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Page 14 TELEVISION TVTONIGHT 5 PM Nws CHIP VWm Hits Megnum I 0 alcon Crest Captain Kangaroo (R) 2 Sesame Street (R) New Southern Coating Gl Joe 5:30 PM PeopJe'i Court 3) Three Company (R) Card Short Reading Rainbow: Laura Hcymam narrate xi "Watch the Star Ccme Cut" the story ci a oromer and siser ioumey to me Urutea State LeVor Burton kx)s at the Statue of Liberty's restarchcn (R) MakeOver I Dream Of Jeannie 6 PM a 0 New amily Tie: When Alex announce that hi tcierfs a being wasted in a caH time job of the TV stat'on $teen's plan for i treir future go up in smoke () 3 2 1 Contact (2 Polka Dot Door Body Electric Mark And Mindy 6:30 PM NBC Newt CBS Newt ABC Newt CJ GD New MacNeil Lehrer Newthour S3 Jeremy The Tripod: Will's happiness with Eloise is famted by his discovery that she's been capped doomed to being controlled by the Tripods Bob Newhart 53 Readalong (6:45) 7 PM 0 Entertainment Tonight: Actress Pamela Sue Martin In stereo Newfywed Game Ontario At The Crossroads: The new politics Wheel Of ortune ZJ Doctor Who Nightly Business Report: Commentator: Economic Policy Advisory Board member Arthur Laffer Cousteau's Rediscovery Of The World: An exploration of the Marquesas Islands of rench Polynesia located in the South Pacific Ocean focusing on the history of the Marquesan people and their struggle to survive against outside influences 7:30 PM Dating Game $100000 Pyramid Baseball: Montreal Expos at Pittsburgh Pirates (Live 8 Jeopardy! CJ Campbell: John and Emma try to get rid of their Superstitious housekeeper by setting up pranks to scare her away (R) 0 Split Second Wild Wild World Of Animals 53 Movie: "The Way To The Gold" (1757) (Part 4 of 4) Barry Sullivan Sheree North Adam Smith's Money World Channel 17 Report (7:50) 8 PM Cosby Show: Denise anxiously await the cmrrwJ of her blind date Scarecrow And Mrs King: lee investigates a plot to destroy the nation's suoply of a strategic metal 0 0M World: Stories from the summer of 1972 the Watergate break in the Munich Summer Olympics the Democratic National Convention in Miami the founding of Ms magazine also talk with George McGovern Mark Spitz and Gloria Steinem (R) 0 Backstage Wild America: Sibling nvaine within the animal kingdom are shown to be fatal at times when they concern food territory and affection 59 What A Picture! MacNeil Lehrer Newshour Movie: "Pray or The Wildcats" (1974) Andy Griffith Robert Reed 8:30 PM amily Ties: Nick ewers a contest in which the winner will have his work of art displayed in the building where Steven works (2 Don Cherry's Grapevine: Bobby Delvecchio Phenomenal World 53 Realities 9 PM Cheers: Cliff persuades Norm to join his fraternal organization In stereo (R) Movie: "Rocky (1982) Sylvester Stallone Carl Weotherv 0 Heart Of The Gty: Robin oski her father for permission to obtain birth control pills (R) ffi red Astaire: Puttin' On His Top Hat: red Astaire's remarkable career from the early days with his sister Adele through his heyday at RKO with Ginger Rogers is highlighted through film clips and interviews with his associates 13 Speaking Out QJ Nature: A visit to Brazil's national park Emas home to a unique collection of rare and unusual wildlife In stereo (R) 9:30 PM 0 Days And Night Of Molly Dodd: Molly goes to a psychologist after breaking up with her latest boyfriend In stereo Night Court: Dan has encounters with Harry's rabid dog and two Swedish stewardesses (R) IO PM 0 (TD LA Law: Becker turns on the charm to parry Roxanne's demand for a $100 raise In stereo (R) (T) National 0 20 20: Part two of the Vedtech Inc investigation focusing on four other small businesses that used favoritism to mislead the Small Businesses Administration tribute to red Astaire an updated look at the 1986 US Supreme Court decision that widened the definition of sexual harassment (5) Night Heat: While walking alone Nicole is accosted by three thugs (P) red Astaire: Change Portners And Dance: red Astaire's career is picked up after his departure tn 1939 from RKO and follows him through a succession of beautiful partners