Week of July 14, 1990

After meeting with West German

reluctantly gives his blessing to a

united Germany in NATO,

stressing that a united Germany

must choose its alliance.

President Bush welcomed

Gorbachev’s change of position:

“This comment demonstrates

statesmanship and strengthens

efforts to build enduring relationships based on cooperation.”

Removing the last big obstacle to a single German state, Poland declares itself

“entirely satisfied” with firm new border guarantees. Reunification is expected to

come December 2 with all-German elections.

President Mikhail S. Gorbachev orders the immediate diversification of the Soviet

Union’s state-run radio and television system, so that all political movements will

have access to the airwaves, ending the Communist Party’s monopoly.

in prison and fined $50 thousand for cheating on his

taxes. Rose failed to report $354 thousand in income

from baseball memorabilia sales, autograph

appearances and from monies made from gambling,

for which he was banned from baseball.

The Richard M. Nixon library and Birthplace are

dedicated in Yorba Linda, CA (near Anaheim). With

Nixon were three other presidents - Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Gerald R.

Ford.

Prince, signs with NBC for a new series. Visionary

Brandon Tartikoff says three things will be expected of

him:

To bring the black street world of hip-hop to

American TV audiences

To star in a sitcom bearing his name that will be the

network’s first “hit-the-ground-running” hit since the

Week of July 14, 1990

“Golden Girls.”

To be a “big, breakout star” along the lines of, oh, say Eddie Murphy

The new series “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” is backed by first-time producer

Quincy Jones. Will Smith has never acted before. Says Quincy Jones: “I think

Will’s a star. He really makes it pop. He’s got this sense of timing that’s

unbelievable. Right now, he’s not even thinking about it; he’s just doing his own

thing. He’s going to be dangerous when he finds out where the cameras are.”

Smith is half of D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.

programming department at NBC and will assume a

new title of chairman of NBC Entertainment Group.

Warren Littlefield steps into his shoes as president of

NBC Entertainment and the executive in charge of all

programming except news and sports.

On “The Joan Rivers Show” on CBS,

as “Laura” of Luke and Laura fame on

General Hospital, says she left the daytime serial because she

was on the verge of an emotional breakdown, not because she

thought she was bigger than life and could find something else. “I

was sobbing and late to work, and, you know, I would go out to

my car at the end of the night and just sit in the car and cry.”

“Most people feel that I left because I thought I was so hot that I

had to got to become hotter... I was too embarrassed to admit

that I was having all of these problems.” Miss Francis has a new

roll on “All My Children.”

is dropped by Reebok as a spokeswoman for the athletic

shoemaker. A spokesperson said, “Madonna’s

availability and our need to get her weren’t a mesh. We

needed to get some benefits out of it to continue with the

deal.”

NBC says Larry King will debut this fall in an interview

and variety special. “Sunday Night With Larry King” will

feature celebrity interviews and in-person performances.

The interviewer is a fixture on CNN.

Week of July 14, 1990

A settlement is reached in a $30 million defamation lawsuit against

claimed she was libeled and slandered by Riveria during the live

television show “American Vice: The Doping of a Nation” broadcast

Dec 2, 1986. An estimated 15 million people saw deputies (using a

battering ram), break into a duplex where Rouse was staying. The

woman was handcuffed and dragged out of the duplex in front of the television

audience. Rouse says she was hired to paint the house which belonged to a

friend.

(40). Billy Vera & The Beaters will be the house band.

Says Dees about the late night entry: “I wanted a show

that was not just guest-driven. We’ll have regular

comedy features and bits, sprinkled with top superstars

in entertainment and the hottest music acts around.

And some surprise elements., where we jump out of

the bushes and throw some money out at you. The

overall feeling of the show is that anything can happen.

We want you to feel good about being up at such an

ungodly hour. We’re not into making you feel bad, or

making our guests feel stupid.” Dees will be busy. He’ll

continue to do mornings on KIIS-FM (102.7) in Los Angeles and the popular

“Rick Dees Weekly Top 40” on national radio.

