THIS WEEK AT THE TV BARN
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May 15-21, 2000
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You may have heard "Late Show" executive
producer Rob Burnett announce on Monday's show,
"I will be stepping down as former host of
'Campaign 2000' ... I'll be working for another
network." In fact, Burnett is staying on as
executive producer of "Late Show." But now it
will be much more of a title than a job.

In an informative interview with TV Barn in the
lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House on Monday
-- shortly after the conclusion NBC's upfront
presentation -- Burnett announced that, because
he and former "Late Show" head writer Jon
Beckerman now have a show on NBC called "Ed," he
is turning day-to-day control of "Late Show"
over to two longtime producers, Barbara Gaines
and Maria Pope.

Gaines has worked for David Letterman for 20
years: every morning show broadcast, every "Late
Night" on NBC, every "Late Show" on CBS. Pope,
who started as an NBC intern in 1982, has been
there nearly as long. She's become known to
"Late Show" viewers lately as the "popular host
of 'Campaign 2000.'"

Also in our conversation, Burnett and Beckerman
talked about the way NBC promoted "Ed" in the
upfront presentation -- and why CBS, the docking
ship for Worldwide Pants, took a pass on the
show last year.

Me: I looked it up and this project has been on
your plate for four years. How do you feel now
that it's finally coming to fruition?

Rob Burnett: Well, we're thrilled, because we're
just six months away from syndication. We've
been doing other things during this time,
y'know. It's not like we were just doing "Ed."
But first it was a half hour in '96. Then the
executive producer of the "Late Show" left. So
Jon and I had to put it away and came back for a
year and then we really went full-fledged for a
year with CBS. And this year -- it's better to
be picked up than not picked up. Don't you
agree?

Jon Beckerman: Yeah. And there are plenty of
networks we've not been at with this project --
WB, ABC. So there are plenty of opportunities.

Me: What do you suppose made it appealing to NBC
that it didn't to CBS? Or was this just a case
of "right show, wrong network"?

JB: I think it was, yeah. I mean, CBS people
were always positive about the project. But I
think Dave, and Les was really enthusiastic
about the script. There were a lot of fans of
the project. But I think the general impression
was that this wasn't really a CBS show. And
quite honestly, I think this pilot is better
than the CBS pilot was, and that's partially due
to the contributions of the development people
at NBC and -- I'm seriously not kissing ass, but
they were very helpful and attentive to the
project. Really seemed interested in helping it
along to this moment.

Me: Now you're a veteran of promos. You're a
veteran of mocking and satirizing promos. You
saw the promo up there telling advertisers and
affiliates about "Ed." What isn't in that
promo?

RB: We give away a million dollars every
episode. I can't believe they left that out.
That was kind of the hook. In fact, we were off
the schedule until we agreed to go ahead and
give away -- see, in the middle of the show
there's this dramatic lighting and *boom
boom*!

JB: And Ed is played by Regis Philbin.

Me: But seriously, I'm not sure this promo --

RB: Some shows are easier to capture in that
format than others, and our show is a little
harder to capture in a 3-minute cutdown. I think
if you're doing a sitcom where here's a joke,
here's a joke, here's a joke -- our show is much
more about a mood and a feeling. It gets very
dramatic at times. It hopefully gets funny at
times. Y'know, they did a fine job putting that
together but it's hard to really get a sense of
what we're up to.

Me: Now, in practical terms you've had to give
up being the host of "Campaign 2000."
Professionally, how are you going to manage
this?

RB: We're producing the show ("Ed") in New York
and Jon and I will run the show. So ... we will
make some changes at the "Late Show." Barbara
Gaines and Maria Pope will be promoted to
executive producers. As far as the other
Worldwide Pants shows, they're pretty much
taking care of themselves. We'll continue to
look after them. The biggest one for now that
will need the most attention is the new one,
tentatively -- well, we don't have a title (for
the Jim Gaffigan comedy, loosely based on Dave
Letterman's career, picked up by CBS). But Jon
and I will be devoting our full attention to
"Ed."

Me: I remember you told me four years ago how
Dave had asked you to please shepherd the show
for a year with Morty gone, and then you could
return to chase your dreams. So how is this
different? How are you managing this and staying
captain of the "Late Show" ship?

RB: I don't think I will be the captain of the
"Late Show" ship. They (Maria and Gaines) will
absolutely be running it. Together they have 37
years of experience. They'll do a fantastic job.
They ran it for seven weeks while Jon and I were
in Vancouver and then editing in Los Angeles.
This will not be a problem; if anything things
will only get better. My last day will be Friday
...

