Word: shows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much cable programming, to be sure, is still a morass of second-rate reruns, cheesy home-shopping shows and other filler fare. But original programming -- often more adventurous than that of the three networks -- is occupying a growing portion of the cable schedule. Pay services like HBO and Showtime have for years produced made-for-cable movies, comedy concerts and other original fare. Now basic cable services are getting into the act as well. The USA Network, once filled largely with creaky reruns, has increased the number of fresh shows dramatically. Lifetime, with a diet of talk and service shows...
...networks too are beginning to go after cable shows. When Cinemax's Max Headroom became a cult hit last season, ABC spirited the computer-created character away and repackaged him in a prime-time (if short-lived) series. The Fox network has picked up Showtime's critically acclaimed comedy series It's Garry Shandling's Show and has fashioned an adult version of Nickelodeon's children's game show Double Dare. NBC is carrying the cross-pollination one step further, with plans to produce a comedy series, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, for the Disney Channel. The show may also...
...wanted to usher in a brave new world in which the aim of diplomacy would be to eliminate nuclear weapons altogether. In that respect he has failed. The past few years have seen a restoration of the traditional goals of arms control. The legacy that Reagan leaves will show remarkable continuity with the one that he inherited. That may be a disappointment to him, but it should be a relief to the rest of the world, since precisely what was most revolutionary about Reagan's approach to nuclear policy was also most dubious...
...know if you know what 'wiggle room' means." He pointed to his shoe. "It means room for the toe to move around in. At this moment I have no wiggle room. None. That's because you're handling these negotiations badly. You are desperately eager to have us show you wiggle room ((on SDI)), but I can't do it. I don't even want to ask for it back in Washington. However, if you can come up with significant reductions -- not promises, but realities -- I might get some wiggle room. But I won't even try to get that...
Call it circus theater. As the show begins, a dozen drably dressed country people, simple villagers caricatured with half-masks, wander into the tent's single ring. They look timidly at the ropes and rigging, the aerialists' gear. . What if . . . Whoosh! Colored smoke floods into the ring; lights swirl. A mysterious sprite materializes from vapor: the beautiful and alarming Queen of the Night (Angela Laurier) is here, not just to call the circus into being but to transform the peasants themselves into clowns and acrobats. Instantly a fat old uncle (Michel Barette) is undressed, then recostumed as -- Help! -- the show...