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SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 15,
1998
8 & 11:35 p.m. CBS
OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Pairs ice dancing and two-man
bobsledding highlight the evening’s
coverage of the Winter Games in
Nagano, Japan. In addition, prime
time anchor Jim Nantz introduces the
men’s speed skating competition.
8:30 p.m. FOX
KING OF THE HILL
The Hills run into trouble on a trip
to Mexico with Kahn and family
when their reservations at a condo
don’t come off as planned in “Three
Days of the Kahndo.” Worst of all,
Hank, Dale and Kahn have their iden
tification papers confiscated, and the
entire group faces the question of
Man of the people
Danza a winner in
pigskin comedy
By Suzanne Gill
©TVData Features Syndicate
“It’s only a game,” poor Barney
Gorman keeps repeating to himself as a
stadium full of Philadelphia Eagles fans
waits for him to kick the winning field
goal.
Barney may not always split the
uprights, but ultimately he’s the hero
and title character of The Garbage-
Picking, Field Goal-Kicking,
Philadelphia Phenomenon. The
Wbnderfiil World of Disney’s warm
hearted draft pick airs Sunday, Feb. 15,
on ABC.
Life’s deck certainly is stacked
against this average Joe: As a city sani
tation worker, he earns less than his wife
and embarrasses his son during career
day at school. Even after he gets his
golden chance to be the Eagles’ second
string place kicker, his teammates give
him a hard time, his foot goes cold and
his lonely wife gets fed up and sends
him packing.
It’s easy to root for Barney. The char
acter is played by Tony Danza, an actor
whose clumsy charm earned him a
place in America’s heart and a recent
People’s Choice Award for favorite
male performer in a new series, even
though that series was almost simulta
neously canceled.
If the timing of a football-themed TV
movie seems a little bff As'u'feff, "W
how to get home.
MOTOWN 40: THE MUSIC IS FOREMR
Diana Ross hosts this two-part ret
rospective celebrating the first four
decades of music on the Motown
Records label. Film clips and inter
views feature performers including
Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5,
Aretha Franklin, the Four Tops,
Stevie Wonder, the Supremes and
Smokey Robinson. Part 2 airs
Thursday.
9 p.m. FOX
X-FILES
Neuromancer author and sci-fi pio
neer William Gibson co-wrote “Kill
Switch” with Tom Maddox. Mulder and
Scully (David Duchovny, Gillian
Anderson) investigate the bizarre circum
stances surrounding the death of a com
puter expert In the course of the investi
gation, they are pursued by a demented
killer with a surprising identity.
9 pan. NBC
MOVIE: SOMETHING TO
TALK ABOUT _______
Julia Roberts stars in this light-
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Tony Danza stars as a sanitation worker who gets the opportunity of a life
time when he is offered a chance to play football in The Garbage-Picking,
Field Goal-Kicking, Philadelphia Phenomenon Sunday on ABC.
assured that Phenomenon saves two of
its three cheers for the everyday
Everyman, not the Sunday afternoon
lineman. Ever decent, Barney scores
more points for the way he does his
weekday job - making house calls to
pick up a little old lady’s trash and
_- “recycling” usable items to a homeless
man - than his performance in the NFL.
This may be the closest Danza ever
comes to playing that other Philadelphia r
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hearted 1995 drama as a betrayed
wife who retreats to her family’s
' horse farm. And it seems everyone,
has something to say about her situa
tion from her supportive sister to
her disapproving mother, who wants
to see her reconcile with her charmer
of an estranged husband. Dennis
Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Kyra
Sedgwick and Robert Duvall co-star.
SPORTS BEST BETS
11:30 AM reraret NASCAR 2Day (Live)
12:00 PM CBS) Daytona 500 (Live)
liUiJ College Basketball Southwest
Missouri State at Illinois State (Live)
12:30 PM Women’s College Basketball
Wake Forest at Clemson (Uve)
2:00 PM College Basketball Fresno
State at Tulsa (Live)
3:00 PM a® PGA Golf Hawaiian Open
Final Round (Live)
fOQD NBA Basketball Houston Rockets at
Los Angeles Lakers (Live)
U£U Women’s College Basketball
Missouri at Kansas State (Live)
4:00 PM S32U PBA Bowling Peoria Open
(Live)
5:00 PM ian mu ea Women's College
Basketball North Carolina at Virginia (Live)
Tennis ATP Sybase Open Final (Live)
5:30 PM OQD NBA Basketball Detroit
Pistons at Chicago Bulls (Live)
7:00 PM GSJKJ College Basketball North
Carolina-Charlotte at Louisville (Live)
ABL Basketball Portland Power at
San Jose Lasers (Live)
10:00 PM fjdJika Boxing Bridged Riley vs.
Yvonne Trevino (Live)
10:40 PM ESJJ Instant Replay (Live)
11:35 PM HQ) Sports Final (Live)
G 3 ® Olympic Winter Games (Live)
the film alone. Jessica Tuck co-stars as
Barney’s wife, Ray Wise portrays the
Eagles’ unsentimental owner, and Jaime
Cardriche plays Bubba, Barney’s gravi
tationally challenged teammate.
ESPN’s Chris Berman appears as him
self and even gives Barney a
Bermanesque nickname.
There is a whole lot to like in
Phenomenon, so if it stretches credibili
r ty a bit thin for realist?, there’s
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CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz hosts prime-time coverage of the Olympic Winter
Games in Nagano, Japan. Sunday’s highlights include women’s cross-coun
try skiing and men’s freestyle skiing.
IN FOCUS
Motown 40 I
ABC hits a high note with
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever,
a four-hour special commemorating UK .
the 40th anniversary of Motown
Records and hosted by Diana Ross. &5M&* * <
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Thursday, Feb. 19, explores the his- I J jp
lory of the entertainment company
and its influence around the world.
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celebrities as Aretha Franklin.
Smokey Robinson. Lionel Richie
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