Word: showing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Recent public opinion polls show Dukakis closing fast on Bush in several key states including California, a must-win state where Dukakis aides said an 11-point Bush lead a week ago has shrunk to a virtual...
...police blotter is filled to capacity these days, and not just on Murder, She Wrote and Miami Vice. A fresh burst of nonfiction programming -- news shows, pseudo news shows and other "reality" fare -- has rediscovered those old reliables of tabloid journalism, sex and violent crime. America's Most Wanted, the highest-rated show on the Fox network, and Unsolved Mysteries, which joined NBC's schedule this month, solicit viewer help each week in tracking down fugitives. The syndicated magazine show A Current Affair, drawing good ratings on 125 stations, goes for the gut each night with stories on crime...
...20/20 in 1985, Rivera started an improbable comeback by opening Al Capone's long-sealed vault on live TV. The cupboard was bare, but ratings were huge, and Rivera followed up with melodramatic specials on such topics as drugs and death row, as well as with a daytime talk show. This week he returns to network TV with a two-hour special on NBC, Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground. The sometimes graphic show dwells on criminals purportedly influenced by satanic beliefs, among them a 14-year-old boy who slashed his mother's throat and then committed suicide...
...nation" (Scandals). The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper, a syndicated special airing this week, presents new clues on the Victorian bad guy, while Who Murdered J.F.K.? claims to offer new evidence of an assassination conspiracy. In the meantime, Morton Downey Jr. shouts down guests nightly on his talk show; a parade of lesbian mothers, sex surrogates and rape victims tell their teary stories to Oprah and Phil; and several new series are in the works, including a Current Affair clone called Inside Edition and a new offering from Rivera dubbed The Investigators...
...strands of human complexity can be found on this seamy beat. The new syndicated show On Trial, featuring footage from actual court cases, has drawn criticism for turning courtroom proceedings into entertainment. Yet the trial excerpts are gripping and ambiguous as only real life can be. And a syndicated special airing on local stations this month, Crimes of Violence, probes disturbingly into the psychology of several confessed criminals. The shock is how calmly detached from their acts many of these "brutal" offenders are. One soft-spoken rapist, pressed to show remorse for his crimes, responds at last...