Week of September 1, 1990

With Americans still holed up inside the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, 49 freed

hostages arrive in the U.S. - and said conditions were getting worse for those

back in Kuwait. So bad, their drinking water is coming out of the swimming pool.

Iraqi officials will now bar any airline other then their own from transporting

hostages out of the area

The U.S. Navy seizes an Iraqi Freighter in the Gulf of Oman. It’s the first use of

force to carry out the U.N. sanctioned embargo of Iraq.

In a speech, President Saddam Hussein assails the blockade of his country and

it’s reported he’s cut rations of thousands of foreign workers from the Third

World, and warns their government of their starvation unless they provide food.

President Bush accepts an offer from Baghdad to address of people of Iraq by

television. The 10-to-15 speech will be videotaped and gives the President the

opportunity to explain why American soldiers are in the Persian Gulf.

Navratilova said, “Wimbledon took so much out of me. I

wanted to be up, but I couldn’t quite kick it in gear.”

Television news - Comedy channel HA! signs comedian

Jackie Mason for a one-man talk show beginning in

September. Look for Jackie Mon-Fri.

Deborah Norville tells her “Today” show viewers she’s

pregnant.

Music news - M.C.

Hammer signs a sponsor

and advertising agreement with Pepsi.

In Dallas - Several thousand musicians attend

Wisconsin helicopter crash.

Week of September 1, 1990

Bottom TV - The Last 10…

Paradise (CBS) - 4.0

Movie-Partners in Life - (CBS) - 4.8

Haywire - (Fox) - 4.7

China Beach - (ABC) - 4.6

Glory Days - (Fox) - 4.2

Totally Hidden Video - (Fox) - 4.2

21 Jump Street - (Fox) - 3.9

America The Beautiful - (ABC) - 3.7

Alien Nation - (Fox) - 3.6

Pure Insanity - (Fox) - 3.0

Tracy Ullman Show - (Fox) - 2.9