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Reality /Variety Fox Night at the Movies PROGRAMING Mother Country-Judge Reinhold stars in Greisman executive producer. 12:01- Romantic suspense thriller with a this ensemble comedy about a doctor in a The Resurrector -An elite team devises sci -fi twist. Los Angeles hospital emergency room. elaborate sting operations at the behest of a From Lorimar Television; Penny Marshall, mysterious character. From Universal Tele- William Blaylock and Elliot Abbot execu- vision; Sam Hamm executive producer. tive producers. NBC Tropical Heat -Two mismatched cops in My Girls -Rap artist Queen Latifah and Hawaii, starring Keith Cooke. From ABC comedian Kim Coles star about upwardly Productions; Bernard Sofronsky and Su- Comedies mobile black women who share a New zanne DePasse executive producers. Alone Together-Four thirty -something York brownstone. From Lorimar Televi- The Wyatts- 1990's family show about the singles who share a New Jersey house. sion; Yvette Denise Lee executive produc- foibles of family life, starring William Mc- From Witt -Thomas Productions; David er. Namara. From TriStar Television; Steven Landsberg executive producer. My Kind of Town -Comedian Jeff Garlin Kampmann and Will Aldis executive pro- Boomtown -A self-proclaimed "idea stars in project about a nice guy's take on ducers. man" buys a small -town inn and turns it the world. From Witt- Thomas Productions; The X -Files -Two FBI agents with differ- into a mini -Las Vegas casino. From Aerial David Landsberg executive producer. ent points of view try to solve bizarre cases. Productions in association with Columbia Phi Slamma Jamma- Antics at an all - From Twentieth Television; Chris Carter Pictures Television; Walter Parks executive black fraternity at fictional Florida College. executive producer. producer. From Twentieth Television: Les Firestein Cafe Americain -Valerie Bertinelli as a di- executive producer. Reality /variety vorcee who moves to Paris. From Lorimar Satellite News-A behind- the -scenes look Television; Peter Noah executive producer; at a fledgling 24-hour news network. From Beyond the Call-Half -hour look at heroes James Burrows directs pilot. who to help others. From Columbia Television; Sheldon Bull execu- risk their lives Child Support-Stand -up comedian John Nancy Jacoby Productions in association tive producer. Mendoza as a Chicago sportswriter /single- with Empty Chair Productions; Jacoby ex- Untitled Sinbad project -Comedian Sinbad parent. From Castle Rock Entertainment; ecutive producer. stars as an avowed bachelor who adopts Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnik executive two children. From Disney Television; Cop Files- Richard Roundtree hosts half- producers/writers. hour look into the minds of men and wom- Gary Murphy and Larry Strawther execu- Crossroads-Night Court's John Larro- en who police today's streets. From Bar- tive producers. quette as a reformed alcoholic who takes a bour- Langley Productions; Malcolm Townsend Television -Robert Townsend job as night manager of a seedy St. Louis Barbour and John Langley executive pro- project featuring sketch comedy bits per- bus depot. From Witt- Thomas Productions; ducers. formed by ensemble cast; Townsend and Paul Witt, Tony Thomas and Larroquette Loretha Jones executive producers. Great Detective Stories -Half -hour featur- executive producers. ing real -life detectives telling how they Wreck Szabo-Chauvinistic construction Death & Taxes -Teri Garr as divorcee who solved crimes. From Fox Television Sta- worker tries to cope with pressures of leaves Idaho to join the IRS in Washington. tions; Dan Kavanaugh and Margaret Rob- 1990's male sensitivity. From Columbia From Highest Denominator Productions erts executive producers. Television; Barton Dean executive produc- and Lorimar; Andrew Nicholls and Darrell er. Strange World-Stranger- than -fiction real - Vickers executive producers. life stories. From Barbour -Langley Produc- Dr. Frasier Crane -Kelsey Grammer re- tions; Malcolm Barbour and John Langley Dramas prises his psychiatrist role from Cheers. executive producers. The Adventures of Brisco County. Jr.- From Paramount; fellow Cheers alumni Bruce Campbell stars as a bounty hunter in True Life-Half -hour project re- enacts trau- David Ansell, Peter Casey and David Lee the old West. From Warner Bros. Televi- matic events that have shocked families, executive producers and James Burrows di- sion; Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse execu- communities and law authorities. From Fox rector. tive producers. Television Stations. Eligible Dentist -Gene Wilder makes his Aspen -Soap opera based on activities in network television debut as a middle -aged Aspen, Colo. From Lorimar Television; Fox Night at the Movies widower. From NBC Productions; David executive producer. Seltzer executive producer. Richard Dilello Attack of the 50 Foot Woman -Daryl Han- Crescent City- Romantic drama about .a nah stars in this postmodern feminist sci-fi The 50- Minute Man -About a neurotic pri- young cop in New Orleans. From Warner comedy. vate detective, from Lorimar. Robert Conte Bros. Mark Rosner executive and Peter Wortmann producers/writers. Television; Based on an Untrue Story- Morgan Fair- producer. child, Dyan Cannon star in this TV movie Gabby -An extroverted Staten Island The Good Policeman -Ron Silver stars as a send -up loosely about perfume mogul housewife and legal secretary gets her own nontraditional police commissioner in New who's lost her sense of smell and identity. cable access talk show. From The Fred Columbia Television; Ron Silverman Co. and Warner Bros. York City. From Born to Run -Richard Grieca stars in look David Black and Jerome Charyn Silver, at big -city street racing. Henry Winkler project-Winkler plays a executive producers. TV talk show host. From Touchstone Tele- Cadillac Dreams-Portrait of an inner-city cop show vision; Mark Lawrence executive producer. Green Dolphin Street- Ensemble family. mixing drama and humor. From Aaron John Caponera project- Stand -up comedi- Contessa -About a streetwise girl and her Spelling Productions; Robert Ward execu- stars as a blue -collar eccentric Italian- American family. an John Caponera tive producer. loading dock supervisor and father. From Honor Bound romantic adventure about The Mantis- Superhero action -adventure -A Touchstone Television; Jeff Martin. Kevin an Irish cop coming to terms with his heri- project featuring a black bio- physicist who Curran and Suzzane Martin executive pro- táge. invents a secret alter-ego. From Universal ducers. star- Television; Sam Raimi and Sam Hamm ex- ilfepod--A sci-fi journey of survival Just Family-Sketch comedy about a ecutive producers. ring Robert Loggia. wacky family. From NBC Productions; The Messenger-Science- fiction look at Model by Day-Costumed crime fighter by Leslie Lurie and Vicki Horwits executive "messenger" who lives 15 minutes in the night. producers. future. From ABC Productions; Gordon Natural Selection- Sci -fi suspense thriller. Laverne Todd Show-Park Overall from Mar 29 1993 Broadcasting & Cable .
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