Week of October 30, 1993
A major fire rages through Malibu, CA, destroying more than 200 homes, killing
one and injuring 150.
Vice President Al Gore and billionaire Ross Perot agree to a
televised debate on Tuesday night on the North American Free
Trade Agreement. They’ll appear on Larry King’s CNN Program in
a special 90-minute broadcast.
Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin tells a closed-door meeting of the heads of
Russia’s media that he wants to finish his five-year term, which ends in 1996 and
has no plans to run for reelection. He now says he does not want to hold early
presidential elections in June, but instead wants to groom his successor.
Dies - Actor River Phoenix (23) -
gained fame in the movie “Stand By Me.”
Died after he suffered seizures and
collapsed in front of a trendy West
Hollywood nightclub called Viper Room
on the Sunset Strip. Paramedics
responded to a 911 emergency call from
is distraught brother Joaquin.
QVC Network Inc, facing mounting
regulatory concerns in its battle for
Paramount Communications, ends plans
to merge with rival Home Shopping
Network.
Passing - Federico Fellini (73) - legendary Italian film director. Five-time
Academy Award winner. Some of his films - La
Dolce Vita (1960), La Strada (1954) and Roma
(1972).
Two fans are critically injured and dozens more
are hurt when thousands of jubilant fans pour
onto the field after the Badgers (Wisconsin)
beat Michigan 13-10.
Warner Brothers lifts the veil this week and
announces plans for a 5th television network to
compete with CBS, NBC, ABC & Fox. The
network is set to premiere in the fall of 1994
Week of October 30, 1993
with two nights of programming. The new Warner Brothers network
already as all the Tribune stations signed including channel 5 in Los
Angeles, Channel 9 in Chicago and Channel 11 in New York City.
Jamie Kellner , the former president of Fox Broadcasting Co will be
its chief executive. Paramount Communications Inc announced
similar plans last week, but Kellner says, “There is only room for
one more network.” Planning on calling itself “The WB,” the new
network, plans on drawing on the studio’s stable of TV writers and producer’s to
create new shows. It may draw on exclusive properties such as Bugs Bunny,
which may only be shown on the network.
Word has it that NBC is taking the “Today” show to a street-level studio with big
plate-glass windows so that passerby can view some of the show as it airs. As of
now though, NBC will not confirm the plans.
Barbra Streisand is confirmed for two New
Year’s concerts at the new MGM Grand resort in
Las Vegas. They’ll be her first paid concerts in 27
years.
“The Joan Rivers” syndicated talk show will end
its five-year run on December 31st. Meanwhile,
Miss Rivers has other plans. She’ll have a new
show entitled “Can We Shop” on QVC. She’s
sold some $60 million in jewelry and fashions on
the shopping network since 1990.
Having trouble with
your new PC? Discover
your inner Nerd
because now available at books stores - “DOS for
Dummies” and “PC’s for Dummies” by Dan Gookin.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is estimated to be worth
$6.7 billion and he’s engaged.
New York City mayor Rudolph Guiliani tapes scenes for
“Seinfeld” to air October 26th. The episode is about a
yogurt scandal that influences the outcome of New York’s mayoral election.
Week of October 30, 1993
E! Entertainment acquires the rights to David Letterman’s old NBC “Late Night”
show, but has not announced a start date.
