I would have thought that "Perfect Strangers" the funniest new show on television this season, would have died under that title, but audiences apparently found it; the ABC comedy (Tuesday nights) is a major hit Television doesn't seem much concerned with titles. Theater buffs have more leisure time than do classical music aficionados: 19. 3 hours to 16. 9. Citing a recent report completed by a Harvard University medical task force, Kragen and USA for Africa Executive Director Marty Rogol put the number of hungry and poverty-stricken Americans at 20 million. opted for a new English translation by Yveta Synek Graff, edited by Robert T Jones It isn't always idiomatic It doesn't always sound natural. Brought back in reruns Saturdays at 10 p. m, "Mike Hammer" generally ran second to its ABC competition, "Finder of Lost Loves" But its last rerun episode, which aired last Saturday, squeaked into the winner's circle with a three-tenths rating point lead over NBC's "Hunter" which in turn had the same lead over "Finder" "It's always a good sign when a show wins its time slot" Barr said. . His manner, hardly self-important, hardly that of the demigod he represents to dancers of American Ballet Theatre, seems less severe than reputation ever allowed. "They ended the Vietnam War, they abolished slavery and they started the civil rights and women's movements.

Salome Jens, currently appearing in Franz Xaver Kroetz's "Request Concert" at the Cast Theatre, has been asked by playwright Sam Shepard to replace Geraldine Page in his Off-Broadway play, "A Lie of the Mind" for at least eight weeks. She was a 21-year-old Times city general-assignment reporter when she met Esper, then a motorcycle stunt man at the Motordrome in Venice. Christopher Keene conducted the San Diego Symphony Thursday evening with an unrelenting, impetuous drive that begged for a healthy dose of well-seasoned aplomb. After a most unceremonious firing 3 1/2 years ago by Channel 2, after all the speculation and innuendoes (from unnamed sources) that she didn't quite fit the Southern California glamour-girl image, after two former agents said she would never make it to a network because, well, she's "too ethnic" Brandwynne has come back-she says so herself"stronger" She has a new agent, Ed Hookstratten, whose roster includes Tom Brokaw and Bryant Gumbel; there is, on Hookstratten's orders, a new hairdo that heart-shapes her face as well as a host of new blouses and jackets in hot pinks and other neon brights, instead of the drab earth tones she used to favor Now, she insists, even the lighting's better "I no longer look like an Iranian hostage.

With a free translation and some well-intentioned structural meddling by Max Brod, it has become something of a staple in German opera houses. Today, he will unveil a collection of large-scale sculptures he's lent Los Angeles, installed throughout the Century City Plaza in the vicinity of the ABC Entertainment Center and the twin Century Plaza Towers. Low man on the totem pole is a sweet-faced tribesman named Julius (Niche Saboda, whom everyone treats as a 3-year-old, useful for fetching things. The fact that the low-budget independent film director-turned-producer has a spouse who is also a producer may come as a surprise to Roger Corman buffs.

" It's now evident from President Ronald Reagan's TV appearances that he has expanded and redefined the presidency. This kitchen has an air of extraordinary calm, especially when contrasted with the frantic bustle of the dining room. The plot was really 'It Happened One Night' with the given that men would get married to men in the '30s, that it was socially acceptable and respectable. But to have all this happen at 77, well, it's more appreciated than it would have been when I was younger. Residence Katherine Dunham, Rue Martissant 23 (opposite Habitation Leclerc Telephone 2-5572 No credit cards Dinner for two (food only, about $70. . The film, distributed by International Film Exchange, is scheduled for theatrical release in Los Angeles in the spring. These days this could happen as easily to two women as to two men.

And when they must decamp unexpectedly, their coverup isn't quite perfect: The plumbing has unexpected glitches. New York in effect now has four daily papers: the Times, the News, the Post, and Long Island's Newsday, which has a growing Manhattan readership. Smith's last show here featured buoyant, circular forms based on balls used in sports. Oddly enough, more white people than black people accuse me of being a racist. There should be, for it raises questions that American resident theaters need to think about. Rob preaches that his friends shouldn't judge all Jackals on the basis of the nasty ones they've encountered.

