European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Ted Koppel gets company lbs and hoping to build new franchises with news on weeknights each launching late night newscasts which May show up on american military networks in Europe for Early morning news buffs. Abcs Effort which has yet to get final approval is the most ambitious. But cd so half hour show co anchored by Charles Kuralt and Lesley Stahl and starting at 11 30 . Edt 4 30 . Central european time was the first to join the late night news wars. It premiered last week opposite news nightlife series. Abcs pre Dawn broadcast to run from 1 . To 6 . Est 7 . To noon get after Daylight savings time is off in the state swill Start Jan. 7 if plans Are approved said news vice president Joanna Bistany. America tonight cd so answer to nightlife has a Way to go before its More than an insomniacs edition of morning talk. Its premiere proved a once Over lightly exercise with too much crammed into too Little time. The 30-minute premiere included a 40th anniversary Story on a a peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz and a promising segment called a the the creators will mercifully shun interviews with actors hawking movies. A the endgame is an occasional segment in which visiting experts and analysts discuss the Days hot topics. That can be dreamy but the first matchup of two former Reagan administration officials discussing the iraqi invasion of Kuwait proved an inspired different sort of Washington forum. Former assistant Secretary of defense Richard pc rec and former Navy Secretary James Webb made War or the Prospect of one More than just a to abstraction. Like nightlife which began when Iran held hostages in the . Embassy in 1979, the new lbs show is the outgrowth of a Middle East crisis iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. That crisis has been examined in six lbs specials since aug. 29, All called a showdown in the but unlike nightlife which usually tackles a single topic each night the new series will examine several topics each night through live interviews extended news segments and essays lbs news said. Whether it will continue beyond january when lbs is scheduled to Start late night entertainment programming at 11 30 ., depends on How Well it is received by viewers. The armed forces radio and television service is evaluating the premiere episode of the program to see if it would complement the current schedule of programs being sent live by satellite to military stations overseas. A clearly another program would have to be removed to Clear the time on the schedule Quot said Larry Marotta programming manager of afro so a to division. Abcs potential broadcast was created in response to requests from the networks More than 200 affiliates which now air syndicated programs movies or go dark during the pre Dawn hours. With two anchors to be named later the broadcast would have live and taped segments Domestic and International news sports and weather in 30-minute packages. The main Competition for abcs pre Dawn show would be the Cable news network. Can has been considering the idea of a late night interview show like abcs nightlife. Although lbs news has had a nigh watch a a taped interview show competing in the pre Dawn hours since october 1982, its new half hour series Marks its entry in a time period where entertainment has flopped for years. Two years ago lbs put Pat Sajaka stalk show on at 11 30 ., facing no cd slate night ratings Champ Johnny Carsons tonight show nightlife and Arsenio flails syndicated show. But the Pat Sajak show proved a ratings bomb and was cancelled in april after 15 months. A associated press a and staff reports real Dummy of a show a new syndicated series began airing sunday night. Its called what a Dummy. And How. What a Dummy refers to a red mopped ventriloquists Dummy named Buzz who turns up in an old trunk that a deceased vaudevillian has bequeathed to the Brannigan family of new Jersey. The High Jinks really hit the fan when Buzz talks on his own a so Tell me kid where the hell am i a Shock disbelief then suspense will the parents David Doty and Annabel Armour Tell Buzz the voice of Loren Freeman to Buzz off a can he stay mom a the youngest son begs. A can he live with us a mom is in a quandary a i done to of please. They re going to Send a wisecracking Dummy to the Myca you a think they a hit the talk shows with Buzz and make a Fortune. But no oooo. This is one of those series like Alf in which part of the humor is supposed to come from the family a attempts to hide the existence of the weird visitor. More High Jinks a next door neighbor Kaye Ballard is terrorized by wisecracking Buzz. And in the second episode Buzz continues wisecracking while the two Brannigan sons Stephen Dorff and Joshua Rudoy clash Over a girl. The test see if you can watch this series without moving your lips. Howard Rosenberg a los Angeles times Nielsen what they re watching the following Are the latest available rankings of television shows in America starting with the top shows As compiled by the . Nielsen co. The season to Date ranking is in parentheses or an Quot a Quot for firs time showing and the final figure is the rating which notes the percentage of the nations 92.1 million Homes where people watched the show1 cheers 1 19.7 rating.2 60 minutes 2 lbs 19.6. 3 the Cosby show 3 18.4.4 Murphy Brown 5 lbs 18.2.5 Golden girls 7 18.1. 5 designing women tie 3 lbs 18.1.7 Roseanne 5 17.6. 8 empty nest 8 17.4.9 americans funniest Home videos 11 17.2.10 a different world 8 17.1. And these Are the least watched shows the ones at the Bottom of the Nielsen ratings.86 True colors Fox 5.5.87 americans most wanted Fox 5.3. 88 cops Fox 5.2.89 a the sure things Fox night at the movies 4.7.90 totally hidden video Fox 4.491 against the Law Fox 4.3.92 Dea Fox 3.9.93 haywire Fox 3.8. 94 american chronicles Fox 3.0.95 glory Days Fox 2.7.i Page 4 c to plus sunday october 7,1990
