Week of April 1, 1991

Iraq accepts U.N. conditions for a permanent cease-fire, which could set the

stage for U.S. withdrawal soon.

Peacekeeping process begins - After eight months, the United Nations Security

Council votes a formal ending to the Persian Gulf War.

astronaut Manley (Sonny) Carter are among 23 who perish

after their commuter plane crashes in Georgia.

Also killed, Senator John Heinz (R-Pa.) and six others when

his small plane collides with a helicopter.

The city of Los Angeles temporarily relieves police chief

Daryl Gates of his duties until completion their Rodney King aftermath

investigation.

Entertainment -

Jane Fonda’s Workout - the famous Beverly Hills

aerobics studio that launched her incredible video fitness

business, is closing. Business dropped-off after

competition from nearby health clubs began. Fonda says

she will concentrate on her core video, book and

audiotape business.

Television news -

This week in prime time - “Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial.” The one-hour

show features one of the things the show does best - commercial parodies.

Hosted by Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson.

Not enough room on cable systems for both - The battle of the comedy cable

channels is over, as rivals Viacom and HBO agree on one channel - CTV: “The

Comedy Network.” Both have been battling it out with their respective channels -

HBO’s Comedy Channel, which launched in November 1989 and Viacom’s “Ha!”

channel, which has only been around a year (April 1, 1990). Both channels lost

more than $50 million each. The new CTV schedule will draw from both, plus

some original programming.

Week of April 1, 1991

which goofs on old, seedy sci-fi movies and such. The

premise involves a lab tech that is marooned in space as

apart of an experiment to determine the effects of low-

budget films.

NBC announces that interim co-host Katie Couric will be

Deborah Norville’s permanent replacement as co-anchor of

the “Today” show. Apparently, the ratings have risen since

Couric took over then Norville went on maternity leave in

February. Couric (34) who has been co-anchoring “Today” since February 22

joined NBC News as deputy Pentagon correspondent in July, 1989 after 3 years

at WRC-TV Washington.

After 13 years, CBS cancels “Dallas.” CBS will air a final two-hour episode May

3.

Don’t miss “MTV Unplugged” on Wednesday of this week as it features an hour

of Paul McCartney.

Radio talk host Larry King will begin his new CNN

talkshow on April 29. Look for him nightly. Like radio,

Larry will cover everything from topical to celebrity

guests.