The reasons for this and some other things do not become clear, even as events unfold, which keeps "Cat's-Paw" from growing as compelling as one might wish. Directed by Vittorio de Sica, it's considered the gem of the Italian neo-realist film movement. The TV money is a big incentive for bowl organizers and universities, so big an incentive that there are now more bowls than quality teams to fill them. Calvin Coolidge's line, "The business of America is business" is not something the theater, generally speaking, has given great scrutiny, even though business fills in the exterior lives of modern men and women where politics leave off.

(Russell now runs a body shop; Williams works in his father-in-law's bank)Shelton has slyly-written fun attacking the tyranny of Monday-night football, with rebellious wives, fraternal organizations and the snarling fervor of alumni boosters. The CIA says that no such operation ever existed and denies any association at all with Barnes. A meal at one of the great Kaiseki restaurants of Japan can easily cost $400 per person; this is not only because you eat extravagant food-but also because you eat off antique plates. "And we're watched very closely by the Ministry of Information" Western reporters are not allowed to go anywhere independently, NBC's Delaney said by phone from Tripoli on a connection so faint I could barely hear him Delaney heads a five-person NBC contingent. Its handsome hero (Xhou Lijiang) has lost his teaching position to another young man whose father has political clout, and he bitterly returns to helping his elderly father till the hard soil.

But by and large, teenzine attitudes are more "grown-up" At the 16 offices in New York, editors have overhauled their "fact sheets" which are filled out by stars. His edges glowed, squares marched back and forth and art seemed serious, dignified and philosophical. Rendered in bright, primary colors on unstretched canvas, Boisrond's compositions frequently center on a slightly primitive-looking head targeted dead center on the canvas, which tends to be broken down into compartments. Shots of the front of the Paramount lot and the Hollywood sign look like the opening from "Entertainment Tonight" the very kind of puffery "Hollywood Dreams" often beautifully escapes. As for the taste of the food-sooner or later you're going to have to grab your fork and muck up that gorgeous arrangement-it follows the pattern The food is pretty good. "We've had other models go on to successful careers in pornographic films, but Dale is probably the most prominent ex-model who has pursued a career in legitimate entertainment" BOTTOMS UP: Had enough Top 10 lists? It's time for Pop Eye's fifth annual Bottom 10, a collection of the year's worst albums. With David Lee Roth already having announced plans to star in an upcoming film project and record a solo album with producer Ted Templeman, Van Halen is hooking up with a new front man.

"At first, I wasn't sure about moving to the country" he said. They have to be answered by American policy-makers, he suggested, adding that he is "discouraged, to some extent" about prospects for action. Dolan then approached officials at Irvine Meadows on what he thought was a slim chance that amphitheater operators would risk booking a show with local bands. "I think the (board's) decision is a positive and encouraging one-it tells us they recognize the full licensing responsibilities as well" But to maintain its current public television level, including Public Broadcasting Service specials, KOCE must raise far more money from private sources, Furniss said.

He forgot names and had trouble speaking, writing and swimming A year later he tried to conduct a concert in Paris "This was to be his last performance" Dalessio said. "The concept of the old channel" explained Que Spaulding, president of Playboy Programming Distribution, "was purely sex on demand That didn't reflect the '80s attitude of not pandering. "But people don't know how much they stole from these musicians. The exhibition, organized by Charles Moffett, curator of European paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, opened in January at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Wednesday: "Perfect Strangers" "Head of the Class" (new, "Dynasty" "Hotel" Thursday: "Our World" (new, "The Colbys" "20-20" Friday: "Webster" "Mr.

