Week of June 23, 1991
Croatia and Slovenia declare independence from
Yugoslavia, delivering a deathblow to the federation
and to the 73-year struggle to unite the fractious
Balkan nations.
Kuwait lifts martial law, ending four months of military
rule and disbanding the controversial military tribunal
that has been trying accused wartime collaborators.
Justice Thurgood Marshall, the only black to serve on
the Supreme Court announces that he is retiring, citing his advancing age and
medical condition. He’ll be 83 next week. His resignation will become effective
when his successor is confirmed.
A strong 6.1 earthquake rocks Southern California, killing at least one with 107
injured. The quake’s epicenter was near Pasadena.
Tough fiscal crisis - New York City lays off 10,000 workers
this week - in the city’s worst fiscal crisis since the mid-
70’s. Mayor David Dinkins and the New York City Council
remain at an impasse over how to close a record $3.5
billion shortfall in the city’s budget for the new fiscal year.
Computer news - IBM and Lotus announce an office-
software joint venture. Last week, Borland International Inc
says it too, forged an alliance with IBM to develop and sell
software to work with a new version IBM’s OS-2 operating
system.
Best selling books -
The Kitchen God’s Wife - Amy Tan
As The Crow Flies - Jeffrey Archer
“H” Is For Homicide - Sue Grafton
The Firm - John Grisham
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Timothy Sahn
Vortex - Larry Bond
The Rustlers of West Fork - Louis L Amour
Silent Coup: The Removal of Richard Nixon - Len Colodny
The Commanders - Bob Woodward
Iron John: A Book About Men - Robert Bly
A Question of Character: A Life of John Kennedy - Thomas C. Reeves
Week of June 23, 1991
Chutzpah - Alan M. Dershowitz
Toujours Provence - Peter Mayle
Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child - John Bradshaw
Radio news - Howard Stern adds a new affiliate -
KLSX-FM (97.1) in Los Angeles. Stern signs the
contract this week and the show begins late July.
The show will air live from New York at 3am for two
hours. At 5am, KLSX plans to rebroadcast the show
starting from hour 1. Stern’s outrageous morning
show features a regular stable of characters and
sidekicks, including “Stuttering John” and Robin
Quivers. Says Stern of his new affiliate - “Los Angles
is filled with homosexuals, deviants and child
molesters. I should do very well.” The station is
programmed by Andy Bloom. Format is classic rock.
Sports - Lyle Alzado tells NBC’s Maria
Shriver that he had never taken steroids a
year ago. This week on her special, he admits that he lied about the
usage, replying, “I thought I’d get into trouble. I lied to you because I
was afraid.
More sports - The NFL adopts instant videotape instant replay to view goals. The
NHL also has instant replay.
Music - Paul McCartney’s first musical work in the classical idiom, premieres this
week in London. “Liverpool Oratorio” - a semiautobigraphical account of war
baby McCartney’s early days in the city, is performed by the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic. Carl Davis conducts.
Top video rentals -
Kindergarten Cop
Postcards From The Edge
Mermaids
Predator 2
The Grifters
Goodfellas
Daytime Emmy awards - some winners -
Drama - “As The World Turns”
Talk/Service Show - “Oprah Winfrey
Show”
Week of June 23, 1991
Game/Audience participation - Jeopardy
Lead actor - drama - Finola Hughes as Anna Lavery - “General Hospital”
Game show host - Bob Barker - “The Price is Right”
Talk/Service Show host - Oprah Winfrey
After renewing wedding vows with
husband Tom Arnold , Roseanne Barr
will change her professional name to her
new legal name , Roseanne Arnold. She
appears on “Arsenio Hall” this week.
Daytime TV news - actor Jack Wagner
is set to return to the airwaves - this time
in NBC’s “Santa Barbara.” He left his
popular role as police detective-rock
singer Frisco Jones on ABC’s “General
Hospital.” On his new soap, Wagner
plays the
Lockridge family’s
prodigal son,
Warren, a journalist-photographer returning home after
years abroad. “My contract was up at ABC and NBC
contacted me with a nice offer and incentives that ABC
had not. “I’d been on ‘General Hospital’ 5 1/2 years and it
was getting rather stagnant. Frisco was pretty staid the last
few years - he was married, had the responsibility of a
child and a job with the police force. Warren is more
independent. He’s not the predictable hero, but an Ernest
Hemingway type - flamboyant, ambitious, adventuresome.
