" which seen and will review he re Friday has eye-catching high production values The networks' appeal to broaderbased audiences have all but precluded pro- dudng such expensive hour-kmg action- adventure shows so syndicators and local stations llke KBHK have moved to fill 'this niche Says Spitz: production costs per hour on many of our new shows I Is higher than most network series" One ofthe reasons an Independent like KBHK can afford a move to running ex- -pensive shows like these Is that ironl- cally they don't have to pay much for them Th get them mostly on a barter basis with most ofthe commercials being presold by the syndicator Still It's a big change for KBHK 'viewers moat ofwhom are used to tuning jin Channel 44 weeknlghts to see movies the nervous part" says Spits some theatrical directors the emphasis Is dearly on the theat-' both In their arid in their flamboyaAt personae But there's nothing flamboyant about Sharon Walton the soft-spoken and earnest producing director ofthe Oakland Ensemble Theater guess you covild say rmsort da pensive Walton mused last week In her upstairs ofQce at Oak- i land's Alice Arts Center where she's mounting George Wolfe's "The Cd-ored The comedy opening Thursday will be OETs Inaugural pro- ductlon to the needy refurbished and tress and director she bore out that de-reopened theater complex vV: addition' Benny Sato Ambush her htend and "A playwright be called a play- predecessor at OET describes Walton wrlght unless there are actors who say as deep thinker" As the 40yearold hlaor her lines" Walton said artlo- -San Fmndsco resident tookabreak ulatlngherphllosophyoftheateras from tor ptmiHwh and arimlntrnHu duties to talk about her career as so- Please see VWlwv C-2 vr' 4 tV i 1 r' looks He also said he had withdrawn Cher from the competition saying she MADONNA topped Mr Bladnvell's was In a state of "emotional confusion" I hommesharpongued critlcfor luring nigpkwli lglH America youth toward a fashion trend of 'T His harshest words were for "What lfyour daughters and the youth whose book "Sex" a collection of nude' of America were to done Madonna? photos was a best seller last year BlaAwellsaldstandlngbefi)reaphotorf barebottomed bore of Babylon the singer-actress In a bare-bosomed ImIw nb an iwfrihBhiii tniihi inWng vfiown In a sea of sleaze A masochistic mon- 5 Blackwell said the latest edition of his Btrosltv" Blackwell said u- ei 7 toe state of fashfon had fallen to a mw Of shavenbeaded singer Sinead 'tow oi awiiou nTO iaucn No 5 on the list he said looks terrible has become fo- tressesno dressra-The hlghpriestessof ahlonable" he said pretense downright depresses Fallowing Madonna on the list were ac- Others on the list were Shirley Mao-J tresses Geena Davis "Big Bird In hirels" Lalne "A carrot-topped and Glenn Close whom he described as 4 Juliette Lewis "A corn-row catastrophe Daughter" Television star above a bohemian bomb below" Demi Burke ranked fourth drawing the' Moore Is Goldie Hawn "the comment "Earthquake at the OK CorraL" goddess of and LaToya Jackson Blackwell however commended sev- a hymn to Halloween 365 nightmares a eral longtime targets for Improving their year" 1 rf -Vw- --JftJv''! i-- -1 ts i 1 1 warmest trend Homemade soups are want but until theyeon the air you 4 never know how viewers will react An added bonus for Channel 44: KBHK i will take all these new syndicated shows and rerun them Sundays giving them a whole new night of expensive first-run programming Spitz admits he expected high ratings for "Deep ufoe because of all fhe advance publicity and promotion KBHlCsal80 Invested heavily In advertising the new premiering Friday a key piece In i KBHIfa new programming strategy clicking for usat the same time and people are starting to notice Last year was agood year for the sta- tlon" says Spitz who's also upbeat personally havlngjust moved his young famfiy into a new home In Moxaga after ifrelng burned out In the Oakland flre- storm But heU be nervous Friday hoping viewers looking for action heroes will In "Action 44" MiHHtamlV Shows sf Hera are prims-tkns ratings as com-v pfad by the AC Nielsen Coufor the week ending Jan 10:: V1 flb MiiHrtosCBS2a2 Rossanna ABC 0 3L Carol Burnett CBS 214 4 Murder She Wrote CBS 20B Home Improvement ABC -'2ol7' j- 6 Murphy Browa CBS 191 vv 7 Dead Before ABC 3 Sunday Movie 180 3 1 Coach ABC 17ft j'fs: ft Full Houm ABC 172 i 1 0 Northern Exposure CBS Jackie Thomas Show ABC 16ft In the Bay Area viewers made Channel 7s "Roseama" the top show of the week was followed by 1 Minutes" and "Murphy Brown" both on Channel 5 Emtonthgt point mpml 931 JJOOhousaholdi THERE'S no antidote more soothing to these cold dreary days than simmering bowls of llaTOrful home- made soup In food section Paula Hamilton shares recipes for delicious soups creamy vegetable savory onion zesty black bean and chunky com thatarereadylnmlnutes Americana have retpmed to the kitchen In record numbers Now they have to learn how to cook say food experts Pretentious foods of the '70s are -out Today we're cooking simpler home-style meals and switching our tastes from croissants to bread sticks In a related story SuzieFriedenthal uses her microwave oven to prepare her two favorite comfort foods In short order Jeny Mead reveals two great wine bar- -gains and Edward Blonz explains why nutritionists and doctors advise us to drink at least eight glasses of water a day Flood Day begins onpage C-S a 4 Staff MARCOS.