Dave's really excited about it. He's always been
very selfless when it comes to our careers. He
let me go in 1995 to work with Bonnie Hunt when
I was the head writer (on "Late Show"). He's
never stood in our way.

JB: I've yet to meet him. But yeah, I've heard
that.


***

As I did last year, I'll be posting full, blow-by-
blow accounts of the networks' upfront presentations
to the TV Barn Web site all week. See you there.

***


Unafraid of the scorching searchlight of public
scrutiny -- unafraid that Americans will ask
themselves, "If he's so funny, why is he still
in Canada?" -- Ed the Sock has stepped forward
and declared both the Pets.com Sock Puppet (aka
"Crappy") and Robert Smigel's Triumph, the
Insult Comic Dog to be uninspired ripoffs of
himself.

"The Americans have tried to rip me off before,"
snorts Ed, a raunchy green sock who smokes a lit
cigar, has a permanent scowl, and holds forth on
Canada's CityTV and MuchMusic channels. "Ben
Stiller's Skank character. MTV's lame-ass 'Sifl
& Olly' ... I've been around more than a decade
and I'll still be around and going strong when
these two latest pretenders are being used to
clean windows by indigent squeegee kids."

Ed the Sock is the brainchild of Steve Kerzner,
who was managing a small cable system in Toronto
in 1986 when a guest failed to show for a
public-access program. Kerzner put on the sock
and, being 19 years old at the time, had no
trouble giving it an attitude. CityTV picked up
Ed in 1994 and the sock's late-night celebrity
has been growing ever since. "Ed's Smash or
Trash" airs Thursdays on MuchMusic (Canadian
version only, sad to say) and "Ed's Night Party"
is on weekends. His show is also syndicated in
Australia.

In January, a third cable network signed Kerzner
to do a program with a familiar-sounding title:
"Ed's True Hollywood Stories" on the Star!
entertainment channel. He has his own
merchandise line and a 5,000-member fan club.
Earlier this year, Toronto's Globe & Mail named
Ed one of the 40 most influential people in
Canadian television: "Cheap and successful,"
they wrote. "The essential tenets of Canadian
TV. A lesson to us all."

Ed appears to have two main specialties: nabbing
interviews with bewildered celebrities --
everyone from Christine Aguilera to Regis
Philbin and Drew Carey have chatted with him --
and pretending to get laid, which also includes
talking about pretending to get laid. I'm in
receipt of a recent telecast of Ed in a sex romp
with a nude model. It's remarkably unfiltered,
at least by U.S. basic cable standards. During
his show, scantily-clad women are posted around
the studio -- kind of like they are on Comedy
Central's "The Man Show." Now I understand why
young Canadian men enjoy Ed's show so much.

According to Ed, there's another reason people
watch: "I don't rely on scripts to get me by.
I'd like to see Triumph or the Pets.com guy
handle a live broadcast during the Woodstock
riots, never mind handling several hours of live
TV every week."

Until last week, no national U.S. outlet carried
Ed the Sock, but Kerzner said that's not for his
lack of trying. "Coincidentally, Smigel's
Triumph dog appeared shortly after we submitted
Ed to Conan O'Brien and were rejected." MTV's
"Sifl & Olly" also premiered "shortly after MTV
decided not to use Ed," said Kerzner. (The Ed
the Sock Web site repeats these claims.)

However, Ed can now be seen on a new show, "Ed's
Big Wham Bam!", airing on the U.S. version of
MuchMusic on Mondays. Check your listings;
MuchMusic is in about 20 million U.S. homes,
mostly on satellite dish.

The final word comes from Ed: "When the Yanks
decide they'd like a puppet with real staying
power and talent, they know where to find me.
Their women already have. In the meantime, why
not put these other two losers in a Celebrity
Deathmatch with a dryer."

***

Former "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher"
executive producer Scott Carter, now producing
Candice Bergen's "Exhale" show on Oxygen, once
told me that Maher's ultimate "PI" would be a
tribute to Hugh Hefner's old Sixties show,
"Playboy After Dark." You know, everybody
sitting around poolside in silk PJ's, chatting
cleverly.

It's finally happening: This week's broadcasts
all originate from the Playboy Mansion and are
modeled on "After Dark." Hef, of course, will be
among the many celebrity guests. Viewers may
recall that Maher -- who considers Hef a
personal hero -- had a special one-on-one
edition of "PI" with Hefner three years ago.

