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Spenser: A Savage Place with Robert Family" and "Mary Silliman's War." featuring romantic library product Urich. Lifetime also has picked up pre- Lifetime's revamped weekend strat- such as "Once Is Not Enough," "To Be syndication theatricals "Eating," "The egy also will include the April 9 debut the Best," "Tears in the Rain" and Ballad of Little Jo," "A Part of the of Romance Theater, a movie block "Souvenir" • Not necessarily the (TV) news All-news channels bring newspapers to video life

By Peter Viles series on the state of public education ginia and Washington. s regional all-news channels in New York. • Orange County (California) Newschannel (512,000 subscribers): A Half-hour sports call-in show every grow beyond the experimental Steve Paulus, vice president, news, evening, plus hour of talk at midday stage, they increasingly are de- says the station's emphasis on beat with rotating topics and hosts, includ- veloping programing that goes be- reporting—every reporter is assigned ing a psychologist, a judge, a doctor yond the headlines. a regular beat—and low-key, in-depth and a veterinarian. It's almost as if the six major re- coverage combine to make the station The station also uses beat reporters gional cable news channels are turn- "more like a newspaper in terms of the from the Orange County Register for ing into video newspapers, with spe- degree of journalism." expert coverage and special reporting cial sections devoted to sports, busi- • New England Cable News on issues ranging from local business ness and a broad range of features. (950,000 subscribers): Three hours to military affairs. In fact, newspapers are a prime of talk per day, including shows "They have a handyman columnist source of such material. News chan- devoted to sports, financial issues and who does five pieces a week for us," neis in Boston, New York, Chicago politics. Newschannel News Director Ed and Orange County, Calif., depend at • Newschannel 8, Washington Casaccia says. "Those are resources least partly on newspapers for exper- (790,000 subscribers): Nightly that television stations simply cannot tise. sports call-in show. Like many news- match." • New England Cable News last papers, it has regional editions—three week announced a partnership with separate newscasts for Maryland, Vir- the Boston Globe under which Globe reporters and editors will appear on A page right out of history the air to talk about stories they have covered. Archivists (or per- In Chicago, ChicagoLand Televi- sion News relies heavily on reports from Chicago Tribune reporters and critics, and makes no apologies for its close ties to the paper. "We're bring- ing the Chicago Tribune to life on video," says Mike Adams, director of news and programing. Five of the six major news channels have developed live call-in programs, with late-night sports call-in shows the most popular. The Flagstones, is ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ News 12 Long Island (675,000 sub- less than two An early portrait of ' scribers), which at 7 years old is the minutes long and granddaddy of the regional cable features the vocal talents of Daws Butler (, ) news channels, finally is making the and (Rocky Squirrel). Other Flintstones rarities discovered in break out of solid blocks of news the vaults include regional commercials and the original 35mm opening wheels, with plans to launch a chatty, and closing sequences of the show. The Cartoon Network will telecast the feature-filled morning show. pilot on May 7, coinciding with the release of a live-action theatrical film Here is a summary of non-headline based on the series. The network also is planning a three-and-a-haif-day reporting at the major news channels: marathon of Flintstones programing, including the original 166 episodes • New York 1 News (1.2 million and various spin-off shows. A little-known fact about the series is that cre- subscribers): Two daily public affairs ators and considered using pilgrims, programs devoted to the day's top Romans, cowboys and even Eskimos for the loosely based Honeymooners issues, and a nightly sports call-in and adaptation before settling on a modern Stone Age family. —RB wrap-up show. Special programs have included a weekly journal on a man dying of AIDS and an upcoming