European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Viewers in the states must Deal with their losses by David Zurawik the Baltimore Sun a re you experiencing separation anxiety about Sam Malone and the cheers gang saying goodbye for a a season or about . Ewing and the Dallas folks saying Good Bye forever Well some people Are. And it could turn into a genuine sense of loss experts say. Last week in America was the week of the big Good Bye with Many of the tubes most popular series airing their last new episode of the year or signing off for Good. A these television characters become part of our lives a says Jim Dasinger a Baltimore psychologist. A we know they Are not real but they. Arc still very important to us. And Many of us Are bound to fee a sense of v Here Are just some of the weeks farewells on Matlock tuesday night on Abc Ben Matlock ended the season by going to Hollywood to defend a movie Star and in the heat of the night ended it year with Virgil Tibbs Howard Rollins getting shot. Thursday night the years last new episode of Cosby on Abc had Theo Malcolm Jamal warn or failing As a youth Counselor. A different world ended its year with graduation and a Job offer for Whitley Jasmine Guy. Later on the same network cheers ended with Sam Ted. Danson thinking it might be time for him to be a Tat Ifert a a a a a Friday night on lbs Dallas signed off after 13 seasons with a two hour finale featuring Joel Grey As an apprentice Angel who shows . Larry Hagman what life would have been like in an earlier time when Many people lived and died in the same neighbourhood they were born in the differences Between electronic is. Human companionship Are profound. But that is not the Point Here. The Bottom line is that it is All right to feel a Little Down. In a television culture like ours our real lives Are changed a bit with the passing of our to friends. On the up Side Dasinger said there s a the anticipation of them coming Back in rerun or on again next Jack Wagner who portrays Frisco is exiting abcs general Hospital for the second time. A a word has it that Abc decided not to renew his contract which is up in june. Wagner fans. worry. It seems no cd a Santa Barbara which is in direct Competition with ii wants him for the emmy winning soap. A the los Angeles times Abc parting is Sweet sorrow for Leland Mckenzie Richard Dysart left As Well As the viewers As Michael Kuzak Harry Hamlin leaves . Law.�?�. In Dallas had he never lived. On Abc perfect strangers ended with Larry Mark Linn Baker. Getting pre wedding jitters. Is do we really get so involved with these shows and characters that we come to miss them and if so How does that kind of attachment happen a television is creating new cultural experiences and meanings a Conrad Phillip Kottak an anthropologist at the University of Michigan says in his Book prime time society. A it is capable of producing intense often irrationally based feeling of Solidarity and Community Isnit cheers for example filling some of the same social needs today that Corner taverns filled Good news for i a. Law fans Grace Van Owen Susan Day is returning to the show next fall after All. A the last we saw a pregnant Grace Victor is Fuentes Jimmy Smit Sand Mike Kuzak Harry Hamlin were trudging out of the darkened offices of Mckenzie Brackman Chaney Kuzak and Becker lugging boxes a out of the firm and by the season finale out of the series. In real life Hamlin is definitely gone. Buts its said he would be Back once in a while. And Day is now returning after saying she . _ in anticipation of the trios departure this Spring the series had already added . Lamb Amanda . Tocy Clemmons Cecil Hoffman and to Cyl sex Tommy Mullaney John Spencer. Hunk Coit minus two. . Law completed production of this seasons episodes on monday. Tie night of May 16 will be the season finale presumably hinting that Grace. Is coming Back. Joh Carmody a the Washington Post on television Lansbury Eureka come Back on an Sarah Bottorff to plus editor a Ere a a fast look at the week on military television stations a murder she wrote is Back for a seventh year on an to Friday r a a and Nbs-tv4 in Iceland sunday. The producers keep talking Angela Lansbury Backford More years fortunately because the last season a in which she made scattershot 5 min Ute appearances on the shows did not go Over very Well with the Public. In this first episode Charles Haid Crnko on Hill Street blues once upon a time shows up As one of the key suspects in the death of a laywer. A another dose of Kenny Rogers As the Gambler comes to an to wednesday night. This is the third Gambler movie and is broadcast in two parts this wednesday and next. And yes he still is one of the most pleasant personalities around and yes he still can to act Worth Beans. A drop out Mother with Valerie Harper and Wayne Rogers is a lacklustre made for to comedy about a High powered career woman dropping out to become a morn. Still its Well place Don a tuesday morning on an to. What else do you do at Home with a tuesday morning a tron this saturday on an to is kind of a blast a Disney production with Bright special effects and Jeff Bridges How could you go wrong has to do with a Guy getting sucked into a giant computer and fighting for his life in a giant computer game Competition. 7 a Eureka a a Castle and newtons Apple return 7 for new seasons wednesday on an to. Both Are Quality smart kids shows. What with Winnie the Pooh and Captain planet and the planet tiers among others the children Are having a great Spring on an. A also next sunday brings another Good Woody Allen film the purple Rose of curio. Finally the siege of fir Basc Gloria is about an outpost in Vietnam and did no to set the critics on fire when it was re leased in 1988 its on an to Friday night with Robert Alvarado and Mark Neely. Quot a on Southern european broadcasting its another year of a different world. It starts on wednesday and continues the will they wont they Between Dwayne and Whitley Kadi pm Hardison and Jasmine Guy a and continues to get sharper and funnier every episode a Hank double Eagle tour is on wednesday night on seb. That Shank Williams jr., for those who done to know. He sings country a also on seb couple of Good comedies throw mama from the train with Billy Crystal and Danny Devito on Friday night and haunted honeymoon with Gene Wilder and Gilda rain her on saturday afternoon. Finally last summer wednesday is about kids on the Beach but you May not want your kids on the Couch watching it. The movie reviews Call it a a powerful drama which translated Means sex and unhappiness. May 5, 1991 sunday a Page 15
