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13 U September 23 19 9 3 run yr? yv; *(,J OK HOTLINE Who cannot read? Twenty-three million American adults ? about 1 in 5 -- cannot read a medicine bottle, a menu or street signs; fill out a job application; write a check; nr malts rnrrort rhanne for fejii'iflj a $20bill"" The cost is tremendous. Illiteracy costs our country $225 billion a year in lost productivity; unemployment and welfare cost taxpayers $5 billion annually. Illiteracy is a solvable problem. With 35 to 45 hours of tutoring, adults can improve their reading skills by one grade level. All you need is time. A literacy program provides adults with all the training, materials and support they need. If you know someone who needs help learning the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics, or if you want to help someone learn these skills, call toll free: 1-800-277-READ V Register with Selective Service, it's quick, it's easy, and it's the Law! the tube? ks unvi vork and how it affects personal ives. The show airs at 10 p.m. Tuesdays. The show is recommend:d for more mature audiences. ABC premiered two comedies, 'Grace Under Fire" and "Joe's Jfe." "Grace under Fire" stars ;tand-up comic Brett Butler, who )lays an abused wife who leaves ler husband and starts life over as a >ingle mom. "Joe's Life" is a family sitcom starring Peter Onorati and What's new on Networ By TARA DiGIROLAMO and v LISA OLTMANNS 1 Staff Writers 1 You know summer has come to e an end with the arrival of the network season premieres. The 199394 season is no exception when it I comes to bringing new life to the s programming. The lineup for this I fall contains 35 new shows with the 1 vast majority of them being come- 5 dies. 1 Leading off the season was "Living Single," which premiered Aug. ' 22 on FOX. The comedy stars Queen Latifah, Kim Coles and Kim 1 Fields as young women facing the trials of being single. It airs at .8:30 p.m. Sundays. CBS premiered "The Trouble with Larry" Aug. 25. Bronson Pinchot ("Perfect Strangers") stars as a man who shows up unexpectantly rejoins his family after being away for 10 years. The show airs at 8 p.m. Wednesdays. "Angel Falls" premiered Aug. 26 on CBS. The drama stars Chelsea Fields as a single mother who moves back to her hometown with her daughter. Fields' father has died, and she is taking over the family business. The show airs at 10 p.m. Thursdays." On Aug. 27, FOX premiered "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.," an action-adventure western. It stars Bruce Campbell as a lawyer with a Harvard degree. The hour show airs at 8 p.m. Fridays. "Missing Persons," an episodic drama, aired Aug. 30. The show stars Daniel Travanti ("Hill Street Blues") as the head of a missing persons department for the Chicago police. It airs on ABC at 8 p.m. Thursdays. NBC premiered 'The Mommies" Sept. 18. The show stars Marilyn Kentz and Caryl Kristensen as mothers coping with the problems of everyday life. The show airs at 8 ' p.m. Saturdays. "It Had To Be You," a CBS comedy, premiered Sept. 19. The ] comedy stars Faye Dunaway as the chief of a publishing company wno falls for a carpenter, Robert Urich. The show airs at 8 p.m. Sundays. Monday, CBS premiered the comedy "Dave's World." It stars Harry Anderson ("Night Court") as a '60s child star trying to get his life together in the '90s. Anderson's best friend is played by Meshach Taylor ("Designing Women"). Tune in at ?:ju p.m. Mondays. I Tuesday, ABC unveiled the much talked about "NYPD Blue," a drama created by Steven Bachno ("Hill Street Blues"). The show stars Dennis Franz ("Hill Street Blues") and is based on police Mary Page is^ener as wonting parents. Both shows air Wednesdays. Tomorrow night, two new comedy shows will premiere, one on ABC and the other on CBS. Both shows air at 8:30 p.m. ABC premieres "Boy Meets World," which stars Ben Savage as an 11-year-old boy whose teacher, played by S | .pi BW LjiMl William Daniels, lives next doo CBS premieres "Family Album, which stars Peter Scolari an Pamela Reed as a married coup] who decide to leave California 1 return to their native Philadelphia. On Sept. 25, NBC premier* "Cafe American," a comedy sta ring Valerie Bertinelli as a new! divorced woman who jet sets i Paris, gets a waitressing job in cafe and meets up with the loca who frequent the cafe. The sho premieres at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Also premiering is CBS's "Hai of the West," a comedy that sta Beau Bridges, who leaves the ci for a rundown dude ranch. Playii the ranch foreman is Lloj Bridges, who is actually Beau dad. The comedy premieres at eil fall li p.m. Saturday. 