TV networks race through May ratings sweeps with new shows
May ratings sweeps bring NBC a new Saturday series Sisters starring Swoosie Kurtz and others as four sisters cope with family trauma. The week features head-to-head movie premieres on ABC CBS and NBC along with miniseries pilots and specials. Highlights include The Haunted on Fox and Cry in the Wild on NBC. Weekday lineup covers New Kids on the Block at Disney MGM Studios Frontline on PBS Smithsonian World on PBS and various dramas on CBS NBC ABC and Fox with twists from Knots Landing to L A Law and The Simpsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Swoosie Kurtz
Patricia Kalember
Julianne Phillips
Sela Ward
TV listings reveal a week of high profile films and series
TV Q and A notes MC Hammer's real name as Stanley Kirk Burre while TV highlights include The Shiralee at 9 p.m. on PBS with Bryan Brown and Rebecca Smart, Masterpiece Theatre Summer's Lease, In the Line of Duty, Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love, and An Inconvenient Woman across NBC CBS ABC PBS and NBC-Delta scheduling mystery and drama for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Dakotas
CBS
Mrs. Lambert
Walter Matthau
Ellen Burstyn
ABC
L.A Law
Jill Eikenberry
Jason Robards
PBS
Bryan Brown
Rebecca Smart
Outback
Australia
Tuscany
Michael Gross
Rod Steiger
FBI
Horoscope signs and celebrity insights for May week
A retro horoscope lists zodiacal guidance for Aries through Pisces with focus on money love and career. It notes Carly Simon born June 25 as a celebrity insight subject detailing stage fright and personal struggle alongside general advice about investments family plans and partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlas
S.ter
Carly Simon
MacGyver Star Dana Elear Eyesight Battle Recalled
Dana Elear of the MacGyver series discusses his eyesight issue on talk shows. In a new episode his character Pete Thornton awaits surgery as he and MacGyver recall past exploits. A separate film segment revisits haunted territory with Sally Kirkland and Jeffrey DeMunn portraying a Pennsylvania couple facing alleged evil spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macgyver
Dana Elear
Pete Thornton
Richard Dean Anderson
Amityville
Cry in the Wild The Taking of Peggy Ann TV Drama Review
A 1966 Pennsylvania kidnapping story is retold in Cry in the Wild The Taking of Peggy Ann starring David Morse and Megan Followell. Murphy Brown features Candice Bergen facing scrutiny as a tabloid frenzy swirls over her on set behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Ann
NBC
David Morse
Megan
Pennsylvania
Penn
Sylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fox
Sally Kirkland
Jeffrey DeMunn
Disney Mgm Studios
Disney Channel
Pbsan
Edenton
Smithsonian World
Agnes de Mille
America
Bart
Cheers
Shelley Long
John McLaughlin
Knots Landing
Karen
Val
Brian Johnston
Paige
Linda
Oace
Steve
Julie
Jason
Man From the
William and
Joha Wallace
Ann
C.J
Leland
Tvq&a
MC. Hammer
Moses
Michael
Stanley
M.C. Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burre
Delta Burke
World of Discovery
Dominick. Dunne
Gall
Bill
Maurita
Ferguson
M Ferguson
Jack Giovannazzo
Miami
Elyria
Virgo
Libra
Scorpia
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Joyce Dills
Horrorscope
Nia
Anna
Jascom
Japar
CNN
Kejah
TBS
Beaute
Beauty & Beas
USA
LIFE
Nick
Isc
WGN Teater
Iohagh
Chicago
Cuba
Pan Antonio Jonarehsy Dragnet
Houston
Merwe
Moneylina
Sane
National Pe
Se Geographic AM
Ee Explorer Beauty & Inacanen
King Fuir
Cspn Board of the
Ato7
Chronicle Telegram
Ty (wiEl
Elik
ESPN
Campbell Hentgrane
TNT
Feapon
Mortene
J.houston Nanuty
Ay Wan
Godfrey
BasstGart
HBO
TMC
AMC
Hina
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!