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WASHINGTON--House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massachusetts plays himself in his television acting debut, a five-minute cameo appearance taped for the NBC comedy series "Cheers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cheer'ful Debut for House Speaker O'Neill | 1/19/1983 | See Source »

...NBC publicist Margo Zinberg said O'Neill's only mistake was that he wrongly tried to open the pub's door. She said O'Neill told them that since the tragic Coconut Grove fire in Massachusetts, a safety regulation in Boston requires that all doors in Boston pull open...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cheer'ful Debut for House Speaker O'Neill | 1/19/1983 | See Source »

...Longest Wait: For NBC, perennially last in the ratings, to turn itself around under its new board chairman, Grant Tinker, who has sought to succeed with something rarely seen on commercial TV, high-quality programming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: What's at the Paris Bijou? | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

Late Night with David Letterman (NBC). Laid-back and amiably hip, Letterman presides over a menagerie of stupid pet tricks, oddball celebrities and the man with the worm farm. A lullaby for the eccentric insomniac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The BEST OF 1982: Books | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...NBC News Overnight. TV's wittiest, toughest, least snazzy news strip. The late hour (1:30 a.m. E.S.T.) allows for lengthy and caustic reports, sutured by two droll, articulate anchors: Lloyd Dobyns (now succeeded by Bill Schechner) and Linda Ellerbee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The BEST OF 1982: Books | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

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