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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Thursday, December 7, 1989 22 'resiles--- THURSDAY'S TV PROGRAMS Highlights "A Child Called Jesus," WPTT at 8 p.m.: Beginning of a two-part Italian drama about the childhood of Jesus Christ. "Mystery!" PBS at 9 p.m.: A new series of "Rumpole of the Bailey" begins. Leo McKern stars. "American Playwrights Theater," at 9 p.m.: Jose Ferrer stars in Eugene O'Neill's "The Rope," about the strange relationship of a farmer and his son. "The Koppel Report," ABC at 10 p.m.: Americans and Soviets square off in a crisis-resolution exercise.

ROU WEISEtlND Johnson agrees to seven-year WPXI contract 1 -L 1 1 i ews anchor David Johnson says he has come to terms with WPXI-TVon a seven-year contract and Thursday prime time I 8:00 8:30 I 9:00 :30 I 1:0 (QK 48 Hours Infidelity Workshop Knots Landing yyy Mitilon Impottibie Young Riders Koptel Report UDVI Cotby Different Cheers Dear John LA. Law TAI Shew World iincn Frugal Gourmet With Myiteryl Myiteryl WUCU Itihok Perlmon WftPY (8:10) Julia Child and (8,50) V. (9:23) News at 10 Open All etUCA Company Garden P.Franey Heurt Movie "A Child Called Jesus" Part I Win, lost All In the I I or Draw Family UBrD Getting Together His Place Ron Inside Living by "rwP Hembree Report Ward WPGH Movie "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Billy Graham Crusade yytj Movit "My Sister, My Love" Movie "The Red Allf Movit "Parachute Movie "Flying leathernecks" AMU Battalion" (Cont.) i of Victory at Eagle and American Playwrights Luciano Pavarotti ACiC See; tear Theater at Vlareggle ftiij Movit "The Silencers" Movio "Date With an Angel" (Cont.) niCkl Best of Walt Disney Movie "To Catch a Thief" Presents CCQkJ College lasketboll College Basketball ACC-BIg fast Challenge COrH (Cont.) Week HBO Movl "Clue" (Cont.) Movit "The Terminator" jeyiQ Movit "Watchers" Movie "Cop" TUT Movie "Battle Hymn" Movio HI "Seminole" iik Movit "Missing in Action 2 The Garry Movie "Sweet Hearts Beginning" Shondllng Dance" USA Murder, She Wrote Mevlt "Julia" Peter Billingsley receives a long-awaited decoder ring in "A Christmas Story," 10:05 a.m. on WTBS. Mi expects to sign it today, barring complications.

"I don't foresee any problems," Johnson said yesterday. His attorney was looking over the contract, which according to Johnson has already been reviewed by the station's lawyers. Johnson has been co-anchoring WPXI's 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts since July, when predecessor Mike Hambrick was reassigned. But news director Dick Tuininga did not anoint him as the permanent anchor until Peggy Finnegan was signed to succeed Edye Tarbox, who leaves at the end of the month to join her husband in New York and take a new job at "The CBS Morning News." A native of Ormond Beach, Johnson has worked at WPXI for five years.

For most of that time he has anchored the station's noon newscast. Before coming here, he was a reporter at WSB-TV in Atlanta, which, like WPXI, is owned by Cox Broadcasting. He also worked at stations in Orlando, and Chattanooga, Tenn. Johnson's wife, Nancy Polinsky, works at WQED-TV, where she was host of the recently canceled "Studio 13." "She was concerned about me saying no" to a WPXI contract, Johnson said. The chance at a main anchor job and Polinsky's job at WQED seemed to make it likely he would say yes, if the terms were suitable.

Radio highlights 10 a.m. (WTAE -1250) Lynn Cullen. Guests: Elaine Brody, researcher with the Philadelphia Geriatric Center, and Martha Bell, president of Alzheimer Alliance ot on women caring tor elderly patients. 10 a.m. (WHJB 620) Houm Calls.

Dr. Martin Gallagher discusses chronic fatigue syndrome. 2:30 p.m. (WDUQ 90.5) Afternoon Edition: Horizons. "Native American Writers." A report on Native American culture and its strong storytelling tradition.