Cable channel TBS broadcasts 86 hours of coverage of the Goodwill Games for

the first time. Ted Turner calls it “cable television’s largest original programming

event ever.” Turner conceived the Goodwill Games in 1984 as an effort to

decrease tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.

In radio news - Tim Lennox - host of a weekday show on talk station WERC-AM

in Birmingham is suspended for banning black callers after a colleague’s car was

broken into. Lennox said he was upset because a black man broke into a station

employee’s car and stole her purse just before the start of his show. The station

let him back on the air a few days later.

reports to the Raider camp ready to play again. He says

he’s making his comeback because he’s missed the

violence of the NFL: “Why do you watch football? It’s not

pretty. It’s the violence. I miss it. I want it.” The defensive

end is competing against players 20 years younger to

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earn a spot on the Raiders defensive team. Since his retirement, Alzado has

gone into acting and opened a popular restaurant in West Hollywood. He plans

on opening 10 more in the U.S. and 8 in Mexico.

At the National Cable Forum - it’s

announced that one of the new cable

Eugene Levy of SCTV fame. The show is

about a silly family of scientists and

inventors including a brother-in-law who’s a

fly. Lucasfilm’s will produce the series.

“Maniac Mansion” will air on the “Family

Channel.”

Bestsellers -

Coyote Waits - Tony Hillerman

The Burden of Proof - Scott Turow

Message From NAM - Danielle Steel

The Stand - Stephen King

An Inconvenient Woman - Dominick Dunne

Dave Barry Turns 40 - Dave Barry

Men At Work - George F. Will

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton - Edward Rice

Barbarians At The Gate - Bryan Burrough/John Helyar

actor who grew up to produce and host “Animal World.” He was

known for other travel, adventure and animal programs through

the television age. At the time of his death, he was working on a

one-hour special for Disney’s cable Discovery channel called

“Sea Mammals.” “Animal World” ran from 1968 to 1976 and he narrated “Safari

to Adventure” from 1969 to 1975.

Monday Night Television -

CBS - Major Dad, Designing Woman, The 1990 Miss Teen USA Pageant

NBC - Sister Kate, Working Girl, Love And Hate: A Marriage Made In Hell

ABC - MacGyver, Movie

FOX - 21 Jump Street, Alien Nation

PBS - National Audubon Society, Adventure, American Masters

The Nashville Network - Crook & Chase, Gospel Jubilee, On Stage, Nashville

Now w/Ralph Emery.

Week of July 14, 1990

Pop music this week in 1990 -

She Ain’t Worth It - Glenn Medeiros/Bobby Brown

Hold On - En Vogue

Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe

I’ll Be Your Shelter - Taylor Dayne

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode

Vision of Love - Mariah Carey

Hanky Panky - Madonna

Mentirosa - Mellow Man Ace

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode

Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go

Away) - Motley Crue

Notice Me - Nikki

Cradle Of Love - Billy Idol

Girls Night Out - Tyler Collins

Sittin’ In The Lap Of Luxury - Louie

Louie

Rub You The Right Way - Johnny

Gill

When I’m Back On My Feet Again -

Michael Bolton

The Power - Snap!

Top albums -

I’m Breathless - Madonna

Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em - M.C. Hammer

Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe

Pretty Woman - Soundtrack

Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips

Step by Step - News Kids on the Block

Violator - Depeche Mode

Soul Provider - Michael Bolton

Brigade - Heart

Shut Up and Dance - Paula Abdul

I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got - Sinead

O’Connor

Other albums -

Compositions - Anita Baker

We Are in Love - Harry Connick Jr.

Week of July 14, 1990

At the movies -

Disney’s - The Jungle Book (reissue)

The Jetsons

Biehn, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Bill

Paxton

Roberts

Ringwald