Television with a past, present and future...
Television with a past, present and future touch comes to the small screen this week.
The past is represented by new half-hour episodes of the old adventure series, “Lassie.” The syndicated show about a family and its beloved collie airs Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. on Channel 9. Youngsters Wendy Cox and Will Nipper flank Lassie on the cover.
Come Saturday, the late-night time slot for “It’z Fritz,” a new KNBC-TV comedy/variety series hosted by weatherman and stand-up comic Fritz Coleman, will be from 1 to 2 a.m. on Channel 4. Guests on the opener are “Saturday Night Live” regular Kevin Nealon, rock group Transvision Vamp and comedienne Diane Nichols.
The future--1995 Los Angeles, to be precise--provides the setting for “Alien Nation,” the new Fox Broadcasting series airing Mondays at 9 p.m. on Channels 11 and 6.
Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland and Sean Six (from left) play the wife and children of “newcomer” police detective George Francisco (Eric Pierpoint), who are trying to assimilate into mainstream society.
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