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ENCYCLOPEDIA (HBO, debuting Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m. EDT). Children's Television Workshop, creator of Sesame Street, takes youngsters through the encyclopedia | in songs and sketches. First episode: from alligators to Attila...
TANNER '88: THE REALITY CHECK (HBO, debuting Aug. 22, 10 p.m. EDT). Dukakis has won the nomination, but Tanner, TV's alternative candidate, is pondering a third-party run in the final cable installment of Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau's ingenious political satire...
VIETNAM WAR STORY (HBO, debuting July 20, 10 p.m. EDT). TV's fascination with a once neglected war continues, as this series resumes with three dramas inspired by veterans' experiences...
Much cable programming, to be sure, is still a morass of second-rate reruns, cheesy home-shopping shows and other filler fare. But original programming -- often more adventurous than that of the three networks -- is occupying a growing portion of the cable schedule. Pay services like HBO and Showtime have for years produced made-for-cable movies, comedy concerts and other original fare. Now basic cable services are getting into the act as well. The USA Network, once filled largely with creaky reruns, has increased the number of fresh shows dramatically. Lifetime, with a diet of talk and service shows...
...System, as well as an investor in Black Entertainment Television, the Discovery Channel and several other cable networks. Time Inc., the parent of the second largest cable operator, American Television & Communications Corp., also has a piece of Turner's company and owns two of the largest pay-cable networks, HBO and Cinemax. Critics charge that cable operators give preferential treatment to networks in which they have a financial stake, at the expense of other, equally deserving channels...