Week of November 1, 1990

It’s announced that President Bush will spend Thanksgiving day with U.s. troops

in the Persian Gulf.

Jewish Defense League is shot to death after

giving a speech in NY.

President Bush declares that he is “more

determined than ever in my life” to thwart

Saddam Hussein - but also wants to thwart

bloodshed.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein orders the

release of four more American hostages in

the face of bitter U.S. charges of maltreatment

of the captives.

The federal government offers advice on

nutrition that varies little from guidelines issued 10 years ago - eat plenty of fruits

vegetable and grains and avoid salt, sugar, cholesterol and other fats.

McDonald’s Corp. announces that it will phase out the foam containers and

replace them with paper packaging - considered less harmful to the

environment.

Technology -

Sony unveils a wide-screen HDTV it will put on the market beginning next month.

Sony says it is the first on the market with the product a 36-inch TV with a 16:9

aspect radio. So far HJK Japan has begun daily one-hour HDTV broadcasts this

year. Japan, the EC and the U.S. are split over HDTV broadcast standards and

are expected to adopt divergent systems. Japan’s system is MUSE - and uses

satellites.

Passing - Broadway actress Mary Martin. She was 76.

Music news -

Rock legend Chuck Berry is suing High Society magazine saying the stole nude

pics of him with several women.

Top TV -

Cheers - 22.4

60 Minutes - 21.4

The Cosby Show 20.2

Week of November 1, 1990

Movie-Three Men and a Baby - 19.9

Designing Women - 19.1

Roseanne - 19.1

Murder, She Wrote - 18.8

America’s Funniest Home Videos - 18.8

Murphy Brown - 18.7

Unsolved Mysteries - 16.9

In the Heat of the Night - 16.6

L.A. Law - 16.3

Empty Nest - 16.3

Major Dad - 16.3

Boston is the hometown of the show’s fictional bar.

Getting laughs - “In Living Color” on Fox-TV.

Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Television is merging with British Satellite Broadcasting -

effectively ending the satellite war in Europe.

play-by-play announcer and he’ll also work Notre dame home

football games beginning next season.

CBS - Top Cops, The Flash, Doctor, Doctor, Knots Landing,

America Tonight

NBC - the Cosby Show, Cheers, Grand, L.A. Law, Johnny

Carson

ABC - Father Dowling Mysteries, Gabriel’s Fire, Peter

Jennings Reporting: The New Civil war, Into the Night

Fox - The Simpsons, Babes, Beverly Hills 90201,

PBS - Fire in the Rim. Mystery!

Johnny Carson - Carl Reiner, Gary Morris.

Into the Night w/Rick Dees - Bronson Pinchot, John

Denver, Joe Flaherty.