Television
Battle of the Superbrains: The cast of ABC’s “Head of the Class” will test their brain power against their Communist counterparts when they fly to Moscow on Sept. 8 to tape two episodes of the series for the coming season, an ABC spokesman said Friday.
Aug. 15, 1988
Flying High: A new hourlong show called “Kick It With the Fly Girls” is coming soon, Fox Television said.
Jan. 18, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
Writers from three “I’ll Fly Away” episodes are in the running for cash awards in the 18th annual Humanitas Prizes, which reward the writers of TV programs judged to “most fully enrich the viewing audience.”
June 26, 1992
The news was buried deep in an NBC list of midseason program changes released Monday.
Jan. 6, 1993
Is 10 p.m. too late for laughs on TV?
Sept. 12, 1992
As if last summer’s 154-day Writers Guild of America strike didn’t cause enough trouble for television producers this fall: TV series making their season premieres last week also had to dodge fly balls and footballs as NBC’s World Series telecasts and ABC’s National League Playoffs competed for viewers with new series programming.
Oct. 19, 1988
Business
Airline satisfaction: below post office, above subscription TV
June 24, 2013
In the opening scene of “Teech,” a comedy series that debuted on CBS on Wednesday, a music teacher reports for an expected job at a preppy, all-white boys’ school.
Sept. 22, 1991
Opinion
To the editor: Here’s why David Lazarus’ Netflix analogy doesn’t work when it comes to describing the indignity of flying with major airlines’ bare-bones “basic economy” fares: Free TV is basic, but it is still a pretty good product.
Oct. 4, 2018
Technology and the Internet
Justin Bieber jokes will flood the Internet Monday night when Comedy Central premieres a “roast” of the pop singer.
March 26, 2015