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...blame them. When I join them at the tube, I see an America where all problems are solved in 30 minutes, often with time for commercials. My 16-year-old cousin looked at me incredulously (and asked in perfect English) what was wrong with me that I would leave California for Israel of all places--or leave California for anywhere, for that matter. For them--and probably for many more people in America and elsewhere--the Beverly Hills of the television show is reality: everyone can wear nice clothes, there is little crime, no politics and no taxes, serious problems...
...cops had tight pants, snappy boots and great teeth. Well, they did on CHiPs. And they will again in November when ERIK ESTRADA and Larry Wilcox star in a CHiPs TV movie. B.Y.O. tube...
...almost totally pre-empted. Chris (not his real name), 13, says his parents talked to him about sex when he was 12 but he had been indoctrinated earlier by a 17-year-old cousin. In any case, he gets his full share of information from the tube. "You name the show, and I've heard about it. Jerry Springer, MTV, Dawson's Creek, HBO After Midnight..." Stephanie (not her real name), 16, of North Lauderdale, Fla., who first had sex when she was 14, claims to have slept with five boyfriends and is considered a sex expert by her friends...
...will reflect TIME's values, it won't be a carbon copy of the magazine. Pamela Hill, the CNN senior vice president in charge of creating it, explains that "both organizations will be developing and completing their own story ideas." And the results won't appear only on your tube: this week's TIME includes an exclusive account of America's secret use of poison gas during the Vietnam War. The reporters? CNN senior producer Jack Smith, producer April Oliver and correspondent Peter Arnett...
...parent nearby. But they manage to. Sometimes because of a technicality: the show airs at 10 p.m. in the Central time zone instead of 11 p.m., as it does on the East and West coasts. But mainly because the subject is sex. And if sex is on the tube, adolescents are sure to find a way of getting to it--and talking about...