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Word: hit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...below most network fare but still respectable. Fox's two-hour block on Saturday night, however, has languished in the dismal 2% range. Three of the four current Saturday shows will be scrapped next month to make room for two newcomers: Family Double Dare, a nighttime version of the hit children's game show, and The Dirty Dozen, a wartime series based on the movie. Also in the works is a new version of Charlie's Angels, for which Producer Aaron Spelling has launched a nationwide talent hunt to select four jiggly new stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Little Network That Might | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...revamped its Late Show with two new, rotating hosts: Comedians Jeff Joseph and John Mulrooney. The duo will split the weekly duties until one, presumably, emerges as a hit. So far, these hapless winners of the Anyone Can Host contest look painfully unsure of what they are supposed to be doing; the abrasive Mulrooney's strategy is to assault guests and audience members as if they were hecklers at a midnight show at the Improv. The program's sole advantage is a virtual absence of promotional fanfare. "It didn't seem to make sense to herald it until we were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Little Network That Might | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...Here's the pitch, Mattingly swings. Deep to right. Forget that one. Upperdeck job by the Hit Man. Run the pennant up the New York flagpole. The ghost of Bucky Dent has revived itself today at Yankee Stadium...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Opening Daydream | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

...Wade Boggs needs just one more hit to reach that elusive .400 mark. Here's the pitch by Steib. Sharp roller, through the legs of Upshaw. Wade Boggs has done what no other player since Ted Williams...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Opening Daydream | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

...What a beautiful Sunday afternoon for baseball. Fifty thousand strong here at Riverfront Stadiium. And Eric Davis has just hit his third homer...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Opening Daydream | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

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