Connolly rises with US TV fame after global comedy career
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, known for sold out world tours and seven gold albums, shifts to TV on ABC's Head of the Class. He keeps his accent, shaved beard for The Big Guy, and discusses Thatcher, royalty, and aiming high as he balances family life in Windsor with four wives and five children.
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TV TODAY listing with sci ence and action films
The schedule highlights NOVA Killing Machines on PBS at 8 00 PM about robot like inventions and superpowers. It features the film Action Jackson a 1988 Detroit cop story starring Carl Weathers and Craig T Nelson at 9 00 PM in the same block.
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Uncle Buck on TV Night Opens with John Candy Comedy
CBS airings feature John Hughes direction and writing and center on a slovenly relative left in charge of his nieces and nephew. Karen Carlson appears as an attorney joining Gillespie to probe a killer case linked to a freed convict as suspects proliferate.
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Cheers special tops ratings with NBC audience boost
NBCs Cheers retrospective celebrating the 200th episode drew about 52 million viewers and a 295 rating with a 44 percent share from 9 to 10 PM. Ted Danson Shelley Long and the cast anchored the hour long show delivering the season high and the best comedy rating since 1989.
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Horoscope Birthdays and Career Shifts Preview
A zodiac style forecast lists Aries to Pisces guidance on research, funding, love, and career changes through year end and into next year. It warns of mood shifts, finance strains, and the need for rest and planning as opportunities arise.
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