Week of September 1, 1988
The nation’s unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in August - the second increase in
as many months.
Hoping to put spice in his campaign - Democrat Michael Dukakis re-enlists
former aide John Sasso, who resigned under fire last year after he compiled and
released a videotape that helped devastate the White House bid of Sen. Joseph
Biden Jr.
Drexel-Burnham Lambert Inc. and
Michael Milken
, head
of its junk bond department are accused of insider
trading, stock market manipulation and defrauding the
firm’s clients in a massive lawsuit filed with the SEC.
Democratic Presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis
agrees to Republican Vice President George Bush’s
demand that they limit themselves to two debates with
each other and one between their running mates.
Reports say about a million protesters including Roman Catholic nuns took to the
streets in Rangoon, Burma, to demand democracy and vigilantes beheaded
three people who tried to poison protesters.
Campaigning - George Bush in Portland OR and Michael Dukakis in Niles, Ill.
Bush was jeered while and Dukakis was heckled by some.
Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson suffers a head injury when the BMW he was
driving skidded into a tree in Catskill, NY. The car belonged to his wife, Robin
Givens. The New York Daily News reports that Tyson told his wife he was going
to kill himself.
John F. Kennedy Jr. is chosen as People Magazine’s “Hunk of the Year.”
Clint Eastwood’s Carmel (CA) restaurant “His Hog’s Breath Inn” reopens after
being shut down by Monterey County health inspectors several weeks ago.
In Los Angeles, famed nightclub owner
Eddie Nash and his bodyguard are
arrested and charged with the notorious
1981
Laurel Canyon murders
in which
four persons were bludgeoned to death.
An earlier suspect was porn star John
Week of September 1, 1988
Holmes, but he was acquitted (though he spent over 100 days in jail for refusing
to testify about the case before a grand jury). Holmes died of AIDS on March 13,
1982.
Technology - New Touchtone is rolling out a dial-a-movie service. Just call an
800 number and the movie will be available to you. You’ll need a satellite dish. It
will offer the top 10 rental titles, beamed on a separate channel from AT&T’s
Telstar 303 satellite.
Microsoft ended fiscal 1988 with $590.8 million in revenue. Aided by its near
monopoly in operating systems for IBM-style personal computers, last year,
Microsoft surpassed Lotus Development to become the largest maker of
personal computer software, but the company still lags behind Lotus and Ashton-
Tate in applications software. Microsoft’s current leading applications program,
for both the IBM Pc and for the Apple Macintosh computer, is its word-processing
program - Word.
The FCC approves High Definition Television. The systems will be designed to
have the clarity of movie film and the sound of compact discs. The National
Association of Broadcasters believes such a system won’t be available before
1993.
Passing - Gert Frobe (75) - Best-known for his portrayal of “Goldfinger” in the
1965 James Bond film.
Marry -
Kevin Bacon and actress Kyra
Sedgwick. The couple, who became engaged
on Christmas Eve last year, met about 18
months ago while filming “Lemon Sky” for
public television.
Cable TV Top Channels…
ESPN - Available in
47.3 million homes
Cable News Network - 45.3
USA - 45.2
MTV - 40.3
Discovery Channel - 32.1
Home Box Office - 15.9 (HBO is a pay-TV
channel)
American Movie Classics - 11.4
Trinity Broadcasting - 8.5
Univision - 4.7
Disney Channel - 3.8 (Disney is a pay-TV channel)
Week of September 1, 1988
Bravo - 1.3 (Bravo is a pay-TV channel)
Top TV -
A Different World
- 19.2
Cheers - 19.0
The Cosby Show - 18.5
Night Court - 18.2
The Golden Girls - 17.0
Full House (Tue.) - 15.6
L.A. Law - 15.3
Amen - 15.2
Who’s the Boss? - 14.8
Movie-Blood and Orchids Pt 2 - 14.8
Designing Women - 14.9
ALF - 14.7
Matlock - 14.4
Hunter - 14.1
Murder, She Wrote - 14.1
Kate & Allie - 13,8
60 Minutes - 13.6
Sunday night TV -
CBS - 60 Minutes, Murder She Wrote, Movie
NBC - Family Ties, My Two Dads, A Whole Lotta Fun, Movie
ABC - Movie, MacGyver, Movie
PBS - Masterpiece Theater, World at War
Fox - 21 Jump Street, Married With Children, America’s Most Wanted, It’s Garry
Shandling’s Show, Duet
MTV - Comic Strip Presents, 120 Minutes
A Whole Lotta Fun - With John Byner and Suzette Charles. Sammy Davis Jr.
guests.