6 p.m. (KDKA 1020) Fred Hons-berger. Consumer advocate Mary Bach will discuss how to get the best bargains in grocery shopping. 11 p.m. (WTAE -1250) Larry King.

Former CIA Director William Colby looks at his experience during the Vietnam War. 'Broadcasts in stereo. U.S. and Soviet government representatives participate in a crisis game, providing a look at their decision-making process during an International emergency, 000 LA. Lew Kelsey goes overboard while defending a doctor accused of malpractice; Becker encounters an unhappy divorce-video customer; Rollins argues a case against a cereal manufacturer, 9 Newt 00 Mystery! ONewaatIO Taped in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom.

22 Win, Lose or Draw 40 Inside Report CD Billy Graham Crusade Theme: "The Game of Life." Guest: singer Sandi Parti. 63 Movit "Thi Red House" (1947) Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCalliater. A mysterious house holds a deep, dark secret which is discovered by a pair of young lovers. 1020 17 Movit "The Island of Or.

Moreau" (1977) Burt Lancaster, Michael York. Based on a story by H.G. Wells. A demented scientist perfects a method to convert jungle animals into human savages. Open All Hours 22 All in the Family 40 Living by the Word 110000 03 QO Newt Newi 9 Taxi 00 Austin City Limits 22 Arsenio Hill Scheduled: Olivia Newton-John; actor Edward James Olmos.

40 Human Fix-it Center CD Love Connection 115 03 EaatEndert 11:30 Inside Edition Night Court 03 Tonight Show Host: Johnny Carson, comic-actor Paul Reiser; overdue library-book violator Karen Lindsay. 03 Pat Sajak Scheduled: actor Kevin Dobson; country singer Lacy J. Dalton; producer Bud Greenspan. 9 Arsenio Hall See 11 p.m. listing.

00 Spirit of Place 40 Food lor Lift CD Wild, Wild West 11 40 Art You Being Served? LA EE IE As always, Seiko designs classic timekeeping with style and flair. Here, the gilt dial is highlighted with a cream hour zone and bold Roman numerals. This i elegant watch Fpatnrpe the ft 6f jVhS-t- -'V-V-v Brown, Lee Van Cleef. A chain gang escapee and a con man head for Mexico to steal a million-dollar fortune in gold. 1:300 Pittsburgh 2 Dty Q(D Bold ind tht Beautiful 00 Sit and Be Fit 03 Mister Rogtra 22 Happy Daya CD Andy Griffith 2:00 One Llle to Live OQ 03 Another World OQ3 As tht World Tumi 9 Bonanza 00 Wt'rt Cooking Now 03 Stumt Strttt 22 Laverne Shirley 40 Psychiatry and You CD Brady Bunch 63 Movit "Spring in Park Lane" (1947) Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding.

An impoverished nobleman, disguised as a footman for a diamond merchant, falls in love with the niece of his employer. 2:30 Bold and tht Btiutiful 00 Joy of Painting 22 Tom and Jerry 40 Exposing tht Lit CD Jettons 30 OO03 Guiding Light General Hospital OD Santa Barbara 9 Magnum, PA 00 Sesame 8 treat (Q Welcome to My Studio 22 Tom and Jerry 40 Joy of Music CD Dennis the Menace 3:05 17 Tom 4 Jerry's Funhoust 3:30 09 Gourmet Cooking 22Alvinandtht Chipmunks 40 Totaled Woman CD Jim Htnaon'a Mupptt Babitt 03 Oprah Winfrey Who's the Boss? Gtraldo Joan Rivtra 9 Hawaii Fivt-0 00 Cosby Show 00 Mister Rogtra OWoodearvingWith Rick But: 22 Police Academy 40 Adventures in Dry Gulch CD DuckTaltt 63 Movit "Out of ths Blue" (1947) George Brent, Virginia Mayo. A young husband finds he has some explaining to do when a lady of suspicious virtue is discovered unconscious in his apartment. 17 Flintstontt 4:30 Growing Paina 00 People's Court 00 Stumt Street 03 Innovation 22 Fun Houm 40 One Wsy Game CD Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers 4:35 17 Brady Bunch 50 03 Donahue Cheers Family Ftud Hard Copy QGeraldo 9 A-Tiam 00 Jeopardy! 03 Today's Japan 22 Highway to Heaven 40 Roots of America CD Teenage Mutant Ninjt Turtles 5517Munsttra SdOONtwiP Night Court 00 News 00 Squirt Or Television 03 Golden Years of Television 40 Week In Review CD Silver Spoons 63 Record Guidt 535 17 Good Times Evening OO News 03 03 News 9 Who's tht Bote? OOMacNtilUhrtr NowtHour 03 Aging Assist 22 Star Trek: The Next Generation 40 Power Connection CD Mr. Belvedere 63 Everyday 6:05 17 Beverty Hillbillies 6:30 ABC Newt OOflD NBC News 03 CBS Newt 9 Taxi 03 Doctor Who 40Lighlmusie CD Charles in Charge 635 17 Andy Griffith 70 CBS Newt OO Currant Affair 9 Cotby Show OG3 Wheel of Fortune 00 Jeopardy! 00 Nightly Business Report 22 Brothers 40 700 Club Scheduled: coping with the holiday blues.

