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...seemed more like a hawk let loose in a chicken coop. Such humongous hits as Cheers and L.A. Law made the network No. 1 in the ratings for the past six years. But in the new fall season, NBC suddenly trails behind a resurgent CBS and in some weeks ABC as well. On Sunday nights, NBC is even struggling to stay out of fourth place, behind the spunky Fox network. Reason: basement-level performance by four new shows, including two headed by big-name stars -- Robert Guillaume in Pacific Station and James Garner in the apparently inaptly named...
...have been long in the making. Such reliables as The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls are aging, and NBC has no new hits to take up the slack. One consolation: other networks are facing a similar drought. So far, only one new program has made the top 20 -- ABC's Home Improvement...
DYNASTY: THE REUNION (ABC, Oct. 20 and 22, 9 p.m. EDT). And while the Series unfolds, ABC and NBC are counterprogramming with a slew of female-oriented movies and mini-series. Here, the Carringtons and Colbys return for a fresh segment of Lifestyles of the Rich and Once-Famous...
...sale or in development. Most are fairly straightforward elaborations of products already available as books or on traditional computer disks. But some of them take advantage of the power of the new media to achieve extraordinary results. Among the best are a series of videodiscs from ABC News InterActive that allow users to explore subjects like the AIDS epidemic or the life of Martin Luther King Jr. by roaming though film and video clips culled from ABC's extensive library of news footage. In some cases, these clips are supplemented by printed matter, so that someone interested in King...
...many, the weekly ABC program, which usually starts at 9 p.m. and runs from September to December, takes precedence over class work and other commitments...