Fore! Don't Touch That Dial!
Rick Reilly
March 15, 1993
The Golf Channel opens entirely new vistas for anyone who putters around his TV room
(G) 5:00 p.m. MOVIE
Bogie Film Festival. Hole-by-hole highlights of Jack Lemmon playing Pebble Beach.
(G) 5:30 p.m. GIMME THE SHAFT
Steve Melnyk hosts this fascinating tour of the world of golf-club shafts. Today's topic: Medium stiff or stiff? Will the controversy ever die?
(G) 6:30 p.m. CROSSFIRE
Political opposites Michael Kinsley and John Sununu decide to end their constant bickering. Instead, they will tee off against each other using Big Berthas from either end of a driving range.
(G) 7:00 p.m. LOVE CONNECTION
Game show. Contestants have 30 minutes to book flights for Davis Love III from Pensacola, Fla., to Kuala Lumpur to Sutton Coldfield, England.
(G) 7:30 p.m. THIRTEEN, SHE WROTE
Weekly drama. Novice golfer Angela Lansbury cuts short her seven-hour round to try to find out why the foursome behind her wants her dead.
(G) 8:30 p.m. THE ONE-UNDER YEARS
Comedy. Kevin ( Tiger Woods) explains to his math teacher why he's buying out her contract.
(G) 9:00 p.m. RESCUE 911
Paramedics stage an all-out search for Curtis Strange.
(G) 10:00 p.m. EDDIE ON ETIQUETTE
Call-in show. Tonight, Eddie discusses the age-old question: If you already have your opponent's ball under your foot, should you accuse him of cheating when he finds it in the heather?
(G) 11:05 p.m. GOLF, MY #!%*@ WAY
Craig Stadler details the finer points of the 50-yard club toss.
(G) 11:30 p.m. CABLE WEEK IN REVIEW
Ben Hogan discusses his plan to launch A 24-hour, pay-per-view channel devoted entirely to his garage.