CD Mama's Family 63 Weekday 75Q3EattEndtra 17Jtfferona 730 Evening. Maaaiint KDKA-Pittsburgh (C8S) WTAE-Pittsburgh (ABC) WJAC-Johnstown (NBC) WTRF-Whttiina (CBS) WTOV-Sttubtnville(NBC) 9 WWOR-Ni Jtrtty (Ind.) (D WTAJ-Altooni(CBS) (D WPXI-Pitttburgh (NBC) DD WQED Pittsburgh (PBS) (Q WQEX-Pittiburgh (PBS) 17 WTBS-Atlinti(lrtd) 22 WPTT-PitUburgh(lnd.) 40 WPCB-Pittsburgh(lnd.) Q) WPGH-PilUburgh (Fox) 63 WNEU-Pittiburgh(lnd) Uil-minult progrtm chtngt or etnetllttioni mtf mid bf leetliUthni or tht nttworkt. Indictln tor tht hiring imptirtd (It) Indictln nptttprogrim. Morning 7 KM Thi Morning Good Morning Anuria OOODTodiy 9 Bugi, Daffy ind Fritndt 00 Stumt StrMt 22 Tom and Jerry 40 AdvtntiirM in Dry Gulch BJCO.P.S. 63 Ally.

7 JO 9 Jtttont 22 Woody Woodpecker 40 Flying Houm EB Scooby Doo 63 Shiptlifting 9 Bugs, Porky ind Fritndt QQMitttrRogtrt 22 Muit't World 40 100 Huntlty Strati CB Rtal Ghottbutttri 63NtwZooRtvut 8:05 17 Gilligtn'i Wind 8:30 9 Gumby 00 Stumt Strttt Lttrn lo Rttd 22 Tom and Jtrry Q) Dtnvtr tht Utt Dinouur 63NtwZooRtvut 940 Silly JtuyRiphMl OOGDLivt Regis! Kathit Ltt Join Rivtra Donthut 9 Ctrt Btart 00 Ginldo (DBodyEltetrie 22 Jimmy Swtggirt 40 Young it Hurt CD Flinlitontt 63 Everyday fc05 17 littlt Houston tht Priirit 9:30 9 lovt Connection OD Inttruetiontl Programming (D Homtitrttch 22KtnntthCoptland 40 Paul Gaudino Extreitt QD Cart Btart 10:00 QD Family Ftud Pitttburgh't Talking OQ63Scrabbla 9NintBroadcaatP1au 0D Joan Rivtra Job Help Network 22RobtrtTilton 40 Ron Htm brat CD 700 Club 1045 17 Movit "A Christmas Story" (1983) Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin. Smalltown America in the mid-1940s Is the setting tor this holiday memoir about a boy who only wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. 1(k30OOIDWhttlol Fortunt OQ63 Clastic Concentration (Q Butintst Fill 40 Focus on tht Itiutt 110 QOIDPriet It Right QHomt QOCOGoldtnGirlt (QPtrtonalFinanct 22 Big Vallty 40 Hiritagt Today CD Biwitchtd 63 Clinic TV 00 Mitttr Rogtra 03 Aging Assist CDIDraamof Jtannia 63Wttkday Afternoon 1260000 (DQDNtws ONtwt Ftmily Tin QD Stumt Strttt (Q Job Help Nifwork 22 Dlvorct Court 40 700 Club CDOntDayitaTlma 63 Connit Martinson Tslks Books 17 PtrryMaeon 1230 BO(D Young and tht Rtttltt! Loving QQ Gtntrationi 03 Economics USA 22ThtJudgt GO Sanford and Son 63 Junt Cain Millar 1:000 All My Children QD Days of Our Lives 9 Everyday OOWildAmtrici 03 Frugal Gourmet 22 Last Word 40 Getting Together CD Odd Couplt 63Brtttt 17 Movit "El Condor" (1970) Jim Entertainment Tonight Growing Paina 03 Jeopardy! Cheers 9KatetAllit OO Wheel of Fortunt 00 Wild America 22 Crime Watch CD Newhart 63 Golden Years el Television 73517SanfordmdSon 7M 03 Golden Land A look at the many wonders of Israel. 6000 03 48 Hours "Inside West Point" A behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point including reports on the tough regimen the cadets must endure and the first female cadet corps commander, Kirstin Baker.

