Week of May 14, 1996

Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole announces that he will quit his Senate seat to

devote full time and energy to his presidential campaign as “a private citizen, a

Kansan, an American, just a man.”

shoots himself in the chest and dies. Boorda, the Navy’s

top admiral was about to be questioned by a

newsmagazine about a combat decoration he had worn -

a decoration to which he was not entitled, Pentagon

officials say.

Large pieces of ValuJet Flight 592 are wrenched out of

the Everglades as federal investigators continue to search

for clues that could reveal the cause of the crash in which

110 people died.

ValuJet Airlines, still reeling from the fatal crash of one of its jetliners a week ago,

slices its daily flights by half to adequately check the safety of its fleet.

In a landmark victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court rules that gays and

lesbians may not be singled out for official discrimination simply because of

“animus” toward their sexual orientation.

Computer News - Hot at the Electronic

Entertainment exposition in Las Vegas this

week - Multi-Players, which allow a user to

play interactive games on the Internet.

MPath Interactive and rival Total

Entertainment Network say they are

launching national services this week that

will allow gamers to play a wide range of

personal computer games over the Internet.

Sega announces plans to offer a modem

.Also,

Apple introduces a “Net Box” at the show.

The boxes or network computers, make the

Internet accessible to a broad range of

consumers who can’t afford a traditional PC

or don’t want to learn how to use one. In a separate action - IBM, Sun and

Oracle Corp agree on a Net Box standard. Net boxes use a TV set instead of a

computer monitor. Critics including Microsoft, say such machines will never take

Week of May 14, 1996

off because consumers are accustomed to full-blown PC’s. Low-end PC’s go for

around $1000. The Net Boxes will retail for around $500.

More Computer News - CompuServe says it is shifting most of its content to the

Internet. Although it will cost millions of dollars to convert its content into

hypertext markup language - the universal code governing the graphic-rich

portion of the Internet, the transition will save the company money in the long run

by making it easier and cheaper to produce those offerings. Microsoft Network

and Prodigy and others have already begun the shift to the Web. Only America

Online remains with 100% proprietary software. AOL has 5.5 million customers,

CompuServe has 4.7 million.

drivers at Indianapolis is killed while practicing for the

Indianapolis 500. Brayton’s right rear tire deflated,

sending the Lola-Menard into a slow spin as it

entered the second turn.

Bestsellers -

The Tenth Insight: Holding the vision - James

Redfield

Slowness - Milan Kundera

Moonlight Becomes You - Mary Higgins Clark

How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Terry McMilan

Malice - Danielle Steel

The Debt To Pleasure - John Lanchester

Primary Colors - Anonymous

Bad As I Wanna Be - Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown

In Comtempt - Christopher Darden With Jess Walter

The Zone - Barry Sears/Bill Lawrence

Smokin’ Joe - Joe Frazier with Phil Berger

Mother - photographs by Judy Olausen

Passing - Actor John Beradino - a child actor in the “Our Gang” series and best-

known for his portrayal of Dr Steve Hardy on TV’s “General Hospital” for 33

years. He was 79. Of cancer.

Week of May 14, 1996

C-Span debuts “All About Books” on Saturday. It’s a five-hour weekend

programming block devoted to books, authors and the publishing industry.

Ben Stiller and Jeanine Garofalo are named co-hosts of the 1996 MTV Movie

Awards airing June 13.

the weekday anchor desk for “Entertainment Tonight on

May 31. Leaving is longtime co-host John Tesh.

On the season finale of “Seinfeld” this week, it looks

like George will remain a bachelor. Susan expires from

licking a toxic adhesive on their wedding invitation

envelopes. NBC says they received some calls to the

dark humor.

After 264 episodes and 12 seasons - CBS cancels

“Murder She Wrote” starring Angela Lansbury. “My

gratitude and appreciation to all of you, our great family of viewers - who along

with me have solved 264 murder mysteries over 12 great years. With Love,

Jessica Fletcher.”

UPN says it will offer 2 hours of Sunday morning animated

More UPN - the network is dropping “Nowhere Man,” “Swift

Justice,” “Minor Adjustments and “Paranormal Borderline.”

Here is the UPN fall schedule:

and Sparks.”

A total of six shows on the schedule are Afro-American comedies. The network

believes this segment of the population is underserved.

