European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Prez can catch mtg but rest of White House is in the dark by Rita Ciolli new Day they want their mtg at the those Young turks Bill Clin ton brought to Washington Don thave Access to their favorite Cable Channel on the White House television sys tem. The Clinton can watch mtg in their Liv ing quarters but even the president while he is at work can t tune in to be Avis and butt head to see what the fuss is about. Our policy is to Only have news channels said pee Dee Myers the White House spokeswoman. To keep costs Down she said the Only Cable channels available Are c Span can and can headline news. Myers said mtg was not something necessary to have at work and that Only some staffers wished they did have it. However the More than 100 sets in the White House system do receive All the programming of local Washington broadcast stations so workers can watch soap operas Ger Aldo or monday night football if they want. And Myers said that at Clinton s request mtg and such Premium Cable channels As Hob Are available upstairs in the private Resi Dence for him the first lady and their teen age daughter Chelsea. The television generation Gap at the White House came to Light recently at a forum on the news and mtg at the museum of television and radio in new York City. They won t let us watch mtg because it s consid ered entertainment said David Anderson 23, the television services coordinator at the White House and its mtg Liaison. Anderson who admits that not Many of his colleagues at the White House have his Spike haircut and untraditional style of dressing said mtg is one of the primary ways information reaches his 20-something generation. He said that mtg s coverage of the presidential Campaign especially Clinton s bus tour was one of our Best crowd Anderson said the White House is consid ering the possibility of Hillary Rodham Clin ton doing an mtg town Hall forum on health care. The president has Given mtg at least four interviews. He said the administration takes the news programming of mtg mainly features on issues and entertainment coverage just As seriously As the evening news broadcasts on the major networks. Judy Mcgrath executive vice president and creative director for mtg said staffers must be watching at Home because they were very in tune with the Channel. Clearly no other administration had done More to reach out to Young people through mtg said Mcgrath. The decision to exclude mtg Myers said was based purely on Cost and was not an Effort to Avert criticism of a Youthful staff. The White House must pay for Cable and mtg she said is not an appropriate she was unable to provide any information on How much the White House pays in Cable fees. The budget of the White House communications Agency a military unit that runs the electronic technology at 1600 Pennsylvania ave., is classified she said. Tina exarhos vice president of program publicity for mtg said the 24-hour Channel airs entertainment news updates 10 minutes each hour. Fran docs Char is he key to the Nanny. Lbs Back to see to take a fall but at least there s John Kruk by Diane Werts new Day for a to critic there s nothing quite like missing three weeks of viewing while on Remote then returning to discover Youdin t miss a thing. Of so Chevy Chase was put out of his misery when Fox finally euthanized his lingering late night offering. So i did t really miss anything after All. Most of the new fall prime time shows Are still Tipiere minus fac Dunaway s it had to be you lbs sitcom what a Shock and mostly it does t seem like anybody much cares. Where s the excite ment the premiere week Buzz the new fall Dis covery thrill the most amazing discovery on my re entry last week was learning that that demonic a rated pro Ducer Steven Bochco had installed a fundamentalist Christian lawyer on Abc s . Law Alexandra Powers As Jane Hallida Yand she was portrayed As a Normal person thoughtful sincere assertive not to be made fun of and much to be admired in her strength and Assurance. Some will Likely Call this spiritual character Boch co s penance for his hard edged Abc drama Nyi d Blue but she s actually a logical outgrowth of the Bochco stance that led him to Champion a rated drama in the first place his Contention that to avoids depicting Many facets of the so called fringes of american life that it s so Busy homogenizing and mollify ing us that it neglects Many vibrant aspects of lifestyles that Don t fall smack in the perceived Cen Ter. Good for Bochco on both counts. But while he was Busy busting stereotypes other folks were work ing overtime to prop pm up i see. The Abc schedule this month is fairly busting once again with women a movies to counter pro Gram the baseball on lbs Danielle steel and bar Bara Taylor Bradford Romance wallows sulking Back and women and children in jeep any thrillers. Fry of so i must be missing a Chromo some. 1 was watching the world series where lbs subjected us to incessant promos for its new South of Sunset fun drama in which stars Glenn and Aries Spears embody the fresh relationship of the put upon White investigator and his ice of wow hip motor Mouth Black Streetwise sidekick. The promos handily include a clip in a car where Spears jives away at Fry from the passenger scat. Let s not just recall 48 hrs., let s replay it. Us no let s not. Thank goodness for the other lbs premiere pro mos the Nanny does t pretend that its stereotype smart Mouth Queens Bitch goddess is in any Way shape or form original Star fran docs Char princesses just lets Fly with that a cent that busybody Demeanour those frocks and ooh that . Finally a cliche to look Forward to. Speaking of attitude that s the Appeal of a fresh tube attraction my first week Back world series hunk literally John Kruk. This specimen the scraggly haired gum chomping Gimme Cap wearing Phillies first baseman with the Trcic St flip physique proved himself on lbs to be this Wacky season s hottest to personality. Is he not the perfect All around icon for the anti hero 90s, an Outback anti dote for the Slick Star 80s we re All trying to forget How about that David let Turman appearance where Kruk calmly disarmed the smart Guy Host with his dumb act smarter Guy drawl and laconic storytelling involving cases of Beer and his dad s name turns out to be Moe Moe Kruk where s the lbs sitcom just pop Kruk into fac Dunaway s old role and you la see How fast Robert Urich s unruly kids shape up if John Kruk in t the commercial endorsement King after this world be pics is Over imagine rip torn enlisting him to Bat the the enc Gizir Bunny then the to Raintr usters Are even More bereft than you think they arc. Same old song for to though. Fifty seven Chan Nels and nothing on at least not in the old sense of the phrase. No breakout hits no megastar personalities not even Dame Edna where is Sheno everybody stalking about it unifies where we can All recite the same punchline the next morning and be in on the same Cool joke. Just 57 Little slivers of audience in their own Little universes where one person s or. Quinn is another person s Larry Sand ers is another person s Martin. I come Back from vacation and say whal d i miss and they Tell me i wonder if it was everything. Same difference in these Lazy hazy crazy Days of tube transition. The Phillies John Kruk scores on the Oci Bolh 31, cd Uay Page 11
