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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 20 Feb 1981, p. 44

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SUNRISE CARPET © thurtdoy Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and Dinah Shore. The new guests of honor will not be announced until broadcast time. (2 hrs.) O0§ Barney Miller G9® Tic Tac Dough tfDOO Sneak Previews Hosts Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review the la­ test films, including 'Sun­ day Lovers' and 'Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon'. Telefrance-USA <9 Movie -(Comedy) ••• "Inspector General" 1949 Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak.ln 1800sFrance,a town buffoon pretends to be a visiting aristocrat. (2 ®€B Movie'TheLongest Day' Part II. 1962 John Wayne, Robert Mitchum. Story of D-Day in World Ward, as seen through the eyes of the Americans, French, and Germans. (2 hrs.) CD <2$ Noche A Noche • NBA Basketball (Joined In Progress) San Antonio Spurs vs Seattle SuperSonics 0 First Row Features 'Rescue Squad' 9 Streets Of San Francisco 8:30 SO® Taxi Elaine's game of one- upmanship with a suc­ cessful old school friend wwho gets into her cab es­ calates until she finds her­ self in a posh restaurant with Alex, who poses as her sophisticated boyfriend. O® To Tell The Truth (9) 8) With Ossie And Ruby 'Two From Lang- ston' The beauty of the work of Langston Hughes is revealed as Robert and Kevin Hooks join Ossie and Ruby in a dramatiza­ tion of two short stories by the famed writer: 'Thank You Ma'am' and 'Sailor Ashore'. (Closed- Captioned; U.S.A.) fli This Old House All radiators are not created equal. Host Bob Vila shows us an efficient, aesthetic European ver­ sion. (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) 01 Movie -(Comedy) ••• "Goodbye Girt" 1977 Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason. Avery odd couple's hate at first sight turns into love, in spite of themselves. (PG) (2 hrs.) O® Movie -(Biography) •••• "Spirit Of St. Louis" ives and sets up a -- m |f NEW ANSOff YARNS AVAILABLE \ 1957 James Stewart, Pa­ tricia Smith. (Paid Subs- criptionTelevision) The story of aviator Charles Lindbergh's landmark trip over the Atlantic in 1927. (2 hrs., 15mins.) €D ® Teach Us To Pray 0 Nine On New Jersey 8:59 CD (S) Newsce . i « 9:00 BOO@ Knots Landing Armed thieves burst into the Ewing home to rob Val, Karen, Ginger and Laura during a party, then take them hostage when the S.W.A.T. team arrives and sets up a siege. (60 mins.) 20-20 S9 O'Clock News 25) All In The Family (39) SI Paper Chase 'Kingsfield's Daughter' Susan Field is a woman who becomes romantical­ ly involved with Hart and then 'drops the stunning newsthatsheinthedread- ed Professor Kingsfield's daughter. (60 mins.) 0 Odyssey 'Other Peo­ ple's Garbage' Although written documents recount more than 350 years of events in Amer­ ica, they reveal little of what day to day life was like. This program ex­ plores the often different story of the recent past being uncovered by historicalarchaeologists around the nation. (Closed-Captioned; U- S.AjMeOmins.) ©2$EIShowDeEduardo II m SportsCenter © (3$ Adventures In Learning SB Livewire O Newark And Reality O M.A.S.H. 9:30 CD ® Honeymooners © Golden Gloves Boxing O Top Rank Boxing From Las Vegas, Nevada CD® Voice Of Faith SB TBS Evening News 9 Meet The Mayors o Barney Miller 9:55 CD (32) Newscene 10:00 OOOOOO® OCB® News O Prisoner: Cell Block H 0® M.A.S.H. ® 0 9 Dick Cavett Show fll Movie -(Comedy) •••ft "10" 1979 Bo Der­ ek, Dudley Moore. One man's bumbling attempts to find his dream girl. (Rat­ ed R)(1 17 mins.) CD (5$ Independent News CARPET--VINYL--TILE ivtsnooy SHOWROOM 6209 W. NORTHWEST HWY CRYSTAL IAKE TELE Pulse eh by Steve K. Walz Every week this column reviews the merits or demerits of a network series, minisenes, movie or special. More importantly though, we'd like you, the viewer, to get involved with the col­ umn by sending in your opinion about a certain show so we can register your tele-pulse. We'll pass on some of the more in teresting comments to the network honchos in New York. FLAMINGO ROAD The original two-hour pilot, which aired last year, did well enough in the ratings to spawn a weekly version of this pictur­ esque saga of several wheeling and dealing families in Truro, Florida. NBC had hoped that this Southern soap-opera, laced together by the makers of 'Dallas,' Lorimar Productions, would make an impact on their overall prime-time outlook, but as of this writing, 'Flamingo Road' is showing signs of putting the net work into deep trouble. 'Flamingo Road' boasts an all-star cast, a pre requisite for a series of this magnitude, but some of the characters are get­ ting lost in the scheme of things, which is the fault of the show's scriptwriters, while others are just miscast For example, Mark Harmon, who portrays Fielding Cartyle, Truro's good-looking Deputy- turned-politician, appears as if he were sleepwalking through some of the episodes Mark will never win an Emmy for his abilities, but he did put more ef­ fort into his '240 Robert' series a year ago. Then there's Cristina Raines, a veteran actress who has received glowing reviews in the past. In 'Flamingo Road' she portrays Lane Ballou, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who falls in love with Fielding, threatening his marriage and political ambitions. Cristina appears to be totally ambivalent about her character. There's )ust no feeling there. The only people earning their weekly stipehd are Morgan Fairchild and the cameramen who make the show look like a picture postcard Morgan has always had star quality in my opinion. In 'Flamingo Road' she plays Constance Weldon, the rich, spoiled wife of Mark Harmon. Her devotion to Fielding is such that she'll do anything to keep him in power and as usual, Morgan plays her role to the hilt. Can 'Flamingo Road' be saved? Maybe. With 'Hart to Hart' (ABC) and a 'Tuesday Movie' (CBS) to compete with, 'Flamingo Road' will have to be more explosive, which may mean paring down some of the show's little side plots. A remedy for the lethargic acting may come in a terse net­ work reprimand to those so-called actors who have made, for what I've been told, a very tense set-due to their off-camera shenanigans Send your comments to Tele-Pulse, do TV Compulog, P.O. Box 123, Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071. n commxoc umcii. mc Mark Harmon and Morgan Fairchild

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