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...Tanner family of NBC's new sitcom ALF has an unusual pet -- an E.T.-like visitor from outer space -- but in most other respects the Tanners are the very picture of TV normality. When Dad comes home from work and gets fawned over by his teenage daughter, he instantly guesses, as TV fathers have done for decades, that she wants to borrow the car. And as they have also done for decades, he puts his foot down: no driving on a school night. "If we don't respect the rules we make, we're never going to respect each other...
...those in attendance described the meal as a "brainstorming session." The main topic: CBS's continued independence. Said the board source: "We just didn't want the company to go the way of ABC and NBC. We didn't want CBS to be part of a big conglomerate...
...most recent choice, according to insiders, began in 1983, when Wyman replaced Paley as chairman. Though Paley publicly treated the transition as a natural passing of the baton, in private he resented the move. The CBS founder had always taken an active role in network programming -- hiring away top NBC stars like Jack Benny and Edgar Bergen in the 1940s, advocating such high-quality shows as All in the Family and M*A*S*H in the 1970s. Now he was being forced to the sidelines...
...typical Disney glitz. Skyrockets and a thousand Mylar balloons crowded the air. A dozen chorus boys and girls in spandex and spangles boogied decorously. Mickey and Minnie Mouse arrived in matching silver-and-rainbow Captain EO garb. The film's opening will also be celebrated in a one-hour NBC special this Saturday. All the hoopla underscored the magnitude of the gamble by Disney and Eastman Kodak, which split the movie's costs. At $20 million or so for the film and its laser effects, Captain EO is, minute for minute, the most expensive movie in history...
...success of Hill Street Blues. His much touted 1983 series about a minor- league baseball team, Bay City Blues, was canceled after a few low-rated weeks. In March 1985 he was fired from Hill Street, reportedly after disputes with his bosses at MTM Enterprises about cost overruns. Nevertheless, NBC is giving his new series, L.A. Law, a double-barreled send-off. The two-hour pilot episode premiering this week will have an unusual encore presentation in the Saturday Night Live time period two weeks later...