"Directing is so much more pleasant for me that I think I'm gonna just lay off writing, at least for a while" Thinking his statement over, he went further, "Maybe I'll give it up" Kasdan, like so many others, finds writing more pain than pleasure. Certainly we are sorry she is going to be departing the administration she served so well" However, there were indications that health may not have been the only factor in Ryan's departure. You don't want to watch it, turn it off" Bochco acknowledged that there is a wall in regard to nudity and language, but he also says that "part of my job as I see it is to expand those boundaries" Not all of his fellow producers want to take a sledgehammer to censorship's wall. "In Italian piazzas dating back to the early Renaissance, all of the commercial, civic and cultural activity was focused around a central square. And, for the first time in 10 years, this summer he will not be playing the viola at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico, but will devote his non-Hollywood Bowl weeks in August to the newly established San Diego Chamber Music Festival, of which he is artistic director. He has built a cosmic landscape-made of sand, rocks, glitter plus various found objects and handmade elements-in the center of the back parking lot.

We are more interested in doing concerts" They typically perform a free 30-minute show during school hours then return for a two-hour concert in the evening, for which they charge a few dollars admission to cover expenses. We find the solid, energetic abstractions we have come to expect from Margit Omar and Karen Carson, along with less familiar pieces such as Luis E Serrano's darkly mysterious interior. He is on trial for 98 counts of fraud, tax evasion and perjury. Early November journalism, morning style? On the Friday preceding the first episode of ABC's "North and South" ABC's "Good Morning America" ran live interviews with two stars of the miniseries, Patrick Swayze and Lesley-Anne Down. There was more, though. He follows his stepmother around the supermarket, throwing Charmin and frozen turkeys into her cart and threatening to blow up her lover. Under Adler, the museum's permanent collection went from $500,000 in value to an estimated $6 million. Tebaldi compromised her career during its final years by assuming such inappropriately demanding roles as La Gioconda and Minnie in "La Fanciulla del West" Price also ventured, briefly, into dangerous Puccinian waters.

Their historic electronic meeting, skillfully shaped and presided over by Ted Koppel from the Johannesburg studios of the South African Broadcasting Corp, was the first of five programs that "Nightline" is beaming from South Africa this week As Koppel noted, there is political debate in South Africa. And maybe the range (of Erica) has helped people see my possibilities" Lucci said the role of Giancana, whom she said she has not met, was far afield from Erica Kane. Of the situation comedies that do make it here, the series considered commercially safer are aired over ITV and BBC1. Portraying Giselle for the first time here was Alessandra Ferri, the febrile, 22-year-old from Milan via London Baryshnikov complemented her as a noble, tormented Albrecht. He later became ballet master and from 1962 to 1970 was an assistant director to Frederick Ashton. Philippine President Ferdinand E Marcos and his chief rival, Corazon C. The first thing we see in the gallery is a group of undecorated gourds that look terribly familiar to the art lover Holy cow, it's Biomorphic Surrealism.

Finally, a word of appreciation for some outstanding operatic reissues on CD-to Angel for the classic La Scala production of Puccini's "Tosca" with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi, conducted by Victor de Sabata, and to London for completing the transfer to CD of that landmark of an earlier technology, the Solti-led Wagner "Ring". Unlike whatever afflicts the patients in "The Shadow Box" AIDS is contagious-at least among lovers-and no one can forget it. "Maude" once did a side-splitting episode about death that outdid even Chuckles, and Archie Bunker was regularly into heavy issues ranging from racism to rape, some more skillfully rendered than others. The new Arpino and Dean works will receive their first performances here on May 3.

That's according to the Arbitron survey of radio listeners, which notes that KFMB upped its share of total listeners 12 years old and older by 65% from the fall of 1983. "We're still kind of in shock" "When I first heard this morning, I let out a nice, loud 'hoot' But, really, I think we're all kind of surprised" Pearce agreed. After attending the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague, he was invited to study composition with Arthur Honegger in Paris and conducting with Andre Cluytens That was 1946. From the moment Victor (John Procaccino) stalks into the room, the equation is clear: predator and prey. "He counted on America to be passive" Reagan said near the end of his short address to the nation. In a news release Christo said: "No other bridge in Paris offers such topographical and visual variety.