Word: dials
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...steamy couple, played by Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan, develop their near fatal attraction in Deceptions, a made-for-cable movie that aired on Showtime last month. It was perhaps the definitive example of the hottest new ticket on the cable dial: the film-noir thriller. Gotham, a moody mystery about a Manhattan detective (Tommy Lee Jones) investigating an enigmatic woman (Virginia Madsen) who is supposed to be dead, was Showtime's highest-rated made-for-TV movie in 1988. Third Degree Burn, starring Treat Williams as a private eye hired to tail another mysterious blond (Madsen again...
They have trouble making decisions. They would rather hike in the Himalayas than climb a corporate ladder. They have few heroes, no anthems, no style to call their own. They crave entertainment, but their attention span is as short as one zap of a TV dial. They hate yuppies, hippies and druggies. They postpone marriage because they dread divorce. They sneer at Range Rovers, Rolexes and red suspenders. What they hold dear are family life, local activism, national parks, penny loafers and mountain bikes. They possess only a hazy sense of their own identity but a monumental preoccupation with...
...wrist radio may be making its way to retail stores. Last week the Japanese watchmaker Seiko introduced a digital timepiece that can display long-distance messages received over FM radio waves. Like conventional beepers, the $275 Receptor MessageWatch can signal its wearer to call the office, phone home or dial a specific number displayed on the face. Messages are relayed in about one minute through a system of phone networks, FM transmitters and a miniature receiver inside the watchband...
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When singer Willie Nelson goes on the road, he often likes to tune in to a good western movie. Trouble is, he often searches the dial in vain. Nelson decided that if he wanted down-home TV, he should program it himself. Result: the Cowboy Channel. Scheduled to start in November, the 24-hour cable channel will feature rodeos, horse operas, country music and vintage TV series like Gunsmoke. Nelson will serve as the company's chairman and as host to a projected weekly music-and-talk show called Songwriter. He has already signed up cable systems with 4.2 million...