MacGyver - MacGyver tangles with a supercomputer.
Television news - Don’t miss the Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon. Check listings.
Veteran TV actress
Diana Muldaur
joins the cast
of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as Dr.
Katherine (Kate0 Pulaski - the ship’s doctor.
Week of September 1, 1988
NBC News correspondent
Richard Valeriani
resigns to take
a job with Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc - the New York
brokerage firm. He had been with the network for 27 years.
Preview - “Live with Regis And Kathie Lee” with highlights of
their new daily morning show. It’s an hour-long syndicated
special.
Music news - Don’t miss “Hard Rock Café” an NBC-Lorne Michaels special.
Appearing - Dan Akroyd, INXS, John Cougar Mellencamp, Paul Simon, Ziggy
Marley and 10,000 Maniacs. On Tuesday night.
Touring - The
Human Rights Tour
. Just finished at
Wembley in London with Bruce Springsteen, Tracy
Chapman, Youssou N’ Dour, Sting, Peter Gabriel. It’s
estimated more than a million will see the tour.
Sotheby’s - Elton John places his $6 million collection of
glitz and glamour on the auction block. First to go -
flamboyant stage costumes that John (41) says is “too old”
to wear - among them a silver-sequined Statue of Liberty.
Top modern rock -
Peek-A-Boo -
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Just Play Music - Big Audio Dynamite
Crash - The Primitives
Breakfast In Bed - UB40 & Chrissie
Hynde
Intoxication - Shriekback
Tumblin Down - Ziggy Marley & The
Melody Makers
Wild Wild West - The Escape Club
What’s On Your Mind? - Information
Society
What’s The Matter Here? - 10,000
Maniacs
Top-selling compact discs -
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses
Roll With It - Stevie Winwood
Let It Roll - Little Feat
Hysteria - Def Leppard
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Small World - Huey Lewis & the News
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark - Robert Cray Band
Simple Pleasures - Bobby McFerrin
Hot Hits -
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N’ Roses
Simply Irresistible -
Robert Palmer
Monkey - George Michael
Perfect World - Huey Lewis & The News
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
When It’s Love - Van Halen
If It Isn’t Love - New Edition
Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Nobody’s Fool - Kenny Loggins
I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That -
Elton John
Another Part of Me - Michael Jackson
It Would Take A Strong Strong Man - Rick
Astley
One Good Woman - Peter Cetera
Love Bites - Def Leppard
I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett And
the Blackhearts
A Nightmare On My Street - D.J. Jazzy Jeff
& The Fresh Prince
Don’t Be Cruel - Cheap Trick
Hot Country -
(Do You Love Me) Just Say No - Highway 101
Joe Knows Hot To Live - Eddy Raven
A Little Bit On Love - Patty Loveless
The Gift - The McCarters
Addicted - Dan Seals
We Believe In Happy Endings - Earl Thomas Conley With Emmylou Harris
Streets Of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam and
Buck Owens
I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried - Rodney
Crowell
Honky Tonk Moon - Randy Travis
Untold Stories -
Kathy Mattea
Letter Home - Forrester Sisters
Week of September 1, 1988
At the movies -
Nightmare on Elm St. 4
Freeway
Married to The Mob
Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Tucker - The Man And His
Dream
A Fish Called Wanda
The Wizard of Loneliness
Stealing Home - Mark
Harmon
Betrayed - Debra Winger
Clean and Sober
Coming to America - Eddie
Murphy
Eight Men Out - Charlie
Sheen
Crossing Delancey - Amy
Irving
Hot to Trot
Cocktail - Tom Cruise
The Land of Faraway
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