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Show Week of Feb. 25, March 3, 1990 Harper wins her baffle with 'city hall' By JERRY BUCK AP Television Writer - LOS ANGELES (AP) Actress Valerie Harper, who plays a city manager in her new CBS comedy series, knows how to fight city hall. After she was fired in August 1987 from NBC's "Valerie," since retitled "The Hogan Family," she took the producers, Lorimar Studios and the network to court. She not only fought, she won, getting a settlement of $1.4 million for lost wages. Her husband and the i, producer, Tony also received a substantial settlement. In the series "City," Harper plays City Manager Liz Gianni, who copes with hectic conditions at work and with a nubile teenage daughter demanding more freedom at home. Harper, probably best remembered as the irrepressible Rhoda Morgenstern of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda," also will be seen Tuesday in the CBS movie "Stolen: One Husband." She stars as a wife who loses her husband of 25 years, played by Elliott Gould, and sets out to get him back. While still in court over "Valer-ie.- " Harper became actively in developing "City." In January, Jeff Sagansky, the new president of CBS Entertainment and former subordinate of NBC's Cac-ciott- Brandon Tartikoff, pulled the faltering "The Famous Teddy Z" and rushed "City" into its Monday time slot. juiai puis v4iy uiieuuy uppu-sit- e "The Hogan Family." In the ratings for the premiere episode Harper knocked the socks off her former family. Which, in a sense, is biting the hand that feeds her. The court awarded her a profit participation in her old show that could yield $15 million. "I don't think placing it against my former show was deliberate," she says. "It was deliberate to put me in that Monday comedy block. I think Jeff Sagansky was looking for something fresh and singular and honest to replace 'Teddy Z.' But going against 'The Hogan Family' was happenstance. "I certainly didn't want to go against The Cosby Show' on Thursday at 8 o'clock. I didn't d want to go against 'Roseanne.' Roseanne Barr sent me two dozen roses the day after I started work. We're both at the ' MTM Studios. head-to-hea- "We'd met at the 'Comedy Awards Show' when I was still in court. She said someone had told her not to get pushy, to remember the lesson of Valerie Harper. She said to me, 1 hope you teach them a lesson.'" Harper believes her court victory has indeed sent a clear mes lf you do not subscribe to Cable TV, you can get reception from the FREE stations, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 14 designated in the listings with a white on black code... If you do subscribe to Cable TV, the following guide will help you locate the available stations in Provo and Orem. For other cities, contact your cable company to determine the positions of the various stations on your dial. Television stations tlsled In Itie Herald Enlertelner OKUTV, Salt Lake City' (NBC) OKTVX, Salt Lake City (ABC) O KSL, Salt Lake City (CSS) O KUED, U of U Salt Lake City 03 KBYU, BYU, Provo KSTU, Salt Lake City CD KXIV, Salt Lake City (AMC), American Movie Classics (CBN), CBN Cable Network (DIS), Disney Channel (ESPN), Sports Network (HBO), Home Box Office (MAX), Cinemax (LIFE), Lifetime (MTV), Music Television (NASH), Nashville Network (NIK), Nickelodeon (SHO). Showtime (TDC). Discovery Channel (TNTL Turner Network (USA), USA Network (WGN). Chicago, III (WTBS), Atlanta, Ga Provo Orem sage to Hollywood. It showed, she says, that she had not walked off the show in a display of temper or behaved erratically, as Lorimar had alleged, but had been wrongfully discharged. After "Valerie," Harper was first involved in a show called "Desperate Women." The comedy, created by Paul Haggis, was about a family of Italian women in Brooklyn. "CBS said, 'We liked the show before but we don't like it now,' " says Harper. "I don't know what they didn't like about it. Probably that I was in a domestic situation the way I was in 'Valerie.' I had a deal with CBS for a show and we started over again. There was no way I was going to go ahead without Paul Haggis. I wasn't sure he'd want to start over again from scratch. "Tony knew that Paul had a treatment for an hour show called 'City' that was like 'L.A. Law.' Tony suggested making it a half-houPaul said it was too heavy, but he came back after a weekend and said OK. The original show was intended for a woman." The city in "City" is never identified. It's a large city, about the size of Cleveland or Pittsburgh, and is in the snow belt. A broken sigh in the show thatrsays-"Ci- ty of- -" expresses conditions and attitudes at city hall that Liz is trying to correct. 5:00AM O Q NBC News Headline News (CBN) Teddy Ruxpin (COUG) Infotext (LIFE) II Figures (NIK) Mr. Wizard's World (CC). 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