If he looked danger in the face, he’d spit at it.” Both shows
air at the same time.
Premiering On TNT this week - “Conagher” - adopted from the book by Louis
L’Amour. The movie stars Katherine Ross and her husband Sam Elliot. Both also
wrote the screenplay. Elliot’s also the executive producer.
This week’s TV Guide reports that when Jay Leno takes over “The Tonight
Show” in May - viewers will see sweeping changes. Leno is considering
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Dana Carvey as a replacement for McMahon.
Leno also wants new theme music.
Week of June 23, 1991
TV Ratings -
Cheers - 14.5
Evening Shade - 13.8
Murphy Brown - 13.5
Primetime Live - 13.4
Wings - 13.3
Rescue 911 - 13.3
Movie - Miracle landing - 13.2
60 Minutes - 13.0
Rescue 91 - 12.6
Coach - 12.6
Empty Nest - 12.4
America’s Funniest Home Videos -
12.4
20/20 - 12.3
48 Hours - 12.2
Murder, She Wrote - 12.2
Northern Exposure - 12.2
Family Matters - 12.0
Golden Girls - 11.5
Trials of Rosie O’Neil - 11.5
America’s Funniest People - 11.5
Unsolved Mysteries - 11.3
Perfect Strangers - 11.3
All in the Family - 11.2
Different World - 11.1
Who’s The Boss - 10.9
Full House - 10.7
Going Places - 10.7
The Cosby Show - 10.5
Jake and the Fatman - 10.5
Doogie Howser , M.D. - 10.4
Pop music this week in 1991 -
Rush, Rush - Paula Abdul
I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
Power of Love/Love Power - Luther Vandross
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Place In This World - Michael W. Smith
Piece of My Heart - Tara Kemp’Strike It Up -
Black Box
Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) - Crystal
Week of June 23, 1991
Waters
Playground - Another Bad Creation
Lily Was Here - David A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer
Couple Days Off - Huey Lewis & The News
How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
Never Gonna Let You Down - Surface
A Better Love - Londonbeat
I’ll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes) - Steelheart
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
Unbelievable - EMF
Top Country Single -
The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks
Top Albums -
Spellbound - Paula Abdul
Out of Time - R.E.M.
EFL4ZAGGIN - N.W.A.
Time, Love & Tenderness - Michael
Bolton
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
No Fences - Garth Brooks
New Jack City - soundtrack
Shake Your Money Maker - The
Black Crowes
Coolin’ At The Playground Ya’ Know!
- Another Bad Creation
Gonna Make You Sweat - C & C
Music Factory
Slave To The Grind - Skid Row
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van
Halen
Derelicts of Dialect - 3rd Bass (Def
Jam)
Week of June 23, 1991
Other Albums -
Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Rait
Music From The Movie Jungle Fever -
Stevie Wonder
Love Hurts - Cher
Extremely Live - Vanilla Ice
EMF - Schubert Dip
Crazy World - Scorpions
Dave Koz - Dave Koz
Kesy of the Kingdom - Moody Blues
Warm Your Heart - Aaron Neville
Go West Young Man - Michael W. Smith
At the movies -
The Naked Gun 2 1/2 - Leslie Nielson,
Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Robert Goulet
Dying Young - Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott
The Rocketeer - Bill Campbell , Jennifer
Connelly, Paul Sorvino, Alan Arkin, Timothy
Dalton
City Slickers - Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno
Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack
Palance
Soapdish - Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert
Downey Jr., Whoopi Goldberg
Backdraft - Kurt Russell, Robert DeNiro, William
Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Rebecca DeMornay, Donald Sutherland,
Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves ) - Kevin
Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan
Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
What About Bob ? - Billy Murray, Richard
Dreyfuss
Kick Boxer 2
Jungle Fever - Wesley Snips, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn
Thelma & Louise - Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead -
Week of June 23, 1991
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