CBS drops Melba comedy after one episode
CBS announced it is pulling the new Melba comedy from New York after airing only one episode. Flip Wilson's Charlie & Company, paired with Melba, is also dropped. Melba Moore stars as head of a New York tourist office. both shows posted low ratings and will return in spring.
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TV renewals and cancellations loom for 1980s sit coms and dramas
John Darling to fill Melba Flip hole with Trapper John M D as last season. NBC’s227 likely return in September. He s the Mayor folds into bottom ten. Redd Foxx Show likelier than not. Diff rent Strokes and Benson may end. Webster and Gimme A Break probable renewals. Curtains for Ripley s Believe It or Not The Fall Guy The Love Boat Hardcastle McCormick Airwolf Magnum P I Twilight Zone Knight Rider TV s Bloopers Silver Spoons Punky Brewster Alfred Hitchcock Presents Riptide Hill Street Blues NBC
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TV Guide Headline Mix Ups and Frantic February Sweeps
A TV column notes February sweeps with Frank Furillo plot twists on Miami Vice. It also teases Frankie Valli as a guest mobster and catalogs a rash of Lifetime network adds including short lived shows from past eras.
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TV Highlights and Evening Movie Guide
Television schedule presents a slate of films and shows across channels including Faerie Tale Theatre Cinderella Footloose Android Father of the Bride and classics such as Rocky To Be or Not To Be The Empire Strikes Back and Moonlighting Spenser: For Hire and Frontline. Celebrities like Jennifer Beals Matthew Broderick Spencer Tracy Barbara Carrera Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon and Paul Newman appear across genres from romance to action and documentaries with notable titles The Haunting Passion Blood Simple Murrow and The Main Event.
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A prime time list featuring Safecracker and Love Me or Leave Me with others like Rage The Terry Fox Story Sybil Broken Lance Running Brave and Pelham One Two Three. Notable cast includes Ray Milland Doris Day James Cagney George C Scott Spencer Tracy Sally Field Walter Matthau Robert Shaw.
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