including Paulette Goddard Rita Hayworth Betty Hutton Leslie Caron and Audrey Hepburn S) American Playhouse: "The Lance Guest and Barry Miller portray two college freshmen with nothing in common who learn to respect one another in this adaptation based on John Updike's short story "The Christian Benny Hill Journal (10:25) 10:30 PM £3 Ontario's Best Bizarre: Sketches: movie critics Sebert and Ebel Schanda (John Byner) predicts the future for celebrities drugs in sports and show business CJ 1 1 PM 0 News CTV New Nightly Business Report 53 Realities Late Show: Guest host: comic Arsenio Holl Vanity gospel singer Edwin Hawkins musician Nils Lofgren New (11:20) 1 1 :30 PM Tonight Show: Host: Johnny Carson Actress Helen Shaver comic actor Dan Aykroyd In stereo Barney Miller Maude: Maude and her ex husband Chester find themselves locked in a file closet (R) Nightline CJ Q3 Question Period: Provincial MIDNIGHT a Night Heat: A security guard hitches a ride with a group of drug smugglers Movie: "Objective Burma" (1945) Errol lynn William Prince Love Boat 51) Christian Children's und 100 Huntley Street 1 2:30 AM Late Night With David Letterman: Actors Allyce Beasley and Tim Thomerson magician Martin Preston In stereo Matt Houston 0 ugitive 0 Question Period: ederal 1 AM Nightlife: Host: Dovid Brenner Jake LaMotta Mike Tyson (rom October) Direct Movie: (1:10) "Us Against The World" (1977) 1 :30 AM Perry Mason New Movie: "Apartment or Peggy" (1948) 0 Ben Casey 2 AM INN News 2:30 AM Twilight Zone a Nightwatch 0 Ben Casey 3 6 Movie: "Invader rom The (1981) Puppet' 3:30 AM (9) Movie (1978) Christopher Clarke ASTAIRE REMEMBERED red dancing became the embodiment of sophistication and romance Two special retrospective recreate his magic: irst his early success on the stage with his sister Adele to the eight unforgettable films with Ginger Rogers then his later career where his innovations kept pace with the 1950s and 1960s Watch him and thrill! A it 1 'V i MWXWSSIilllWWW RED ASTAIRE: PUTTIN' ON HIS TOP HAT Tonight 9:00 I A I I i RED ASTAIRE: CHANGE PARTNERS AND DANCE Tonight 10:00 I3 The Buffalo NewsThursday June 25 1987 On the Ain fly ALAN PERGAMENT jfelk Ch 49 Is Not Signing On Next Week TAKING a LOOK at the headlines: Channel 49 Start Date Delayed: Channel 49 General Manager Bill Saltzgiver confirms the new independent station sign on next week after all He says the station now will go on the air the week of September 1 Meanwhile the proposed sale of Channel 49 by TVX Corp to Malcolm irst Allied Massachusetts group in Rochester has apparent ly fallen through Glazer the owner of irst Allied said Wednesday have no comment at this Tim McDonald president and chief executive officer of TVX in Virginia said Wednesday never reached a definitive sales agreement with Glazer While we continue to talk also talk ing with one other person and very seriously thinking of keeping the station in the TVX group and selling a different TVX presently has 13 stations in its group one over the CC limit The two month delay in signing on will allow WNYB TV more time to talk with cable companies about carrying the station The new station also own the rights to many of its programs until September Saltzgiver adds he want to begin with a schedule that had to be changed in two months Channel tentative scheduling plan is to carry children's programming in the morning and late afternoons with movies in the after noon evening and late night The newest addition to Channel schedule is the syndicated series the which is loosely based on the series of movies Channel 49 also has the rights to which has bounced around many stations in the area Saltzgiver has hired Joe Cayton the former program director at Channel 2 to become director of operations Cayton will be responsible for the programming UEBR News May Have News of Its Own: There may be some changes coming at News radio 970 for the first time in more than a decade Michael Collins president of the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association con firms that he Dick Dailey the vice president of radio and Acting News