01 On Sept. 30, NBC introduces "Against the Grain," starring John 8 Terry as former high school hero T who leaves the insurance business e: to coach a Texas high school team. This family drama can be seen at 8 F p.m. Fridays. C On Oct. 22, NBC premieres "The v NBC Friday Night Mystery," which n features a series of crime dramas p starring big name stars. The show premieres at 9 p.m. Friday. 1 Another sitcom CBS has for the 5 fall lineup is "The Nanny," featur- a ing Fran Drescher as a nanny for a a x DfrvaHu/ov; nrarliiPAf Thp T iViailimiUUl JLI1 WCXVi yy LXJ pvuuwi. *uv v show airs at 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 1 "South of Sunset," an actioncomedy adventure, stars singer J Glenn Frey as a private eye, along \ Kj//' Co^raL X : Ty 41tL'::::x:j3t " ^ilkV' ' *iv&W BxjSg./ j^y y 9* 1^ r. with a reformed thief and an aspir" ing actress. It is said to be a similar d version of the movie "48 Hours." e The show will run at 9 p.m. o Wednesdays. On Sept. 2, NBC premiered "The :s John Laroquette Show," which feai nmnnoffo ac a rprnvpfino I" IU1CS L/OlUVjUbiiv uo U ...... 0 ly alcoholic who works in a bus stato tion. It airs at 9 p.m. Thursdays, a "Daddy Dearest" aired on FOX Is Sept. S and stars Richard Lewis, w The comedy is about three men: a dad, a son and a grandson, who live ts under the same roof. It airs at 9:30 rs pjn. Sundays. ty NBC premiered "The Second ig Half' Sept. 7. It airs at 9:30 p.m. a TuocHouc A rtivnrrprt dad. nlaved ru iuvov??;tf. * ? w. . v-? 7 | ? ? 's by John Mendoza, is a sports 9 columnist who sees his daughters neup n the weekends. "Thea" premiered on ABC Sept. . It airs at 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, hea Vidale stars as a single mothr rearing four children. "The X-Files" premiered on OX Sept. 10. David Duchom and jilian Anderson star as FBI agents /ho deal with cases involving paraormal phenomena. This airs at 9 >.m. Fridays. ABC premiered "Lois and Clark: Tie New Adventures of Superman" lept. 12. It airs at 8 p.m. Sundays ind stars Dean Cain as Superman ind Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane. Jnlike the movies, Clark Kent ongs to be like the boy next door. "Sea Quest DSV" airs at 8 p.m. Sundays. NBC's futuristic underwater fantasy adventure stars Ray Scheider as the captain of the Sea ^uest submarine, which has more echnology than the U.S.S. Enterprise ever did. "Townsend Television" is a variety show with Robert Townsend. It premiered Sept. 12 and is broadcast Dn FOX at 7 p.m. Sundays. It is a showcase of comedy, music and short films. ARC's "Phenom" nremiered Sept. 14. It airs at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. It stars Judith Light as the single mother of a possible tennis pro, played by Angela Goethals. "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" premiered on NBC Sept. 14. It airs at 8 p.m. Tuesdays. The gang has graduated from high school and has begun college life. FOX's "Bakersfield, PD" premiered Sept. 14. The comedy stars Giancarlo Esposito as an Italian/African-American cop who moves to California. On Sept. 15, "Moon Over Miami" premiered on ABC. It airs at 10 p.m. Wednesdays. This is a romantic comedy about two people who operate a detective agency that handles odd cases. It stars Bill Campbell and Ally Walker. September 16 brought the premiere of "The Sinbad Show" to FOX. It airs at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. Sinbad brings two foster children into his bachelor lifestyle. "hrasier" premiered on inbl. Sept. 16. Kelsey Grammer ("Cheers") owns a radio talk show. His bachelor life is over when his father moves in with him. This can be seen on at 9:30 p.m. Thursdays. ABC has added "The Paula Poundstone Show" to its fall lineup. Poundstone stars in a varietycomedy show about living in the '90s. It airs at 9 p.m. Saturdays. Also on ABC is "George," which is about George Foreman. Foreman plays a retired boxer who starts a recreation center for wayward youth. The show airs at 8 p.m. Saturdays.