European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse When a divorced father of three children and a widow with three children marry and merge their families under one roof yes one roof zaniness. That s what. Plus Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers in a dreadful sitcom retreading primetime past step by step by step. A princesses lbs fridays in a season of such clunkers. Something As benign As this rates almost a rave review. Three Young women from diverse backgrounds become rookies in new York. The stars arc Julie Hagerty fran Drescher and Twiggy who is bulkier than most of the writing. A Brooklyn Bridge. Lbs fridays a sitcom about a close knit family in 1956 Brooklyn. Louis Zorich and Marion Ross Star As Jules and Sophie Berger a couple surrounded by family a their daughter son in Law and grandsons live in the apartment next door a and soaked in the nostalgic glow of a time when the dodgers were gods and Candy was Only a Penny. Talk about never being Able to go Home again. A flesh n blood. Abc fridays a Hick and his family invade a Swanky neighbourhood bringing with them their Rural naivete and ignorance of big City ways. No not the Beverly Hillbillies but a new comedy from the creators of terrific cheers. Only this time viewers May need the stiff drink As Lisa Darr plays an upstanding lawyer and David Keith her Long lost illiterate Deadbeat brother who moves himself and his kids into her House and drives her crazy Stop me if you be heard this before. A the Torkelsonsr Abc saturdays More to style Hillbillies these a Mother a no her five kids living in Rural Oklahoma. Connie Ray is eccentric Millicent Torkilson who is so poor that she makes clothes out of curtains. Scarlett of Hara did that in gone with the wind and she Wasny to funny either. A nurses. Abc saturdays they re overworked and under appreciated but always funny. Well in t that always the Case with nurses this challenges step by step As the Low of the season. If Only to producers could be sued for malpractice. A eerie ind., Abc sundays eerie indeed As 13-year-old Marshall Teller and his Friend Simon Are gathering evidence to prove that strangeness is happening in this seemingly idyllic Small town. Would you believe twin boys vacuum sealed by their Mother every night since 1964 to keep them ageless this is a Clever idea that i delayed seasons greetings from afro by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau wonder How Suzanne Somers will make her comeback in step by step or what zingers Redd Foxx has in store for the Royal family americans in Europe wont know the answers to those questions until february or March a if Ever a when the armed forces radio and television service in los Angeles contracts for this fall seasons new episodes. Those who can t wait can get someone in the United states to record their favorite show and mail the tape overseas. Videotape might be the Only was to go when it sometimes executed with wit and Charm but somehow no scr quite gets Oxer the Hump. Ami with to minutes and goes on As Competition the Hump May get bigger. A Man of the people. Abc sundays an amiable half hour with James Garner again playing his familiar likable rogue this time As a Small town Hustler and scam artist who goes straight when a City councilman who thwarts the schemes of conniving politicians. A Pacific station. Abc sundays the setting is the Venice Section of los Angeles where Robert Guillaume is an old fashioned cop who is unhappily saddled a what a with a new Zany partner played by Richard Libertini. Of boy Are these Guys mismatched. Stop me if you be heard this before. A Roc. Fox sundays Charles Dutton is a Penny pinching garbage collector living in an Eclectic household with his Sassy wife opinionated father and manipulative younger brother. Mildly funny. A Herman is head Fox sundays the various sides of Herman a personality assume human Nic dw0o Uchita Marlee Matlin Mark Harmon Star in the Abc drama reasonable doubts. Comes to some of the 2h shows debuting stateside on the new to season. They will air on an and seb Only if they prove popular with stateside audiences this fall said Larry j. Marotta program manager for arts. The service contracts for the television programs used by overseas military stations. A the Way we do business is we wait to see if a show has proven itself with an audience a Marotta said. A then the programs that prove themselves to be hits this september will be seen by our audiences As Early As late Winter 1992.&Quot officials consider the Overall Nielsen ratings when choosing programs for the military network but they look More closely at which shoves particular age groups consistently watch. A your Mission is to provide a Cross Section of popular american television keeping in mind that our audience is younger than the majority of people aged 55 or Over who participate in the ratings surveys Quot Marotta said. A we locus on the most popular shows for the 18 to 35-year-old age group but we also offer everything from sesame Street to masterpiece theatre a a he said. A couple of glitches can delay any one program irom airing on a military to station. Quot we consume an original episode once a week shape while battling inside his brain to control his destiny. William Ragsdale is Herman a fact he May wish to Torget Given what is on the screen. Fox says this is the first time on television that live actors have been hired to Plav the same character and there x no Leason to dispute the dramas a Vos and cons. Abc. Thursdays flux is the Ash residue from Gabriel s Fite last season s worthy drama series that Abc found unworthy of renewal in its original form emmy Winner James Earl Jones is Back As Gabriel Binas is emmy Winner Madge Sinclair As Girlfriend soon to be come Bride. The once somber Bird has lightened up and instead of working for an attorney has taken on a detective partner played by Richard Crenna. The cast is As Good As and on to. But Gabriel s fire still May be preferable to his Lunev Bone. A Palace guard. Lbs fridays an hour about continued on Page 6 Abc Bob d Amico Harry of Reilly Sammi l Avis Voss in the Abc drama Home front. While the networks work in specials and reruns to fill a season Quot Morotta said. A sometimes their timing can really leave us in a lurch like with China Beach. When the show took a hiatus we were forced to have a break in programming a something we like to episodes of programs that Are now airing on an and seb Are from the 1990-91 season. Morotta said. More recent Are favorite daytime soaps such As general Hospital which air on the two biggest military to stations in Europe about three months after their original showing in the states. Arts gets top shows from networks for Low prices because the programs Are broadcast to americans overseas free of charge and without commercials. Networks typically Pav producers about $500,000 for a half Huir prime time show. Arts pays $705 per episode for the network feed and then videotapes and to sex the program to Send later to the stations special programs such As till minutes. Aie received live by satellite and Cost the military practically nothing Morotta said at those prices the service s annual budget of $7 million goes a Long was m getting Quality programming he said september 15 1991 sunday a Page 5