Mission: Impossible The force must stop a computer virus that has caused a U.S. submarine to sink. (R) QD Cosby Show Cliff must handle the household when Clair travels out of town, 9 Remington Steele 00 The Frugal Gourmet With Jeff Smith and Special Guest Itzhak Perlman Jeff Smith and Itzhak Perl-man share childhood memories and favorite foods. 22 Movit "A Child Called Jesus" (19S8) (Part 1 of 2) Bekim Fehmiu, Matteo Bellina. An International Emmy went to this account of the hardships endured by Joseph, Mary and the 7-year-old Jesus while fleeing Bethlehem and King Herod's assassins.

40 Gttting Together CD Movie "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985) William Hurt, Raul Julia. In a Latin American prison, an emotional relationship evolves between a homosexual prone to flights of cinematic fantasy and his cellmate, a political radical. 63 Movit "My Sister, My Love" (1978) Lee Grant, Carol Kane. A frightening bond develops between the two daughters of a late anthropologist who specialized in the study of primates. 65 17 Movit "Flash Gordon" (1980) Sam J.

Jones, Melody Anderson. A tongue-in-cheek adaptation of comic-strip hero Flash Gordon's trip to Mongo, and his efforts to save Earth from the cruel tyrant Ming the Merciless. Music by Queen. 8:10 03 Julia Child ind Company "Sunday Night Supper." 03 Different World After her father nixes a rock-concert trip, Kim goes anyway and leaves Whitley to cover for her. 8:50 03 Victory Garden Peter Seabrook tours two Scottish gardens Beech Grove and Pitmeddin.

900 Infidelity Workshop Oprah Winfrey hosts an encounter session in which couples discuss infidelity's impact on their marriages. Young Riders Hickok is accused of murder when the husband of a young woman he has fallen In love with is found dead. 00 Cheers Norm is the "love target" of his obsessive former secretary, OTopofthtHUI Congressman Bell's aide, Susan, is threatened by terrorists who hold her father responsible for an overseas toxic-gas disaster, 9 Remington Steele 03 Billy Graham Crusadt 00 Mystery! 40 His Place MS 03 Pierre Franty't Cuisine Rapidt Spicy recipes, including chili. Featured restaurant: The Four Seasons in New York City. 9-J0OQ 03 Dear John After inviting his widowed aunt to join the group, John is forced to rescind the offer because of her incessant meddling.

40 Ron Htmbrat 10000 Knote Landing Amanda's depression following the rape jeopardizes her relationship with Gary; Val falls in love with Danny; Mack and Karen scheme to reunite Paige and Tom. Koppel Report "The Blue Conspiracy" date at 6 o'clock. And it's all A new low-power television station apparently is about to join the Pittsburgh broadcasting community. Using Channel 29, the station whose call sign is W29AH is "basically operating now," according to Lawrence Rogow, a partner in Channel 29 Associates, located in Calabasas, Calif. The company applied for the broadcast license in 1984 and won approval early last year.