***

Tom Heald's TEST PATTERNS
<tomalhe@...>
<http://www.come.to/testpattern>

May 15: in 1985, "Dynasty's" Carringtons trek
off to Moldavia for the wedding of Amanda and
Prince Michael. The season cliffhanger? Armed
revolutionaries burst in, guns blazing. When the
fall season begins, all is well as it turns out
that the terrorists had terrible aim.

May 16: in 1983, the most entertaining three
minutes of NBC's "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today,
Forever" are those involving a non-Motown song.
Asked to perform a solo dance number after a
medley with his brothers, Michael Jackson
performs "Billie Jean." But on the musical
bridge, he stuns the crowd with an enhanced
version of a breakdance move already out on the
street -- The Moonwalk.

May 17: in 1974, while Frankie Avalon's rocking
out with an all-oldies edition of NBC's
"Midnight Special" (with Sam & Dave, The
Fleetwoods, and Fabian), ABC has its own rock
spectaular late tonight: "Say Goodbye to Norma
Jean & Other Things," showcasing the music of
Elton John and collaborator Bernie Taupin.

May 18: in 1983, Robin Williams hosts a look at
80 years of aliens in film for the CBS special
"E.T. & Friends." While the show is mainly an
infomercial for Steven Spielberg's short
special-effects-created star, Williams also does
a few sketches as a used UFO dealer and a
clothing designer who spaces out upon meeting
the Coneheads.

May 19: in 1993, "Beverly Hills 90210" seniors
Brenda, Brandon, Kelly, Donna, David, Steve,
Andrea and Dylan graduate from West Beverly High
school. The combined ages of the actors at the
time the episode airs? 00192.

May 20: in 1977, "Sanford and Son" should be
enjoying their Hawaiian vacation, but the laws
of television demand that any episode filmed on
any location other than their own studio set
must involve the characters being chased by
jewel thieves.

May 21: in 1987, NBC launches a comedy/drama
chronicling the perils of being a sexually
active single gal in her thirties. And even
though tonight's debut of "The Days and Nights
of Molly Dodd" explains "why cosmetics should
come in unbreakable bottles," the show never
quite catches on at the Peacock network. Maybe
if she'd fantasized about a dancing baby ...

[Thanks to David Tanny, Brooks, Earl Marsh, &
McNeil. Tom Heald will be rendering haiku for
each and every new show on the Fall TV lineups
on the TV Barn Web site. Visit us anyway.]


***

THE LINEUPS
with Sue Trowbridge <http://www.interbridge.com/>
and Tom Heald


LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS
Mo 5/15 Gillian Anderson, Foo Fighters, Peter Frampton
Tu 5/16 David Hyde Pierce, Phish
We 5/17 Hugh Grant, Carly Simon
Th 5/18 Jackie Chan, Jim Gaffigan
Fr 5/19 Ringo Starr

Mo 5/22 Michael J. Fox
Tu 5/23 Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Matchbox 20
We 5/24 Sarah Jessica Parker, Gloria Estefan
Th 5/25 Nathan Lane, Owen Wilson, B.B. King
Fr 5/26 Dan Patrick


THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC
Mo 5/15 Richard Harris, Julie Scardina and SeaWorld animals
Tu 5/16 Tom Selleck, animal expert Jon Guenther
We 5/17 Judge Judy Sheindlin, Tom Green, 3 Doors Down
Th 5/18 Tom Cruise, Tracey Ullman
Fr 5/19 Mad scientist David Willey, Supergrass

Mo 5/22 Jackie Chan, En Vogue
Tu 5/23 Ving Rhames, Martha Stewart
We 5/24 Halle Berry
Th 5/25 James Woods
Fr 5/26 The B-52s


LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN, CBS
Mo 5/15 Lance Burton
Tu 5/16 Jordan Rubin
We 5/17 Adam Carolla, Leona Naess
Th 5/18 Tom Green, Shelby Lynne
Fr 5/19 TBA

Mo 5/22 Michael Rapaport, the Amazing Kreskin
Tu 5/23 Foo Fighters
We 5/24 Stroke 9
Th 5/25 Pauly Shore


LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC
Mo 5/15 Ashley Judd, Tracy Morgan, Shelby Lynne (R 1/25/00)
Tu 5/16 Charlie Sheen, Jane Leeves, A Perfect Circle
We 5/17 Rick Schroder, Amy Brenneman, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Th 5/18 Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Rapaport
Fr 5/19 Marie Osmond, Marah

