Arsenio Hall Show

Tough-guy principal Joe Clark is being put on five-day suspension by Paterson, N.J., school officials, and says he may quit being an educator. Clark was told that starting Monday he will be suspended with pay for five days. Paterson School Board president Charles Napier said the suspension stems from a show at Eastside two weeks ago, featuring a dance number with two men in G-strings and a scantily clad woman. The show was organized by Eric Floyd, a New York City producer who was in the cast of the TV show of "Fame.

Dennis Miller. Ron Reagan. Jonathon Brandmeier. Rick Dees. Who's next on the late-night chopping block? Last week's cancellation of "The Dennis Miller Show" appears to disprove last year's conventional wisdom, which figured that the audience for 11:30 p.m. talk shows would be up for grabs with the May retirement of late-night kingpin Johnny Carson. But the established late-night lineup - "Tonight," "The Arsenio Hall Show" and "Nightline" - remains as competitive as ever.

Arsenio Hall switches out the light tomorrow on his Night Thing, a television original buffeted by ingrates in a world that turns on the question, "What have you done for me lately?" (And where lately means "last night. ") No more significant at the time than Gavrilo Princip - the man whose pistol shot started World War I - Hall fired the popgun on Jan. 3, 1989, that resulted in THE LATE-NIGHT TV WARS!!! Now he finds himself a casualty of those battles. Superpowers David Letterman and Jay Leno will be left to slug it out, while Hall's previous employers comb the MTV roster to find a replacement.

Add Pat Sajak's name to the growing list of high-profile CBS exiles. Just eight days after deciding not to renew the contract of Brent Musburger, one of television's highest-paid and most visible personalities, CBS announced yesterday that the last broadcast of Sajak's struggling Pat Sajak Show would be, appropriately, Friday the 13th. Confirming what had been rumored for weeks, CBS said that unspecified "new programming" would take over Sajak's 11:30 p.m.-to-12:30 a.m. weekday slot as of Monday.

In 1992, they turned out in record numbers, spurred on by ad campaigns, rock stars' admonitions, new faces and new ideas showing up in first-time-ever formats. Bill Clinton blew his sax on the Arsenio Hall show. Ross Perot entered, left, and came back to the race again. And 44 percent of all 18-to-29 years old went to the polls - the highest-ever turnout among young people since 18-year-olds got the franchise in 1972. Today, the young adults who registered for '92 stayed on the rolls.

CBS is "fixing" The Pat Sajak Show. Putting Pat in a fancy sweater some nights. Getting him out from behind the desk. Making him talk to all the guests at once. Taking him off the air on Fridays. And Sajak, the company man, is taking it all in stride. "As long as it's not something personally humiliating," he says, "I'll be happy to try anything. " The telephone interview from Los Angeles was set for 4 p.m. He phoned at 3:59:53. "Yeah," he mutters, "I've got this annoying habit of punctuality.

Sometimes nobody ever figures out why a TV show fails. And sometimes it's as obvious as the nose on ALF's face. In the case of "The Pat Sajak Show," CBS's attempt to carve itself a piece of late-night pie, the reason seems simple: they didn't try hard enough. And "they" includes Sajak himself, who apparently thought he could stroll his way to success without expending much imagination or energy. For the last couple of weeks, the show has been experimenting with a new "couchless" format.

MO'NIQUE, the charismatic, bold comedian and actress, can pinpoint exactly when she started to fall out of love with late-night television. It happened in the spring of 1994, when Arsenio Hall, the man who broke the genre's color barrier, walked away from his popular syndicated show. "When Arsenio left late-night, so did I," she recalls. "I just hated to see him go. When you watch television, you want to see people who look like you. " Starting today, Mo'Nique will do her part to make that happen by hosting her own hour-long blend of talk and variety.

Roseanne Arnold will introduce her fashion line for fat women on Sunday at the Big Apple's Planet Hollywood. "There will be fashion and there will be models - and Roseanne will be there - but it's not really a fashion show," said the TV star's spokeswoman. The show will include tailored suits, denimwear (with a rose insignia on the back pocket), evening wear, sportswear and knitwear. Wool suits will retail for $200 to $500; denimwear, from $29.99 to $39.99. Arnold "likes things free-flowing, very rich and looking elegant," said Stanley Warner, who is producing the line.

If you routinely nod off to sleep before the sports are over on the late news, this story is not for you. But if you stay awake each night until 11:30 or beyond, stay tuned. A flurry of activity on the late-night TV scene, sparked in part by Johnny Carson's recently announced plans to retire, means there will be several new faces hosting late-night talk shows in the coming months. After late-night king Carson confirmed last month that he'd step down after his 30th season on NBC's "Tonight Show," a host of, well, hosts announced new shows or changes in existing shows.

