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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scheduled to debut next April Fools' Day. MTV's entry, ironically, will steer away from the MTV approach of its rival. Instead of short clips, it will have a more traditional mix of sitcoms, specials and other long-form programming. About half will be reruns (old series like The Dick Van Dyke Show); the other half, new fare from such creators as MTM Enterprises, which has signed on to develop series, and Ron Howard's Imagine Films Entertainment, which is producing a show with the Second City Comedy Troupe...
...anybody ready for 24 hours of chuckles, grins and guffaws? Boosters point out that the public's appetite for comedy seems almost insatiable. Seven of the ten top-grossing movies of 1988 were comedies, as are eight of the ten current top-rated TV series. Cable channels like HBO and Showtime have made comedy specials a staple of their schedules, while vintage sitcoms are being perpetually recycled across the dial...
That, of course, could be the problem: too much comedy clutter. HA!, at least in its early stages, looks like yet another warehouse for comedy shows, old and new, available in ample supply elsewhere. The Comedy Channel, with its all-clip format, could wind up looking like nonstop previews of coming attractions. (Like MTV, the Comedy Channel is acquiring most of its clips free, since producers assume they will help the movies and videos from which they are excerpted.) Not to mention the indignity of seeing classic films and TV shows strip-mined for their "funny" parts. Oh, well; comedy...
...crowded U.S. market is increasingly unforgiving to any automaker, foreign or domestic, that loses its way. After a fast start, sales of the South Korean-made Hyundai Excel have plunged. While Nissan has performed well in 1989 on the strength of higher-priced models like the Maxima, it suffered from poor sales between 1985 and 1988 because of weak marketing and a stodgy product line. Says Laurel Cutler, Chrysler's vice president of consumer affairs: "There's no market for products that everybody likes just a little. Anything that's boring is vulnerable. I would say that the midsize market...
...committed personal relationship involving shared responsibilities." Thomas F. Coleman, a law professor who directs California's Family Diversity Project, proposes that live-in couples "who have assumed mutual obligation of commitment and support for each other" be allowed to apply for a "certificate of domestic partnership" that would function like a marriage certificate...