Rogow said the company hopes to apply for an operating license very soon and, in the meantime, is running tests of the station. According to Rogow, Channel 29's signal theoretically -reaches all of Allegheny County but, because of the terrain, is probably a hit-or-miss proposition in many homes. The format, at least for now, consists of the Video Jukebox Network, which allows viewers to punch up a 976 phone number and, for $2.50 a call, request music videos to be shown. It's the most democratic television in America," Rogow said. As for other programming, he said, "we'll see how it goes." Rogow has no Pittsburgh connection but said he chose to apply for a low-power license here because "I thought it would be an interesting place to try running the idea of viewer-controlled TV." Channel 29 would become Pittsburgh's second low-power station.

WNEU-TV, operating on Channel 63, has been in business since 1987. complemented by a honey brown, padded crocograin leather strap. With Seiko's 3-year warranty. SEIKO THE FUTURE OF TIME IS IN OUR HANDS. J.C.

PENNEY All Stores III Late Night 12:000 Pal Sajak See 11:30 p.m. listing. Nightlint 22 Friday tht 13th: Tht Stritt 40 Llghtmutic 63 Global Wrtetling 1220 17 Movit "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" (1966) Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley. A fearless priest lends his help when the king of the vampires sets his sights on a group of stranded travelers. 1230 Hard Copy 000 Lata Night With David Lttterman Guest is actress-author Shirley MacLalne.

(R) O03 Night Heit O'Brien and Giambone Investigate the murder of a fashion designer's assistant. (R) 9 CD Twilight Zone 40 Hie Place 10 Thrao'e Company After Hours 9 Joe Franklin Scheduled: author Dr. Donald B. Louria. 22 Home Shopping 40 Jerry Falwelip CD Bob Newhart 63 Billy Westmorland Fishing Diary 1:30 Snakmaster OO Later With BobCottai Guest: actress Jill Clay-burgh.

Lei There Be Light 03 Nightwatch 00 Third Degree CD USA Tonight 63 Connie Martinson Talka Books 200 Nightwatch (Joined in Progress) QNowe 9 Paid Program (D Trill by Jury 40 Getting Together 63 Movie "Behave Yourself" (1951) Farley Granger, Shelley Winters. The ownership of a very special dog draws the mob's attention to a proud couple. BILLY GRAHAM TV SPECIAL "If you lose lose for all Neither memory nor reference book calls to mind the name of the last prime-time, fully animated weekly series. Of course, there have been plenty of bad sitcoms that resemble cartoons. But for the genuine article, we may have to go back to the summer of 1970, when something called "Where's Huddles" (it was about a football player) ran briefly on CBS.

A few years before that, of course, there were such shows as "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons" and "Jonny Quest" (whose voice, by the way, was supplied by a very, very young Tim Matheson). Fox Broadcasting will kick off the '90s by bringing the form back to prime-time, although in a manner that bears as much resemblance to Fred and Wilma as "Married with Children" has with "Father Knows Best." Debuting Jan. 14, "The Simpsons" is the creation of Matt Groen-ing, whose works include a comic strip known as "Life in Hell," which should give you some idea. Viewers may be familiar with "The Simpsons" as the animated element on Fox's "The Tracey Ullman Show." We're talking hip, punk and cynical. "The Simpsons" will get Fox's best time slot: Sundays at 8:30 p.m., where it will be hammocked between the network's highest-rated shows, "America's Most Wanted" and "Married with Children." The current occupant of that time slot, "Totally Hidden Video," moves to Saturdays at 8:30 p.m.

"The Reporters" will move back a half hour to 9 p.m. Odd man out is "Beyond Tomorrow," whose cancellation was announced some time ago. eternity' From Billy Graham's message "The Game of Life." FRESH IDAHO inft7 $050 Rainbow Trout avg. a EA. $45 FRESH FLORIDA Bay Scallops PEELED DEVE3NED ucktaiisnnmpesBAG a Fresh Ocean Perch Fresh Red Snapper Fresh Tuna Steaks Boston Scrod Fresh Swordfish Fresh Shucked Oysters America's Official Spokcsfish Eat fish and seafood twice a week.

263-3016 Benkovitz Seafoods In brief: Producers for the Japanese public-television network NHK will be in Pittsburgh Tuesday and want to interview former Gulf Oil employees who lost their jobs when Chevron Corp. took over the company. If you're interested, call Kyoko Shibuva at (914) 337-5759. OPEN MON. THRU FRIDAY 8:30 AM TO 5:30 P.M.

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