Mo 5/22 Jason Priestley, Stockard Channing, Maria Bamford (R 1/27/00)
Tu 5/23 Kevin Nealon, Jarod Miller
We 5/24 Jerry Stiller, Jake Johannsen


LATER, NBC
Mo 5/15 TBA


THE CHARLIE ROSE SHOW, PBS
Please note that Charlie Rose listings are very tentative
Mo 5/15 Phil Rosenthal, Mark Katz, Susan Stroman
Tu 5/16 Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes, Susan
Sontag


POLITICALLY INCORRECT WITH BILL MAHER, ABC
Mo 5/15 Joey McIntyre, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Garcelle Beauvais, Steve Harvey
Tu 5/16 Mo'Nique, Nicholas Brendon, Karen Finley, Tara Reid, Carson Daly
We 5/17 Arianna Huffington, Howie Mandel, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Harrison
Th 5/18 Bijou Phillips, Amy Alkon, Scott Weiland, Adam Carolla
Fr 5/19 Rob Schneider, Laura Innes, Michelle Phillips, Susannah Breslin,
Hugh Hefner

Mo 5/22 Michael Rapaport, Billy Corgan, Darlene Kennedy
Tu 5/23 Judith Krantz


THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central
Mo 5/15 TBA


THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW
HBOZone (11 PM ET, nightly repeats)
Mo 5/15 Jenifer Lewis / D'Angelo
Tu 5/16 Allen Iverson / Red hot Chili Peppers
We 5/17 The Reverend Al Sharpton / Les Nubians
Th 5/18 Iyanla Vanzant / Mobb Deep
Fr 5/19 Don King / Dr. Dre


CHRIS ROCK: BIGGER & BLACKER
HBO
Mo 5/15 11 PM
Fr 5/19 10:15PM


DENNIS MILLER LIVE
HBO
Tu 5/16 Midnight David Schwimmer on "Friends"
Fr 5/19 "Elvis" (guest TBD)
Fr 6/2 - Peggy Noonan on "NY Senate Race"
HBO Comedy (nightly reruns now on this channel)
Mo 5/15 Jon Lovitz on Acting (5/16/97)
Tu 5/16 Ann Richards on Sobriety (5/30/97)
We 5/17 Norm MacDonald on Smoking (6/6/97)
Th 5/18 George Carlin on Armed Forces (6/13/97)
Fr 5/19 Jay Leno on Movies (6/20/97)


THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW
HBO Comedy (nightly, at 11:30 ET)
Mo 5/15 "Pain Equals Funny" Kirk Baily, Jenica Bergere, Suli McCullough
(2/12/97)
Tu 5/16 "The Roast" Kip Addotta, Dana Carvey, Norm Crosby, Al Franken,
Bruno
Kirby, Bill Maher, Carl Reiner, Jon Stewart, Carrot Top, Bob Odenkirk,
David
Paymer (2/19/97)
We 5/17 "Larry's New Love" Jeff Foxworthy, Daisy Fuentes, Warren
Littlefield,
Paul Westerberg (2/26/97)
Th 5/18 "Another List" Winona Ryder, Jon Stewart, Smashmouth (3/15/98)
Fr 5/19 "The Beginning of the End" Jon Stewart, Colin Hay (3/22/98)
HBO Plus (2 episodes Weekly at 10 & 10:30 PM)
We 5/17 "Montana" Robin Williams Bernadette Peters & "You're Having My
Baby"
Mimi Rogers, The Raspini Brothers


MAD TV, FOX
Sa 5/20 Tony Shaloub / Tyra Banks (Bunifa vs. Katisha)


MR. SHOW WITH BOB AND DAVID
HBO
Tu 5/16 2:15 AM "It's Perfectly Understandishable"
HBOComedy (nightly at midnight)
Mo 5/15 "Bush is A Pussy"
Tu 5/16 "It's A No Brainer"
We 5/17 "The Story Of Everest"
Th 5/18 "The Return Of The Curse of The Creature's Ghost"
Fr 5/19 "Life Is Precious And God And The Bible"


OPEN MIKE WITH MIKE BULLARD, CTV and Comedy Channel
Mo 5/15 newsman Kevin Newman / Young and The Restless' Jeanne Cooper /
Willie
"Big Eyes" Smith
Tu 5/16 Joyce Carol Oates / Comedy Network’s Elvira Kurt / Carolyn Mark
We 5/17 Paul Gross / Dilated Peoples
Th 5/18 Dr. Joy Browne
Fr 5/19 Third Watch's Skip Sudduth / Nick Mancuso / Hanson