Bestsellers -
The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller
Lasher - Anne Rice
Without Remorse - Tom Clancy
Nightmares & Dreamscapes - Stephen King
Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel
Dangerous Fortune - Ken Follett
Without Remorse - Tom Clancy
Private Parts - Howard Stern
Wouldn’t take Nothing For My Journey Now - Maya
Angelou
Seinlanguage - Jerry Seinfeld
The Hidden Life of Dogs - Elizabeth Marshall
Thomas
Embraced by the Light - Betty J. Eadie
Stop The Insanity - Susan Powter
Television ratings -
Home Improvement - 24.4
Roseanne - 22.7
60 Minutes - 22.1
Seinfeld - 20.4
Coach - 18.8
Grace Under Fire - 18.7
Frasier - 18.2
Monday Night Football - 17.4
PrimeTime Live - 16.5
Murder, She Wrote - 16.2
Murphy Brown - 15.9
NYPD Blue - 15.6
Wings - 15.3
Home Improvement#2 - 15.2
Full House - 15.0
Rescue 911 - 14.7
Love & War - 14.5
Dave’s World - 14.5
The Simpsons - 14.5
20/20 - 14.4
Phenom - 14.2
Northern Exposure - 14.1
Week of October 30, 1993
Family Matters - 13.7
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - 13.5
Movie - Remember Part 2 - 13.5
Columbo: All In The Game - 13.4
Matlock - 13.3
Evening Shade - 13.3
Joe’s Life - 13.2
Movie - No Child Of Mine - 13.1
Sunday Night Television -
CBS - Murder, She Wrote, Movie
NBC - SeaQuest DSV , Movie
ABC - Lois & Clark, Movie
Fox - The Simpsons, The Simpsons,
The Simpsons, The Simpsons
PBS - Nature, Masterpiece Theater,
The American Experience
HBO - Movie - “Ghostbusters, Tales
From The Crypt
Disney Channel - Sting at the
Hollywood Bowl: A Birthday
Celebration
Murder She Wrote - A young
computer wizard helps Jessica
probe the murder of an interactive
video game’s creator.
The Simpsons - all four shows tonight have Halloween themes.
CBS Movie - “No Child Of Mine” (1993) - Patty Duke
NBC Movie - “One Good Cop” (1991) Michael Keaton
ABC - Movie - Columbo: It’s All in the Game” (1993)
Pop charts this week in 1993 -
Just Kickin’ It - Xscape
All That She Wants - Ace of Base
Hey Mr. D.J. - Zhane
I’d Do Anything For Love - Meatloaf
Anniversary - Tony, Toni, Tone
Week of October 30, 1993
I Get Around - 2Pac
Dream Lover - Mariah Carey
Indo Smoke - Mista Grimm
Whoomp! (There It Is) - Tag Team
Please Forgive Me - Bryan Adams
What Is Love - Haddaway
Two Steps Behind - Def Leppard
No Rain - Blind Melon
Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Sweat - Inner Circle
Top Albums -
Vs - Pearl Jam
Music Box - Mariah Carey
Counterparts - Rush
Janet - Janet Jackson
It’s On (Dr Dre) 187 Killa - Eazy E
Bat Out of Hell II - Meatloaf
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
Common Thread - various artists
Songs of the Eagles - various artists
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Reba Mcentire
Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton
In Utero - Nirvana
Siamese Dream - Smashing
Pumpkins
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
Ten - Pearl Jam
Chaos A.D. - Speultrua
La Sexorcisto - White Zombie
Other Albums -
River of Dreams - Billy Joel
In Pieces - Garth Brooks
MTV Unplugged - 10,000 Maniacs
Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde
Ring - The Connells
Everybody Else is Doing It So Why Can’t We - The Cranberries
Come On Feel - Lemonheads
30th Anniversary Concert - Bob Dylan
Message in a Box (Box Set) - The Police
Beneath The Rhythm and Sound - The Ocean Blue
Week of October 30, 1993
Believe In Me - Duff McKagan
The Hours Between Night & Day - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
Hats off to the Insane - Therapy?
Debut - Bjork
In The Labyrinth - Dead Can Dance
Soundtrack - Age of Innocence
Top Country -
Easy Come, Easy Go - George Straight
At the movies -
Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas
Beverly Hillbillies - Diedrich, Bader, Dabney Coleman,
Buddy Ebson, Zsa Zsa Bagor, Cloris Leachman, Dolly
Parton, Lea Thompson, Lily Tomlin, Jim Varney
Demolition Man - Sylvester Stallone, Wesely Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel
Hawthorne
Cool Runnings - Leon (I), Doug
E. Doug, Rawk D. Lewis, John
Candy
Rudy - Sean Astin , Jon
Faureau, Ned Beatty
Fatal Instinct - Armand
Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate
Nelligan, Sean Young
Malice - Alec Baldwin, Nicole
Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe
Neuwirth, George C. Scott, Ann
Bancroft, Peter Gallagher
The Joy Luck Club - Kieu
Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen,
Lisa Lu
Age of Innocence - Danial Day-
Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona
Ryder, Linda Faye
Judgment Night - Emilio
Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Denis Leary, Stephen Doriff.
The Good Son - Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood
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