Week of July 18, 1991

Kurdish guerrillas and Saddam Hussein’s troops clash in northern Iraq, leaving

hundreds dead or wounded in serious fighting.

Daryl Gates - after 13 years as Los Angeles’ top cop,

announces he will retire as police chief. Many have cried out

for his resignation since the March 3 beating of Rodney King,

which was caught on videotape.

A jury finds drug dealer and would-be Hollywood dealmaker

Karen Greenberger and three bodyguards guilty of murder and kidnapping in

what became known as the “Cotton Club” Greenberger was accused of hiring the

bodyguards, to kill New York impresario Roy Radin because she feared she was

being cut out of a producer’s role and profits in the movie “The Cotton Club.” The

film, about a Harlem speak-easy was a critical and financial flop.

Milwaukee police arrest Jeffrey L .

Dahmer (31) after finding a gruesome

collection of mutilated human body parts,

severed human heads and a vat of acid

in his north side apartment. Dahmer is a

paroled sex offender.

A new constitution? -

A new Soviet federal

treaty, designed to hold

together most of the

country’s republics is complete and ready for signing. The

agreement, known as the Union Treaty, launches a historic

transformation of the Soviet Union from a centralized empire to

a looser federation of sovereign states bound together on a

voluntary basis. Officials say the treaty’s signing should come in

the next three months.

Top Video Rentals -

Goodfellas

Kindergarten Cop

Edward Scissorhands

Reversal of Fortune

Green Card

Mermaids

The Rookie

Week of July 18, 1991

Predator 2

The Grifters

Home video - Disney says it is going to release “Fantasia” - its 1940 animated

jewel in October. Disney says it will only be available for 50 days and will never

again be released on home video.

Baseball - Rod Carew, Gaylord Perry , Ferguson Jenkins,

Tony Lazzeri and Bill Veeck are inducted into the Baseball

Hall of Fame at ceremonies in Cooperstown, NY.

Born - to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver -

second daughter (no name yet) ... “Today” show host Katie

Couric and Washington attorney Jay Monahan - their first

daughter named Elinor Tully.

Marry - actor Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff .

Danny Bonaduce agrees to a plea agreement

that cuts the jail time he will face in a case

involving an attack on

a transvestite

prostitute. He is

scheduled to go on

trial this week in

Phoenix on charges of

robbery, flight from

police and assault in connection with the March

incident. Robbery charges have been dropped, but

the former child star could still face a jail sentence of

one year and 10 months.

Record News - Capitol reissues hits by the Beatles in the Cassette single format.

The two-song cassettes include” Love Me Do”/”P.S. I Love You” and “From me

To You”/Thank You Girl.” All in all - 22 will be released with a list price of $3.49

each. The cassette-single reissues precede Capitol’s release “The Beatles ‘62-

’66/’67-70 on CD in September.

TV ratings -

60 Minutes - 13.5

20/20 - 13.4

Cheers - 12.9

Movie -A Cry For Help - 12.6

Week of July 18, 1991

Unsolved Mysteries - 12.5

Stephen King’s Golden Years - 12.2

Roseanne - 12.2

Designing Women - 12.0

Empty Nest - 11.6

Family Matters - 11.5

Columbo - 11.4

Full House - 11.4

Hi Honey, I’m Home - 11.3

In The Heat of the Night - 11.2

America’s Funniest People -

11.1

America’s Funniest Home

Videos - 11.0

Wings - 10.9

Murphy Brown - 10.9

The Cosby Show - 10.8

Rescue 911 - 10.8

Coach - 10.8

Prime Time Live - 10.8

Golden Girls - 10.7

Perfect Strangers - 10.7

A Different World - 10.6

Radio news - David G. Hall is upped to Program Director at talker

KFI in Los Angeles. (Hall would later be famous for grooming Dr

Laura for national radio. Before she went national, she was heard

on KFI. So was Phil Hendrie). Hall was the KFI News Director.

TV not in radio personality’s cards - WLUP Chicago morning man

Jonathon Brandmeir, shuts down production of his syndicated

television show “Johnny B ... On The Loose.”

Famed station WDGY (1130) in Minneapolis will drop those call letters in August

to become sports station KFAN.

Television news -

ABC says it is buying back the rights to “Into The Night With

Rick Dees ” and staffers are notified the network will sever its

ties to Dees. Last month, Dees said he planned to step down as

host of the low-rated series in July, but would be staying on as

producer while a succession of celebrities took the helm as host.

ABC says it will produce the show beginning next week. The

Week of July 18, 1991

show has suffered from station clearances and time shifting. Dees does a highly-

rated morning show on KIIS-FM (102.7) in Los Angeles.

Johnny Carson returns to the “Tonight” show. He had not been on since his son

Rick was killed in an auto accident June 21. Carson eulogized his son and

showed the audience his photograph.

TBS says it will show Errol Flynn’s 1938

“The Adventures of Robin Hood” movie for

12 consecutive hours so viewers can decide

if they prefer it or the new Robin Hood

movie from Kevin Costner . A 900-number

will be set to take votes.

