European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Television Ising James makes debut on an by Sarah Bottorff Back Faith it is nol Whai you d expect. It s nol whal you d expect out of Dennis Weaver Ullh his history of playing ii Nile humorous texans. It s nol Whyl you d expect Ciul of .1 Hospi in drama. You Don t Espenl anyone to Combine cowboys and surgical Sui lbs in the first place so it s no wonder the results ii unexpected maybe even weird Anis wives stylus caused As fhe Cunn Moke and Mcc four Veteran might put i quite a ruckus when in premiered in the Stales 1.151 season. There was a Curlain Shock Factor in episode mainly because the likable humorous Weaver playing Texas surgeon rancher spends a Good Deal of in urging his Dauber in get an abortion.1that in l the Only Surprise in this surprising first offering which airs tuesday at 10 40 . On supers Tien an 19.-jd in he United kingdom and during the week of May 29 on Southern european broadcasting Weaver gallops from problem to problem his neighbor is threatening to Poison his son s dog the woman he wants to appoint As chief surgical resident instead of the son of he Hospital s biggest Rel Iii Factor is supposedly As a colleague bluntly says j big mistake to promote because she s Lewish Ned site s .1 ilia.". And when he s supposed 11 Fly sitting in his office Reading medical charts he s dangling from a helicopter instead trying id save a hear comatose Man on 3 Irane about 10 stories up hold this thing steady i says in it copter Pilot Deadpan i Don t Bounce Worth .1 Damn his dry wit it not the Only i Hing going for James. This is not Mccloud but a far More interesting person crabby and occasionally unsuccessful occasionally unfair and often cruel. He s not what you d expected and neither is anything else in ibis series. I has us failing you re 20 minutes into the first show for one thing still pulled about just who this James is supposed to be and searching for a plot. But in general it s a show Worth watching it s interesting to see a show where the patients Don l necessarily live where no one hesitates to talk about race religion and prejudice and where you can t even count on the family dug being a Good Guy you have to look darned hard 16 find anything unexpected in the other new an series but 1.1. Starbuck is Nice and entertaining. Aside from the name Starbuck is similar to Lames Only in the Star Dale Robertson of 1956 s times of welts Fargo Fame if you re old enough to remember or of the 1981 dynasty season. If you re nol. But this likable humorous texan plays it straight. No surprises about abortions or anything else Here this show is simply about wealthy people murdering each other and this Nice old Guy who happens to be a billionaire with time on his hands wandering about solving the murder cases for the police. He even rides off Inlo the Sunset in the end of the Pilot movie in his big while Al Dorado convertible with the steer horns mounted on the front. So 1j. Starbuck in t breaking any new to drama ground. So maybe he world cd run l need another Barnaby tones. I liked in anyway. It airs Friday at 10 40 . On an in Central Europe 9 40 in the during the week of May 22 on see. More Texas Austin City Urti is return in an this sunday replacing grand Ole opry and probably Irving the sizable chunk of people who have been urging the military Feli Visin Powcrs-1 hat be to counterbalance All this country Weimern stuff and put on Black or hispanic programs. An programming chief Tom Baxter a knowledge that with soul Tram unavailable producer Don Cornelius has nixed proposals in net the show to armed forces radio and television service there in t n whole lot nut there in Ali Way of Black music programs for arts to pick up. Hispanic music shows Are own More of a problem arts regulations require that shows be broadcast in English Baxter said. Arts has been trying in Interi so hispanic show producers into doing some in English strictly for arts. Not surprisingly Given Al its has Lilly Money to offer Raj takers so i in. Wesl German television is Cak fling up Willi iric Resl of the world the country s two television stations both stale run Are phoning to team Fiji Mil offer television All Day Long. Right now there Are Large gaps in daytime programming. Under would t you know ii would by a Iofik Woodard Antl Cdr Hope to fill in the afternoons with films they produce a midday feature Magazine Ducute diaries news and of course reruns. This week on both an ,111 1 seb comes the last f is of Mcaa Basket Ball. The final game of the final a our is scheduled fur Early tuesday morning. Al s it he Ovcek the baseball season ii officially open although How much baseball can be sue d in Between basketball games is unknown. La Salsa week fur Good films. On Atn. The movie t Hill made Paul Newman. 195 j s to june is on sunday Filer spurs. T Heidi Vii made senior Citi pm Rin say. I5jh2 i Checri a pm is on 11 1 1 . He in in the .u.k. On seb tit ifs in with Dublin Huffman in drag airs Al 10 55 . And in log a at 55 Mimi it s after Midnight wednesday is the tory army officer trying to secure the of a Black Vietnam War hero in Art All while Tim Iii u by in Corgi. Also this week another Sui Lorfn d tick to tic show. Hunter arrives in a . 1uusday. Walters brings a special touch to to interviews by Paul ro5 it i old los Angeles times a editor tin a Brown says that Barbar Walters Lelu vision specials have replaced the cover of i tit As the ultimate Adolade of supers than i to hours s. 1 Aki Deli . To a big mistake with her she . Tin or hour i asked her Al about her films i be seen very Belli Davis movie and she was unreal kiniivi1. Hij sound hour realized what the mistake wis want til i talk Aboul her career and she Wankel to talk ibo i her Book. We Don t usually us plug the Book or Nyu vow. We Sjol the by Wjk Over with and everything else was heaven it taught me a lesson1 get the reason they want to talk Over with wallers edits her inter Viii a conducts hem she pret ice what answers will or won a Setoh Theair. I editing in in my head she says. Sometimes they go off on a Tangent and i just Kmil go on. There has to be that Nornen in thu inner View when in Joes Bingo and Here Ait times when i think nimm i never got it " Walters also does her own groundwork. I while lots Androls of questions. That s Hollo Bray but if you wrist them yourself it s not like somebody giving them to you. They re in your head so if of f in a different direction Fine. But you re in i on Lrol of in yourself. You re not and if the results Aren t special Walters uses fiem anyway. Nobody she has taped has gone unused to sit Down in someone s House and then say i m sorry la s so Boring we can t use in i first of Al How insulting secondly i should be Good enough not to have that some interviews arc belter than others she says the first interview with Eddie Murphy was a rial for both of us a Tough it also showed wallers Edge at one Point Murphy switched subjects and said to Walters you Don t know where we re to which Walters replied i know where we re going. We just finished this interview Are wallers segment with movie stars emotionally easier than the political interviews no Walters says i work harder on the celebrity interviews. John Wayne by the Way was surprised Al Bow great 1 thought his House was. He said Why Are you so surprised we country Hoys have Lasle Bull work harder on the celebrity interviews on a political interview first of All if you read the papers every Day you Don t have to do that much Homework. When you Are doing n pin anally i ivc to know air nose More they do because you dim l have the Cryn prov
