Morning shows turn info into infotainment in TV critic view
In a brisk critique, the columnist says Today GMA and CBS Morning News traffic light headlines with cheerful hosts and celebrity guests. He notes soft news and entertainment primarily drive the format while genuine reporting shrinks to quick local bits.
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Gladys Knight
Mary Decker
General Hospital
Tristan Rogers
Greg
Frank Gifford
David Hartman
Jon Alpert
Washington, D.C
Bill Kurtis
TV Highlights: Weeknight Movie Menu and Specials
A listing of evening movie titles and TV segments across networks. Highlights include If You Could See What I Hear, Unfaithfully Yours, Hurricane, Flash Gordon, The Deer Hunter part two, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Idolmaker, The Horse Soldiers, Green Eyes, Secret Honor, Never Say Never Again, Major Dundee, Surf II, and Staying Alive with various casts and air times across HBO CINEMAX TMC SHOWTIME WTBS and ABC News Viewpoint.
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Mare Singer
R.H. Thomson
Tom Sullivan
Cinemax
Dudley Moore
Nastassja Kinski
TMC
Mia Farrow
Jason Robards
HBO
Flash Gordon
Sam J. Jones
Max von Sydow
Planet
Mongo
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Mr Bradford
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Jack Rose
Roy Scheider
Tony Lo Bianco
New York
Mary Steenburgen
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Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Kermit and Company
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TWA
John Travolta
Cynthia Rhodes
Mark Lester
Walter Slezak
Cheech and Chong
Cheech Marin
Tommy Chong
Paris
Pope
Greenwich Village
Eric Roberts
Mickey Rourke
Wendy Hughes
Robyn Nevin
Riphide
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Family Feud
Idolec News
Classic Films and TV Lineup Adverts Premieres Tonight
A television slate lists films and specials including Wuthering Heights on HBO with Olivier Oberon and a lineup of classics like Mr Mom The Next One Smokey And The Bandit Part 3 and Keeper Of The Flame across HBO CINEMAX TMC SHOWTIME WTBS WOR and other channels. Also included are TV legends segments and promotions for dramas comedies and adventures from 1940s to 1980s.
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Merle Oberon
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