Director Leon Thomas have been discussing possible changes for some time Sources had told this column that the sta tion might discontinue running some of its news casts from 9 am to noon and from 1 to 3 pm could conceivably change not said Collins wind up playing music in the day We wind up with talk shows during the day staying with news and information programming What mix it will be as to newscasts interviews and street reporting I Brooke Adams is no Kathleen Turner in HBO's "The Lion in Africa" mt 1 jJBfL y'' yV honestly know "I told our executive committee a while ago that WEBR is one of the few services that changed much at all in 10 years while the radio market has looking at ways of doing a better job very important that a news and information station have a heavy local base We plan to do a better job reporting what goes in Collins said there is no target date for any changes to be made and not sure even if there will be changes Stay tuned This Roar: Brooke Adams and Brian Dennehy star in a dramatic comedy Lion in Africa" which premieres at 8 pm Sunday and has several playdates in July The plot line is something along the lines of "Romancing the which starred Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito Adams perhaps best known for her perfor mances in the movies plays Dr Grace Danet who has to travel more than 200 miles of hard road in West Africa to get some important medical supplies Dennehy the tough character actor who has played a villain in scores of television series and movies plays trader Samuel Marsh a coarse man who knows how to travel the 200 miles in his broken down truck The Lion Sam only agrees to take Grace after a very valuable stone called Mammy Tear ac cidentally falls into her hands theme: Have Cut of Stone Will Travel Grace and Sam have to avoid a group of bandits who are after the stone The bandits are nothing to write home about Where Danny DeVito when you need him? The script is as backward as most third world countries Sam calls Grace after the famed humanitarian You'll probably get ir ritated a lot sooner than Grade Sam does a good job irritating Grace At one point she warns the over sexed trader can carve up a man like a Thanksgiving The script get any better than that Of course Grace eventually is attracted to Sam who has a secret compassionate side This surprise prevent me from wanting to get out of Africa before the two hours were up Not that I felt like I was in Africa Most of the movie might as well have been shot in Los Angeles Adams is no Kathleen Turner She has all the expressions of a stone Dennehy is no Michael Douglas Cast against type Dennehy have the range to pull off the little hint of romance required for the part is just plain lame as a drama and a comedy So far the best original production by HBO this summer comes from a mouse Cyndi Lau concert in Paris is definitely a miss show It is the pay cable best concert since Tina concert The Big ight: ABC paid $13 million for the rights to Michael heavyweight victory over Gerry Cooney The June 15 fight lasted five rounds but ABC plans to fill its 90 minute show riday with discussions about the heavyweight fight picture The price may be a little high for what turned out to be a dog fight but ABC really lose The third place entertain ment programs on riday are knocked out each week Spinks Cooney should do better than ABC usually docs on riday nights Scheduling Move: The Jessy Raphael has re scheduled the appearance of Ceil and David Denue of Kenmore from this riday to riday July 10 TV Reporters Honored WASHINGTON Two Buffalo television re porters won citations for excellence Wednesday in the 14th consumer journalism competition sponsored by the National Press oundation They are Lee Coppola and Debbie Eastman for their story on irregularities in a Buffalo secretarial school broadcast on WKBW TV Channel 7 last year Coppola has since joined the staff of WIVB TV Channel 4 irst place in their category was won by WGMB TV of Honolulu Hawaii for a probe into overvalued jewelry Hurry! 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