THE PAULA POUNDSTONE SHOW, HBO Comedy (Episode 4)
We 5/17 9:30 PM


SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC
Sa 5/6 Jackie Chan / Kid Rock


SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Comedy Central (reruns)
Mo 5/15 1 PM Linda Hamilton / Mariah Carey + Martin Scorsese (1991-'92)
Leevi's 3, Tooncinator, Pat, The Chris Farley Show
6 PM Woody Harrelson / Vanessa Williams (1991-'92) The Last Tonight
Show,
Action Cats, Politically Incorrect P.I., Super Fans, Operaman, The
Sensitive
Naked Man
Midnight Jon Lovitz / Jane's Addiction (1997-'98) Fun With Real Audio-
Clinton press conference, The Ladies' Man, news Tommy Flanagan, Late Show
with David Letterman, Colin Quinn explains The New York Times, The Robin
Byrd
Show, "Set Our Nanny Free!"
Tu 5/16 1 PM Charles Barkley / Nirvana (1993-'94) Clinton Health Plan,
Daily
Affirmation, Coffee Talk, Deep Thoughts, Gap Girls
6 PM David Alan Grier / Snoop Doggy Dogg (1996-'97) "Let's Get
Butt-Naked
In The White House," Death Row Bloopers & Practical Jokes, 20/20, Both
Sides
with Jesse Jackson, The Rocky Roads, Maya Angelou endorsements, Ex-porn
stars, Don & Eddie's Home Shopping, "Wheaty the Wheaten Terrier"
Midnight Alec Baldwin / Beastie Boys + Christian Slater (1994-'95)
Joycelyn Elders, L.A. Breast & Penis, Rookie Cop, Young & The Youthful
We 5/17 1 PM Glenn Close / Black Crowes (1992-'93) Coffee Talk, What's the
Best Way?, Drummer Boy
6 PM David Duchovny / Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page (1997-'98) Janet Reno's
X-Files, Spartan Spirits, Ambiguously Gay Duo, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Cinder
Calhoun, Mango, Oprah & Goat Boy, From The Earth To The Area Around The
Earth, Golords
Midnight Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger / UB40 + Billy & Steve Baldwin
(1993-'94) Family Feud, Canteen Boy, Pyramid Of Painloss, Hyperactive
Phillip, Tiny Elvis
Th 5/18 1 PM MC Hammer + Pugsley & Wednesday Addams/Christina Ricci
(1991-'92) Michael Jackson vs. host, Dick Clark's receptionist,
Remembrances
Of Love
6 PM Mariel Hemingway / Blues Traveler (1995-'96) O.J. Today, Ad,
Nightline, Leg Up, Spade in America, Biography, Chicken Lady
Midnight Chevy Chase / Live (1996-'97) Nightline, The Singing Mohan
Culps, Smokey & the Bandit re-release, Goat Boy, Chopper 4
Fr 5/19 1 PM Charlton Heston / Paul Westerberg (1993-'94) Planet Of The
Apes,
Infiniti Q45 Toilet, Coffee Talk, Herlihy Boy, The President Is
Illiterate,
Hollywood Minute, NRA's Five-Day Loaner Program, King Solomon Junior High
Career Day
6 PM Matthew Perry / Oasis (1997-'98) Spartan Spirits, Friends
fountain
dance, Cookie Dough Sport, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Sarcasm 101, The Ladies'
Man,
Harry Caray, Goat Boy, Kevin Franklin Show, Liza!
8 PM Nathan Lane / Metallica + Marianne Faithfull + Ernie Sabella +
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1997-'98) - McCaughey septuplets, Chess for
Girls, Spartan Spirits, Sister Wendy, History of Vaudeville, ex-con Santa
9 PM Chris Farley / Mighty Mighty Bosstones + Mike Ditka
(1997-'98) Yum
Bubble Genital Herpes Gum, Morning Latte, Mary Katherine Gallagher, Martha
Stewart's Halloween, Matt Foley, Goth Talk, Sally Jessy Raphael
10 PM David Schwimmer / Natalie Merchant + Lisa Kudrow, Gary Coleman,
Barry Williams, Jimmie Walker (1995-'96) D.C. frat boy march, Grayson
Moorhead, Kids vs. Grownups, Rita Delvecchio, Spade in America- Jennifer
Aniston, Plus Sized, Triumph Performers
11 PM George Forman / Hole + Michael Buffer (1994-'95) - Time Boxer,
Two
Guys From A Religious Cult, Matt Foley, Incredible Hulk, Bruce McCulloch's
"Stalking"
Sa 5/20 4 PM Jeff Goldblum / Aerosmith + Laura Dern (1993-'94) Nerf
Crotchbats, Christopher Walken's Psychic Friends, Mike Judge's Milton in
"Office Space"
6 PM Marisa Tomei / Bonnie Raitt (1994-'95) Mona Lisa Vito, Piercing
Today, Daily Affirmation, Eric Bogosian vs Spaulding Gray, Bridal Fair
Su 5/21 Noon Eddie Murphy / Robert Plant (1984-'85) The Buckwheat Saga,
Mister Robinson's Neighborhood, Black History Minute
1 PM Chevy Chevy Chase / Live (1996-'97) Nightline, The Singing Mohan
Culps, Smokey & the Bandit re-release, Goat Boy, Chopper 4
2 PM Chris Rock / The Wallflowers + Dana Carvey (1996-'97) Excedril,
I'm
Chillin,' The Dark Side with Nat X, Mark Russell's Election Year Comedy
Special, Charles Grodin Show, Ambiguously Gay Duo, retiring Norm
MacDonald's
Bob Dole impression, The Singing Mohan-Culps, Russell Simmons' Def
Emergency
Room Jam, Perspectives
2 PM Jon Lovitz / Jane's Addiction (1997-'98) Fun With Real Audio-
Clinton press conference, The Ladies' Man, news Tommy Flanagan, Late Show
with David Letterman, Colin Quinn explains The New York Times, The Robin
Byrd
Show, "Set Our Nanny Free!"
4 PM Chris Farley / Mighty Mighty Bosstones + Mike Ditka
(1997-'98) Yum
Bubble Genital Herpes Gum, Morning Latte, Mary Katherine Gallagher, Martha
Stewart's Halloween, Matt Foley, Goth Talk, Sally Jessy Raphael
5 PM Phil Hartman / Bush + Cliff Robertson + Rodney Dangerfield
(1996-'97) House of Congress, Smigeltoon : Michael Jackson, Cinder
Calhoun,
The Joe Pesci Show, The Gossip Show
6 PM Mike Meyers / Aerosmith (1996-'97) Scottish Soccer Hooligan
weekly,
Barbara Walters Oscar Special, Mary Katherine Gallagher, Coffee Talk,
Dominican Lou, Sprockets, Prematurely Gray, Tito Jackson
7 PM Steve Martin / Sting (1987-'88) The Untouchables, "I Bite Down
Hard," Common Knowledge, The NFL Today, "I Am Not A Bimbo," Bullets Aren't
Cheap


