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THE BEST OF 1983
January 2, l984
Cheers (NBC). Now in its second season, this barroom sitcom has found
its saucy stride and, in Stars Ted Danson and Shelly Long, has created
a mismatched pair that could give Tracy and Hepburn a run for their
moxie.
Faerie Tale Theatre (Showtime). These slightly fractured but never
completely Grimm tales, produced by Actress Shelley Duvall, give a hip,
witty twist and dreamy visual style to storybook classics.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Mobile Showcase Network).
Even squeezed to fit the small screen, the Royal Shakespeare Company's
epic entertainment still ranked as a unique theatrical treat. The nine-
hour drama preserved 150 great performances in a format Dickens would
have loved: the mini-series.
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (NBC). A stirring video jukebox
of the most memorable sounds of a quarter centrum of soul, from the
still irresistible Temptations through the stylized showmanship of
Michael Jackson.
Nickelodeon (Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co.). A channel
devoted to children without being childish. Among its most notable
enticements: the Pinwheel puppets for preschoolers, and Livewire, an
Exuberant variety talk show for early teens.
NBC News Overnight. "Being best is not enough," rued NBC News Chief
Reuven Frank in canceling this late-night paragon after 17 months.
Insomniacs will miss Overnight's tough reporting, its sprightly sense
of the absurd and especially its Queen of Tart, Co-Anchor Linda
Ellerbee. The first nightly news show good enough to warrant reruns.
Special Bulletin (NBC). Gripping in a way that The Day After was not,
this docudrama presented a fictional nuclear crisis as a news event
actually in progress. The result was a dark parody of the pontifical
way in which the networks package disaster.
Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt (CBS). Light but never lightweight,
this 90-minute eye opener demonstrates that long-form magazine shows can
work, and that Kuralt is as nimble off the road as on.
Swan Lake, Minnesota (ARTS). Swan maidens in tutus riding bales of hay
up a conveyor belt? This poetic, disarmingly simple adaptation of the
classic ballet inventively mixed a country-and-western twang with
Tchaikovskian lyricism.
Viet Nam: A television History (PBS). With its painstaking marshaling
of detail, this 13-hour documentary was television as the first draft
of history. It was, by turns, poignant and chilling and never blinked.