European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Television baseball playoffs highlight next week s schedule by Sarah Bottorff ii does t seem possible that we be already had nearly .1 whole season of rising orioles and tiling dodgers Bill in s True. Inc first american league Lavoll name is to l e  Early wednesday morning the first National league playoff game will an Early thursday morning. I Lere in i Europe the limes for the games Aren t bail this year although there s still a lot of i . To. Watching Loilo. If you want to see the whole playoff season. Hut game in the american league for instance is set Lor . Central european time on of 1.1., a saturday. And games 5 and h. If necessary in the National i eague Are set for h .  on  monday and Oil. Ii a wednesday. Armed i ones Kailin and television service will Send All the playoff and world series games to i mope via satellite. Whether they air. Of course depends on super Slation an Southern european troadia Slogor whatever your local network is. Is i has already scheduled in All the games. An programming director loin Darter said his million could decile to skip non essential games like game 1 til the american 1 eague if the teams Are 2-1 anyway and run College football instead. I following Are the games and their Central Europe times. Until Daylight savings ends there oct. 22, the. United kingdom s Lime is the same As get Al game i at 1 . Wednesday oct. -4, and game 1 Al ii . The same Dale an May Well skip game 2. No. Game 1 at 1 . Thursday oct. 5. My game j Al . Friday oct.  Al game 3 Al 1 . Saturday. Oci. 7. Al game 4 at f . Saturday o i. 7. No. Game i at 1 . Sunday oct. H., and no game -1 at t . Monday oct. The schedule of in necessary games Al. Game 5 Al i to . Sunday oct.  No game 5 Al it . Monday oct. I. Al game d Al 1 . Wednesday oct. 11, and m game f at it ., wednesday of i 11. Al game 7 at i . Thursday Oil. 12, and no game 7 at i to . Friday Oil. 1 j. The world series starts a Mere in hours later no game times Are available yet. Starting its second year on Al n wednesday major league baseball permitting is in tin  til the Liviu in. Airing Al 11 . It s easy to see Why this show won an i Niy for Carroll o Connor playing the Clumpy polic e chief who drags himself and his steamy Mississippi town into the t Jos with a Black Yankee detective i toward Rollins Al his Side. The show is Quality a Good cop show without a lot of Miami vice style Raz a lazz and macgyver gimmicks. In s full of interesting characters and Good plots. I his first of the season two hours Long involves a 20-year-old murder and foolish people playing with the occult with a Side Issue being a Black City councilman s efforts to depose the police chief and put the detective in his place. As noted the h . Lime is the same for the United kingdom and Central Europe. Srb will gel this show the week of nov. 27. Not quite in the same class but pleasant is a Little show called o , starring pal  of k Ime Kiel Fame. If you be been living in the slates you probably did t even know this show existed Abc did t give in much publicity and after Landing in the Bottom of the i h7-8h ratings ii Dierl in its second year. It seemed fairly Well liked when in Gollo military television though and starts its second year on super Lalion Al n at 11 30 . Tuesday. The Basic Pool is Kin chearled japanese american police lieutenant solves crimes and saves lives in a los Angeles Selling. This year the lieutenant acquires a Young Hothead of a police officer or a partner Robert Clohessy and in the first episode moves from the asian task Force to the organized crime task i orce and tries to bring Down a father son learn of Lallian accented scoundrels. What the show does t have is sex Appeal. Of course i heat of the night does t have thai either but in s so Good Yon Don t notice that nobody looks like Lorn Selleck. O  in t. Still it s a Nice show. If it weren t fora Little Loo my h violence it would be a Good family show. Asil is. In s a slow heartwarming shoot Ern up. Is h gets o  the week of nov. 27. Thank heavens or the baseball playoffs. Otherwise  would t have much of a week no new series will be starting although the movies Aren t bad. 1 he Lessica Lange version of cat on .1 hot tin Koo airs Al 1 30 . Sunday there s also the aged 1 f 5 but still cute Fluffy about Tony Randall and a lion Al . Sunday. Going it inc Chapel Al about i . Friday is a wedding comedy remarkable mostly for the number of actors from current to series who guest Star in it. I counted actors from 12 series starting with Nick front i Imily ties As the Groom and Abby from la.  the Bride it you can imagine that. Both seb and an Are expected to get saturday night live s two hour Celebration of its 15th anniversary imagine  to play Ader Midnight saturday. Is b also plans a second special Abc s the aids quarterly the third Parl of its year Long look Al the aids crisis to run sometime Over the weekend. An May or May not use this the station tends to pick the Besl of the news specials and run i hem in time slots where a series has just ended. When you see to be announced on the monthly to schedule. It s a Safe bet the spot will be filled by a news special sent that week from he slates. On an dynasty starts its ninth and last year at to . Monday and a new children s cartoon Decenek a of the Earth featuring Flash Gordon  and Ming the merciless starts at 3 05 . Monday. Come to think of it the two shows Are remarkably similar they re both about super Good Guys and super bad people All dressed up in weird clothes. D  May leave you hanging since its producers did t know it would be cancelled and therefore shot a Cliff Hanger finale Here s talk though thai a special dynasty a be produced sometime this year to tie up All the Loose ends. Dynasty cuts Down on smoking drinking affairs editor s note the following preview was written at the Start of dynasty s last season in the states. The first episode of. The final season airs at to . Monday on superstition Al a it will air in late november on Southern european . By Larry Neumeister associated press d ims in t exactly turning into a bastion of High morality but its new producer promises More meaningful relationships than affairs this season and More Ginger ale than Gin and sonics. David i Alsen who was chosen As the e i Uli e producer of the show Asil began its ninth season said he s Belling that Moie realism More action and some new characters will attract More viewers even As the  characters clean up their acts. Id in t think people will be popping in and out of every bed i Alsen said. In the age of herpes and aids in s k irresponsible to have flagrant bed hopping and i Don t think we ought to  he promised that men and women would develop less ephemeral John Forsythe relationships and there would be less smoking and drinking on . We re going to Cut Hal Down because i just Don t think it s healthy he said although he cautioned that any one show should not be used As a barometer of societal changes. Paulsen who was interviewed while in new York to audition actors and actresses or the show is no stranger to glamorous prime Lime soaps. I be spent five years writing or directing More than 50 episodes of Dallas. He also was the supervising producer of Knob Landing for one year. Although he is planning some new wrinkles for dynasty Paulsen said some of the strengths of the past seasons will be revived. Well see the character of Blake Carrington played by Lohn i Orsyl he be a driving Force again the character was allowed to weaken he said. Blake will Lead the charge of men with stronger personalities he said. The women have always been the stronger Force he added. Also there will be More action in the episodes and he said we re going to Tell a faster  one of the new characters will be a Young detective a Street Guy somewhere Between Serpico and Columbo he said. And although there will be plenty of elegant clothing diamonds and fancy place settings there will be More people from other walks of life people who even live without air conditioning Paulsen said. Thus viewers will see More of whal in is like when the Rich encounter the poor experiences projected rom the typewriters of three new scriptwriters two of whom were news reporters until this year he said. The changes in the show Are aimed Al higher ratings. But Paulsen said the Effort to clean up the lifestyles of his characters also came from his desire to reflect changing values in America and he insisted that television shows can affect the Way viewers live. He recalled Hal once in a scene of a television situation comedy a character in a car made passing mention of fastening sea belts. For four or five Days afterwards police departments noticed a distinct drop in fatalities and serious injuries he said. In was a very humbling experience that showed that although we re not Oul to preach there Are Subtle things you can  24 stripes Magazine september 28, 7989