European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Change channels suddenly Europe a full of to choices an american in Belgium is Reading French Lan Guage to guides to figure out what English language movies Are on to. Somebody in Frankfurt West Germany actually a lot of somebodies is watching a smorgasbord of 18 Cable television channels about a third of them in English. People in Berlin Are watching British forces television. A Guy in Athens Greece is also watching British to a the Murdoch company a eur sport. And somebody in Royal Oaks Spain wants to see a schedule for the american discovery Channel available in various places in Europe via Cable and satellite. Last month a Coupon in the stars and stripes asked Quot what re you watching Quot two Hundred and Twenty readers responded and we found out that people Are watching everything under the Sun a and much of what they re watching is in English. While the american military channels Are still the mainstay for a lot of service members and civilians in Europe Cable and satellite increasingly Are bringing americans new choices of things to watch in English from mtg to shopping channels to can. We had to figure out what channels the most people were watching the most of so we could print those schedules in this new Magazine. Our television listings Start on Page 5, and you can judge for yourself whether we gauged it correctly. While people surveyed asked for schedule listings for More than 100 channels in All kinds of languages the overwhelming favourites were bbl Europe Rel plus mtg eur sport sky one and sky movies. The listings we Are providing for two of the sky channels a sky one and sky movies a should be viewed with caution. They Are intended for readers in the United kingdom the Only ones in Europe who Are supposed to be Able to receive them. The Plain fact is though that people from Italy to Iceland Are watching sky. The Plain fact also is that sky television which refused to provide us with schedules scrambles sky movies and reserves the right to scramble sky one. Done to run out and buy a fancy satellite dish and expect to get those channels forever. We also had to make a few Tough choices. A Bunch of people in Belgium and the Netherlands watch Bbc-1 and Bbc-2 direct from Britain while people in cabled housing areas and on Intelsat get bbl Europe a combination of Bbc-1 and -2. We decided to list bbl Europe highlights. A lot of people asked for Complete listings of All of the channels they watch not just Complete listings for some and highlights of the schedules for others. We wish we could a but there a Only so much space in this Magazine. We appreciated the Guy in South Limburg Netherlands who sent us a dozen color pages from a dutch to guide full of photos of to stars and Long descriptions of programs saying head like to see the same in English. We sure would too. And one fellow told us not just the channels whose schedules he wanted to see but Why Quot eur sport is mostly English. Rel plus has sex eur sport and Rel have wrestling a Good Points. Then there were the 75 people at the Dodds school at Rota Spain who wanted to see listings for All three really american military channels they get. No problem Rota 4 is a direct satellite feed and has no listing but Well now print listings for Rota 2 and Rota 6. There were some requests we just could t Deal with. The person from Heilbronn West Germany who wanted to see listings for Quot any Channel that Speaks English or  a tall order. And then the Guy from Mannheim West Germany who wrote that Quot your current listings Are not mentally challenging a and wanted us to Stop showing sports on to. Well see we Don t decide what airs. Better write to an to. We d like to know what you think of the choices we made a not Only for to listings but for movies and videos. Clip out and Complete the Coupon on this Page and mail it in anytime. Gerald Mcraney is the major reason major dad is so likable aside from the realistic Way this comedy portrays the military. Let s face it most of us Are not crawling about the Jungle in tour of duty style platoons. We re stuck in an office with a Bunch of bozos in uniform a just like the clowns on major dad. But the show does t rely solely on the character actors in the quonset huts Mcraney the balding half of now disbanded Simon amp Simon is a Sharp comedian with a great Deadpan look and a sense of timing who makes the show. It s not so much what he says As the Way he says it. He a also sexier than a Tom cruise or a Johnny Depp will Ever grow to be and when his character a Marine major decides to woo and wed a Liberal newspaper reporter Shanna redone feels its a major loss for the other women of the Community. Its somewhat unfortunate that the to Powers what do you think did we get it right anything you want to see More of a or less of a in to plus drop us a line at the stars amp stripes features department Apo by 09211. I think i live in the area of country. That be decided Reed s character had to be a widow come now can t people on to be divorced like real people and come equipped with three adorable daughters. One does get bored with charming children a although its fun to see the adorable 13-year-old Marisa Ryan turn to her mom the first time the major is invited to dinner and observe a this Guy has no  a Marine Reserve officer is an adviser on the show and the extras Are real marines because the producers could t talk Hollywood extras into cutting their hair that Short for $35 a Day. But you la like the show for other reasons than attention to military detail. It s Good. Superstition an premieres major dad at 7 10 . Central european time monday. Southern european broadcasting gets the show in late june. Doctor doctor is the other Brand new show starting on an this week but its not in the same class. Airing at 9 45 . Get wednesday it features the former Max headroom Max Frewer playing a doctor in a confused clinic. It s a comedy but Many of the topical jokes did not stand the test of time a this show originally premiered in the states Early last summer. A Well maybe it will get better. It starts the same week As major dad on seb. Far More exciting news is that i spy is Back after nearly 25 years. The show that first brought Bill Cosby to the world s attention is an espionage comedy if you can imagine such a thing. Robert Culp co starred and it starts saturday at 3 . Get. For both seb and an the Kentucky Derby is at 10 30 . Saturday. California s undefeated mister Frisky is the favorite in the 116th running of the first leg of horse racing s triple Crown at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Seb has t much else on of special note this week. There s a Hee Haw special at 1 15 . Saturday and Kenny Dolly and Willy something inside so Strong is a country music special on 10 05 . Tuesday. It s that kind of week. The Nielsen ratings 4 to briefs 4 to listings 5-8 video reviews 9 top 10 videos 9 cafes movie schedule 10 staff editor Sarah Bottorff designer Lisa Rivard makeup editor _ Anita May editorial assistants  Runquist Louis Pierce on the cover Quot major dad Quot Gerald Mcraney is surrounded by his to family clockwise from top right Shanna Reed Chelsea Hertford Nicole Dubuc and Marisa Ryan. Page 2tv plus sunday april 29.1990