European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse �?~21 jump Street leaps Back onto the schedule. Sarah b0tt0rff. A to plus editor is there a something to be said for programs like 21 jump Street even if its Only a a in be seen a not bad would also fit this to can oriented cop show. Or a pretty Well acted pretty Well written pretty Well. A Well you get the picture. For those who pc let its past three seasons slide without seeing it the general idea is a group of Good looking gorgeous in Johnny Depp a and Holly Robinsons cases undercover cops of various ethnic backgrounds solving crimes involving equally Good looking and Young criminals and victims. There a a Bright and shining Foci to 21 jump Street. Maybe it s All the Good looking people. Or just the general tone to the show which gives you the feeling that there Are a lot More Good Guys than bad Guys in this world. Not a bad feeling. Its fourth season starts saturday afternoon on an desert storm and All the related complications of shipments and supplies in the military system Are playing havoc with some television schedules. Ebs to in Torrejon Spain has waited in vain for the taped programs it was to air this week and at this writing plans to go with a selection of satellite live programs and older shows from its Library. Programming officials there said the regular weekly schedule printed in Spain editions of the stars and stripes should be taken with a big Grain of Salt. Similar Supply problems could be hitting an this week too. At this writing the station Hadnot received some of this weeks tapes of shows a although it does have the shows for the week after. An is expect into get this weeks tapes at the last minute but there a a slight Chance the station will have to air shows out of sequence a next week s Dallas now for example rather than this weeks. A. Of note on an this week Uso Salute to America s sons and daughters which did not arrive at the station last week As hoped is now set for tuesday night. The 26th annual country music awards airs lie thursday morning and is repeated in prime time thursday night. Sunday night starts a thick Patt miniseries. Woman of substance with Deborah Kerr and Jenny Seagrove she was the evil vegetarian nursemaid in the guardian. The miniseries could use a Littlemore substance itself but its of its the usual rags to riches Story of betrayal and love and a couple of world wars Anil several continents. Raging Dull wednesday night is a Brilliant Robert de Niro performance about prizefighter Jake Lamotta and definitely a rated. Good Quot comedy a include the classic the absent minded professor the Disney offering thursday Gene Wilder a the worlds greatest Lover tuesday and Gene Kelly a cover girl thursday. Sundays my brother s wife is a waste of John Ritter and Mel Harris and a walk in the Sun is awfully. Dated world War ii material Friday. Southern european broadcasting has the Uso Salute on sunday night and country music awards at its 3 . Live time of Fortune and jeopardy arc Back on weekday evenings Reading Rainbow is Back on thursdays and Dallas is expected saturday or sunday time to be announced. Recommended movies the kids never never land and the grownups Mickey Spillane a Mike Hammer sunday and sworn to silence saturday an excellent lawyer drama with Peter Coyote. Skip Freedom fighter Friday a Tony Danza vehicle that runs out of Gas about an sex i in Berlin which of Tell it like it is a about whether to shows Tell it like it i Lauren Linton the los Angeles times they drop out of school they walk naked through the cafeteria on a dare. They drink. They get in car wrecks. They have unprotected sex. They lie to their parents and then feel guilty about it. They confess. Spend a couple of evenings prying into the lives of televisions current crop of teen age Char actors and a viewer is liable to yearn for to Days when Gidget and the Nelsons agonized Over the prom and Laurie Partridge picked up radio signals on her braces. Today a teen shows to Tell it like it is. But lets face it these series Are created and written by people who probably have not been on the receiving end of the words a you re grounded for years. So to get the scoop on shows about teens the los Angeles times went to the experts a panel of Junior High and High school students. Our question what do you like and dislike about teen to our recommendation to television producers and executives read Over this material and be ready for a quiz tomorrow. For every panellist who loved a show there was another w to hated it. Beverly Lills 90210, 21 jump Street and Blossom were mentioned in both Best and worst categories. One panellist chose fresh Prince of Bel air As one of her three favorite shows while others frowned on it Tor being too shallow. Degrassi High was praised As Quot a great drama involved in every major problem Quot and criticized As being Quot totally a i done to think a Guy would seriously walk naked across the Hall on a bet a said Elizabeth Watts 16. Noticeably lacking criticism was the wonder v a i a a the cast of �?�2i jump Street from left Peter Deluise Holly Robinson Johnny Depp Steven Williams and Dustin Nguyen. Years which was mentioned five out of eight times in the Quot favorite category. A the show is just so Sweet and heartwarming a Watts wrote. Doogie Howser . Might rack up the Neil sen ratings but lie probably be invited to Many High school parties. A dubious Leilani Palacios 15, put it this Way about the notion of a teen age physician Quot if this could really happen i think he be Cool. Head be a real Dork a dog ice a sidekick Vinnie however a makes the show a said Alex Karasik 18. A a a a a some other panellist comments a a the series portray the problems facing students but most done to get the people right. Things Are sometimes glamorized and blown out of proportion while at other times the problems get glossed Over because they producers fit issues into a half hour format a Travis Smith 18. A Beverly Hills 90210 h and the character get drunk and then right away realize what he did was wrong. All in one show. These shows should try to Deal with the issues slowly building up to the problem. It would be More entertaining and. Realistic a Karen Bochnke 13. A we need More mindless entertainment like the Simpsons a Moniz. What shows do they watch most in living color the wonder years a different world . Law and the Simpsons. Also the Cosby show to mtg raps assorted cartoons 21 jump Street fresh Prince of Bel air americans funniest Home videos Parker Lewis can to lose twin peaks knots Landing married. With children empty nest Santa Barbara late night with David , cheers and reruns of Remington 21, 1991 sunday b a Page 15
