European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Television like it or not it s time for basketball broadcasts by Sarah Bottorff Ai my Given time probably half the people you know Are mad ill armed forces television stations because they show Loo much spoils. And the other ire mad because they Ilam 1 show enough. T know la it partly from listening to the Guys across the aisle from Nic ill ihc1 newspaper the other Day oni was he celeb Ralus Llu beginning of the. Urreli basketball season by heading to Hie video rental store. The other Orpi Els 1o be glued lit lie. To for the Neni few weeks and 2 time there s a basketball game. I also know about he big split in viewers sports from the runs a stunt of n Survey which could apply to viewer of Southern european or an of the Oiler armed forces it Linen. In the -1087 Survey 24 percent of 5,000 people wanted More sports percent wanted less ,111 1 42 per enl were Happy with the pilatus quo. Well ill i lie next few Wei Kenrik Ilia weekends of the Mcaa tournament , an and seb will re Ann Luh a to please some of if people some of the Lime. If you Blini l know .1 yup from a Lapdog Elliis Vitur .hand1 to join Iny Iii and ill the video store. Ii in inc Richit , a Ery ii Lior word Mil your no Hullt ii be lay1, is i Giitl i our or Melon Hall Ymir Only Lieff with the stint ions is Likely to be nol Linw Many games they show you l us which one. At is i Sherf the time says Tom Baxter heart of to opera Lions. The formula is this air inc prime Lime game on saturday night and one on sunday night and All the sports an can get its hands to after 2 . Any night. But Mcaa tournament season does t fit into that 90-Percenl-of-Lhe-Lime category it fits into the category of world series or Boxil games or other limes during the year when two games a weekend ust Iiren l going to be enough. Baxter said for example thai an is expecting seven solid hours of basketball to be available in prime time this night. Will an air in All "1 Hupp not he said. Bui he added that an could decide Hiji All i rec games to be shown in those seven hours Are Loo important to pass up. La s nol Likely though Midway in he tournament series. Next weekend is an baht a Story however. And with the final four scheduled for the weekend after thai Well it May be mid april before prime time shows Stop being pushed ahead to Early afternoon or Way into the evening to make Way for Baske balt. On the other hand in t there some group called the Aba doing something or other in mid april garbage pail kids come to television is the Way some people have described do jote dare but Ihal s Nul really . There Aren l any cartoon pictures of headless monsters or children with Nau stuck in i heir Heads on i he by Witri a which starts Friday on an at 3 . 12 . In the Uris cd kingdom and begins the week of May . Thi re is however pick the nose part of the Obs Ocle race two pre teen contestants run every week. Ii consists of a hugs. Nose Ilie kids Are. Supposed to reach Inlo arid pull .1 red Flag from. There s also a plastic Lii i iliv6tracl Hinl the to Dell St nos slide Down Complete with Tongue and .1 glob of Green who knows Ali it in the other enl. They on Dup with Gorp All out r them and f film Springs c.tlif., my a a of gift Catli Ficat Al a toy store. You could argue that the portion of the How which Comei before the nose picking is . But that s probably nol Why kids will want id Walch it. Whether they ought to be watching in is going to be a Lough question for a la of parents. 21 jump Street is a Fine cop show a Fine family values show a Fine action show. It s just a Lille Dull. The we series on an revolves around officer Hanson Johnny depp8 cop with a baby face and a by the Book manner that gets him into so much Iru Uble that he s yanked off i he streets and put into a inner cily High school to murders drug and other crimes in the corridors. The show s Pilot film airs Friday Al 10 40 . 9 40 . In the . And the week of May 8 on stand maybe in Jikit seems Nat Tob interesting because of All the Oiler cop detective shows on the air now. On i he other hand Sonny spoon is also a a selective show that snarls Tui Sciaky Al hi30 . 7 30 in the .and it s anything but it Stu personal Tate the actor who plays spoon Mario Van Peebles could just there Reading the Central Valley farm report aloud and i d watch him. For i Host who Don t care about gorgeous men the series opener also includes guest Star Robin Givens. The show is actually Aboul More than Juit Good looking people although maybe nol much More. Still la s fast and funny one bit has spoon smash into someone House in a Don Johnson is Yle fury then i o find out if anyone s Home Shoul repairman 1 ice to see about your broken Franl sed nug Sels 21 Fuino Sorci t comes in Sis the week of May 8. This week St viewers Slart the series of roofs Al Tenet generation of wednesday at b 40 am. Also on wednesday tin poof Little Etc girl Firrah Fawcett does a very Good Job in Whai Pilicy Call a lavish made for to film about millionairess Barbara Hutton at 9 15 . The classic musical comes on Al 205 . Saturday. And carry Shandling has to gel up Early to be introduced Lo-si-13 Viown Rillis series la i carry so milling $ a inv snarls monday Al i of . Catering to kids spells Success for Nickelodeon by Patricia Brennan 11 ii know Nikic lilt in vim know due blk . Tiv a inc 1h.it put llu1 All girls it work on the or inor , by in the lube. . A i Ivy tunic 41, till Hul work s i i uliu1 Vir. F president and Jjck Intili manager has Kari Ziniti in in i ii tilt in la i Lilii to kids Ili print Llor nine of its 10 seasons for her the r.iuiou1. Double dim1, Wilh us stunts and obstacle i ours was. I he Luik us to and turnings Anu Tiu Tigli is Are wait Hong 2 percent fewer major network children s shows but .1 it cent our very found ill ii fi5 portent of i Hose in Homes Wilh in Fly Hii v Walth Nickelodeon Bui Mori to Laybourne i former teacher Helm children of in in n Olvil " s percent of Iti Ein Siy nil Kulo Duon Undt Stamu youngsters. I i l Iii uni is Tonti Merl that her if work remain a Hal she h it i Ivi s m trailed Friend to kids m i on rail to tour shied slows Uff Fred on j typical a Stirr Aljy morning on the Luvison brr Puse doubled it a i. Such a phenomenal Success we lust Billy and icon doubled Hal a Kiln the for the Lime Slot. Ivury body in the Tek Viscum Industry quickly notice cd beciiusi1 in the same Lime the be Nofiu Riun of the animated Loy Rul aled program was jailing apart she said i Muil say that one of my gone Long before Nitu Ludl on had been to put Thiol kind of pc ,r.tiitn1ing out of business Nickelo Foft was launched on april fools Day we to provide High Nua Lily for i Lulu run. First a project of Anit Oil is now of Viacom s mfg , Wilh sister music Viik of t channels mtg arid vh-1. I or four years Cable operators supported my lilo recon. Hoping it would help them gut . The Servici beg in 1o accept advertising in Liciu Ric ideas Aboul hmm we could improve what kids were seeing. I was trying to fit life Oul How to breakdown the myths boil kids they Only like animation Thi a Only like fas Pace they Only Likibi action jilt Iii res whatever. My notion was that kids Only like Here we can just be kids and thai _ i by Burnt who attends focus groups said she told her Slaff if we never do another thing except create an environment where kids can just be kids while their parents Are working and hurrying them up and having them Lake soccer Camp and sats in Suva nah Grade Lher is no More important function for us than to allow kids to have a 6 in Rici Magiline March 16,1339