TRACEY TAKES ON...
HBO
Fr 5/19 6 PM Family (2/21/96)
Tu 5/23 5:30 AM Family (2/21/96)
HBO Comedy (Nightly at 7:30 ET)
Mo 5/15 Money (4/02/97)
Tu 5/16 Race Relations (4/09/97)
+ 1:30 PM Marriage (1/04/98)
We 5/17 Supernatural (4/16/97)
Th 5/18 Politics (4/23/97)
+ 3:35 PM Sports (3/08/98)
Fr 5/19 Music (4/30/97)
Sa 5/20 Marriage (1/04/98)
Su 5/21 Hollywood (1/11/98)
+ 8:30 AM Hollywood (1/11/98)
HBO Signature
We 5/17 9:15 AM Scandal (1/20/99)


UPRIGHT CITIZEN'S BRIGADE, Comedy Central
Mo 5/15 10:30 PM & Sa 5/20 1:30 AM "College Show" Santa gives children the
gift of liquor.


Also on late nights:
BET TONIGHT WITH TAVIS SMILEY, BET
DIE HARALD SCHMIDT SHOW, SAT.1
EXHALE, OXYGEN
HOWARD STERN, E!
THE HOWARD STERN RADIO SHOW, CBS and syndicated
LOVELINE, MTV
NIGHTLINE, ABC
UP TO THE MINUTE, CBS
TONIGHT SHOW, LATE NIGHT, and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE reruns, NBC All Night
WORLD NEWS NOW, ABC and cybercast at
<http://abcnews.go.com/onair/wnn/index.html>
THE X SHOW, FX

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