MO'NIQUE, the charismatic, bold comedian and actress, can pinpoint exactly when she started to fall out of love with late-night television. It happened in the spring of 1994, when Arsenio Hall, the man who broke the genre's color barrier, walked away from his popular syndicated show. "When Arsenio left late-night, so did I," she recalls. "I just hated to see him go. When you watch television, you want to see people who look like you. " Starting today, Mo'Nique will do her part to make that happen by hosting her own hour-long blend of talk and variety.

In 1992, they turned out in record numbers, spurred on by ad campaigns, rock stars' admonitions, new faces and new ideas showing up in first-time-ever formats. Bill Clinton blew his sax on the Arsenio Hall show. Ross Perot entered, left, and came back to the race again. And 44 percent of all 18-to-29 years old went to the polls - the highest-ever turnout among young people since 18-year-olds got the franchise in 1972. Today, the young adults who registered for '92 stayed on the rolls.

Arsenio Hall switches out the light tomorrow on his Night Thing, a television original buffeted by ingrates in a world that turns on the question, "What have you done for me lately?" (And where lately means "last night. ") No more significant at the time than Gavrilo Princip - the man whose pistol shot started World War I - Hall fired the popgun on Jan. 3, 1989, that resulted in THE LATE-NIGHT TV WARS!!! Now he finds himself a casualty of those battles. Superpowers David Letterman and Jay Leno will be left to slug it out, while Hall's previous employers comb the MTV roster to find a replacement.

Roseanne Arnold will introduce her fashion line for fat women on Sunday at the Big Apple's Planet Hollywood. "There will be fashion and there will be models - and Roseanne will be there - but it's not really a fashion show," said the TV star's spokeswoman. The show will include tailored suits, denimwear (with a rose insignia on the back pocket), evening wear, sportswear and knitwear. Wool suits will retail for $200 to $500; denimwear, from $29.99 to $39.99. Arnold "likes things free-flowing, very rich and looking elegant," said Stanley Warner, who is producing the line.

Dennis Miller. Ron Reagan. Jonathon Brandmeier. Rick Dees. Who's next on the late-night chopping block? Last week's cancellation of "The Dennis Miller Show" appears to disprove last year's conventional wisdom, which figured that the audience for 11:30 p.m. talk shows would be up for grabs with the May retirement of late-night kingpin Johnny Carson. But the established late-night lineup - "Tonight," "The Arsenio Hall Show" and "Nightline" - remains as competitive as ever.

If you routinely nod off to sleep before the sports are over on the late news, this story is not for you. But if you stay awake each night until 11:30 or beyond, stay tuned. A flurry of activity on the late-night TV scene, sparked in part by Johnny Carson's recently announced plans to retire, means there will be several new faces hosting late-night talk shows in the coming months. After late-night king Carson confirmed last month that he'd step down after his 30th season on NBC's "Tonight Show," a host of, well, hosts announced new shows or changes in existing shows.

Add Pat Sajak's name to the growing list of high-profile CBS exiles. Just eight days after deciding not to renew the contract of Brent Musburger, one of television's highest-paid and most visible personalities, CBS announced yesterday that the last broadcast of Sajak's struggling Pat Sajak Show would be, appropriately, Friday the 13th. Confirming what had been rumored for weeks, CBS said that unspecified "new programming" would take over Sajak's 11:30 p.m.-to-12:30 a.m. weekday slot as of Monday.

CBS is "fixing" The Pat Sajak Show. Putting Pat in a fancy sweater some nights. Getting him out from behind the desk. Making him talk to all the guests at once. Taking him off the air on Fridays. And Sajak, the company man, is taking it all in stride. "As long as it's not something personally humiliating," he says, "I'll be happy to try anything. " The telephone interview from Los Angeles was set for 4 p.m. He phoned at 3:59:53. "Yeah," he mutters, "I've got this annoying habit of punctuality.

Sometimes nobody ever figures out why a TV show fails. And sometimes it's as obvious as the nose on ALF's face. In the case of "The Pat Sajak Show," CBS's attempt to carve itself a piece of late-night pie, the reason seems simple: they didn't try hard enough. And "they" includes Sajak himself, who apparently thought he could stroll his way to success without expending much imagination or energy. For the last couple of weeks, the show has been experimenting with a new "couchless" format.

Tough-guy principal Joe Clark is being put on five-day suspension by Paterson, N.J., school officials, and says he may quit being an educator. Clark was told that starting Monday he will be suspended with pay for five days. Paterson School Board president Charles Napier said the suspension stems from a show at Eastside two weeks ago, featuring a dance number with two men in G-strings and a scantily clad woman. The show was organized by Eric Floyd, a New York City producer who was in the cast of the TV show of "Fame.