Week of May 14, 1996

Top Video Rentals -

Waiting to Exhale

The Aristocats

Babe

Pulp Fiction

May Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Pocahontas

Playboy: Hot Latin Ladies

Tom and Huck

The X-Files: Pilot/Deep Throat

While You Were Sleeping

TV Ratings -

ER - 23.9

Seinfeld - 22.3

Caroline in the City - 19.9

Friends - 19.1

Single Guy - 16.6

Home Improvement - 15.0

Mad About You - 15.0

Roseanne - 14.7

NYPD Blue - 14.1

Coach - 12.9

Coach - 12.9

Movie - Twisted Desire - 12.9

Law & Order - 12.7

The Firm - 12. 6

PrimeTime Live - 12.5

Frasier - 12.4

Murder, She Wrote - 12.3

60 Minutes - 12.3

Grace Under Fire - 12.2

Nanny - 12.2

Touched by an Angel - 12.2

Walker, Texas Ranger - 11.9

Dateline: NBC (Wed) - 11.8

Dave’s World - 11.5

Murphy Brown - 11.5

Cybill - 11.4

X-Files - 11.2

Chicago Hope - 11.1

Wings - 10.9

Week of May 14, 1996

Ellen (Tuesdays) - 10.8

Monday Night Television -

CBS - The Nanny, Dave’s World, Murphy Brown, Cybill, Chicago Hope

NBC - Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Movie

ABC - Movie - “Scent of A Women”

UPN - Star Trek Voyager - Nowhere Man

PBS - David Attenborough’s Natural World,

Hidden Worlds,

Sci-Fi - Friday the 13th, Twilight Zone, Monsters,

Forever Knight, Planet of the Apes

TNN - Club Dance with Shelley Mangnum,

Country News, Monday Night Concerts-Mark

Chestnutt, Prime Time Country with Bob Eubanks,

Deirdre Reilly

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Will discourages potential

buyers for the house. Sherman Hemsley and

Isabel Sanford guest star

Melrose Place (season finale) - Michael and Amanda Meet danger when they try

to rescue Peter. Jane buys a boutique. Jane and Sydney make a move against

Richard.

Syndicated talk - Jerry Springer show - Transvestites.

Late night talk -

Late Show With David Letterman - Fran Drescher, comedian Brian Green, singer

Joan Jett

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Conan O’Brien,

Pop music this week in 1996 -

Tres Delinquentes - Delinquent Habits

Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A.

Because... Celine Dion

Keep On Keepin’ On - MC Lyte

You’re The One - SWV

Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey

All The Things...

. Joe

Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) - R. Kelly

Week of May 14, 1996

Top albums -

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

The Score - Fugees

Fairweather Johnson - Hootie and the

Blowfish

Wild Mood Wings - The Cure

Falling Into You - Celine Dion

To the Faithful Departed - the

Cranberries

Evil Empire - Rage Against The

Machine

Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera

Crash - Dave Matthews Band

New Beginning - Tracy Chapman

Top Country Albums -

Woman in Me - Shania Twain

Borderline - Brooks & Dunn

Blue Clear Sky - George Straight

Time Marches On - Tracy Lawrence

Greatest Hits - Alan Jackson

Hits - Garth Brooks

It Matters To Me - Faith Hill

Revelations - Wynonna

More Albums -

Everything But The Girl -

Walking Wounded

Manson

All Eyes On Me - 2 Pac

Sunset Park - soundtrack

No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

Tiny Music - Stone Temple

Pilots

Top modern rock -

Champagne Supernova -

Oasis

Salvation - The Cranberries

Machinehead - Bush

Week of May 14, 1996

Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham

Too Much- Dave Matthews Band

Pretty Noose- Soundgarden

Photograph - the Verve Pipe

Here in Your Bedroom - Goldfinger

Bing Bang Baby - Stone Temple

Pilots

Top Rap -

Crossroads - Bone Thugs &

Harmony

Keep On Keepin’ On - MC Lyte

Doin It - L.L. Cool J.

Renee - Lost Boyz

Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check/Everything remains Raw - Busta Rhymes

Scarred - Luke

Ain’t No Nigga/Dead Presidents - Jay-Z

Hot Country -

My Maria - Brooks & Dunn

Heads Carolina, Tails California - Jo Dee

Messina

Blue Clear Sky - George strait

Someone else’s Dream - faith Hill

Long As I Live - John Michael Montgomery

It’s What I Do - Billy dean

I Think About You - Collin Raye

All I Want is A Life - Tim McGraw

Time Marches On - Tracy Lawrence

Fastlove - George Michael

Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison

Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit - Gina G.

Celilia - Suggs featuring Louchie I.O.

and Michie One

Charmless Man - Blur

Move Move Move (The Red Tribe) -

1996 Manchester United Fa Cup Squad

Week of May 14, 1996

Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock - Blue Tones

At the movies -

Lynch, Eric Roberts

Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield

Brown

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