Fox says it is expanding its program schedule and launch a

national news service, so says chairman Barry Diller. This in

spite of a major ad-slump in television. The news service will be just that. Fox

wants to feed national news stories to affiliates - instead of a regular nightly

newscast. Most Fox affiliates still don’t have news departments.

BET - troubled by MTV’s video exclusives by R&B and rap acts, pressures major

labels to consider their needs before renegotiating their exclusivity deals with

MTV. BET says that labels which give MTV exclusives, risk having all their

videos pulled. BET says it plays more black acts than MTV and that’s what the

labels would be risking.

ABC cancels “Thirtysomething.”

Debuting on Lifetime cable - “The Hidden Room,” Confessions of Crime,” and

Veronica Clare.” “Lifetime Television. You Don’t Want To Watch It Alone.”

Pacific Arts Corp (headed by former Monkee Mike

Nesmith ) forms a joint venture with The Family Channel to

distribute its new home video label. Look for “Zorro” and “Rin

Tin Tin” in video stores soon. Pacific Arts Corp currently

distributes PBS Home Video.

Sunday Night television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Murder, She Wrote, Movie

NBC - Treasure at the South Poll, Expose, Movie

ABC - Life Goes On, America’s Funniest Home Videos, America’s Funniest

People, Movie

Week of July 18, 1991

Fox - Parker Lewis Can’t Lose , In Living

Color, Get a Life!, Married With Children,

Top of the Heap, The Sunday Comics

PBS, Evening at Pops, Art of the Western

World, Masterpiece Theater

60 Minutes - featured/People with

inadequate medical insurance.

Murder, She Wrote - A purported Twain manuscript begets greed, deception,

arson and murder. Guests David Birney, Roy Dotrice, Diane Baker

Heard on Country stations -

Here We Are - Alabama

She’s In Love With The Boy - Trisha Yearwood

I Am A Simple Man - Ricky Van Shelton

Somewhere In My Broken Heart - Billy Dean

Fallin’ Out of Love - Reba McEntire

You Know Me Better Than That - George Straight

Down To My Last Teardrop - Tanya Tucker

Liza Jane - Vince Gill

Small Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum

Don’t Rock the Jukebox - Alan Jackson

Lord Have Marcy On A Country Boy - Don Williams

Top Rap -

The Chubbster - Chubb Rock

Summertime - D.J. Jazzy Jeff &

The Fresh Prince

Tonight - DJ Quick

Pop Goes the Weasel - 3rd Bass

I Shouldn’t Have Done It - Slick

Rick

Bitch Betta Have My Money -

AMG

6 Minutes of Pleasure - LL Cool J

The House The Dog Built - Jibri

Wise One

Slow Down - Brand Nubian

Week of July 18, 1991

Now That We Found Love - Heavy D. And The Boyz

Playing on Adult Hit Music stations -

Can’t Forget You - Gloria Estefan

Everything I Do, I Do For You - Bryan Adams

Every Heartbeat - Amy Grant

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

More Than Words - Extreme

Place In This World - Michael W. Smith

Love and Understanding - Cher

Power of Love/Love Power - Luther Vandross

The Motown Song - Rod Stewart

Lily Was Here - David A. Stewart/Candy Dulfer

The Dream Is Still Alive - Wilson Phillips

Love Is A Wonderful Thing - Michael Bolton

Walking In Memphis - Mark Cohn

Rock of the 90’s - on the charts

Rush - Big Audio Dynamite II

Until She Comes - The Psychedelic Furs

Chocolate Cake - Crowded House

Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the

Banshees

Pearl - Charterhouse

Marble - House of Love

Chorus - Erasure

Submarine Song - The Candy Skins

Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.

Walking Down Madison - Kirsty

Maccoll

Timeless Melody - The LA’s

Satisfied - Squeeze

Tighten Up - Electronic

Top albums -

Spellbound - Paula Abdul

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves -

soundtrack

Out of Time - R.E.M.

Efil4zaggin - N.W.A.

No Fences - Garth Brooks

Slave to the Grind - Skid Row

Week of July 18, 1991

Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt

Time, love and Tenderness - Michael Bolton

Gonna Me You Sweat - C&C Music Factory

Shake Your Money Maker - Black Crowes

Mariah Carey

More Albums -

Schubert Dip - EMF

Coolin’ At the Playground Ya Know - Another Bad Creation

Homebase - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Power of Love - Luther Vandross

Empire - Queensryche

Labour of Love II - UB40

Firehouse - Firehouse

Derelicts of Dialect - 3rd Bass

Heart in Motion - Amy Grant

Peaceful Journey - Heavy D. & The

Boyz

Doubt - Jesus Jones

Don’t Rock the Jukebox - Alan

Jackson

Joyride - Roxette

Attack of the Killer B’s - Anthrax

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL

Cool J.

Love Hurts - Cher

Ruler’s Back - Slick Rick

Vagabond Heart - Rod Stewart

At the movies -

Boyz N The Hod (Increase the Peace ) - Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris

Chestnut, Larry Fishburne

Regarding Henry - Harrison Ford, Annette Bening

Naked Gun 2 1/2 (The Smell of Fear) - Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George

Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Robert Goulet

Terminator 2 - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Walt Disney’s - Rocketeer

Soap Dish - Sally Field, Kevin Kline

City Slickers - Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern