New blockbusters from RPN

Manila Standard (page 30), Wednesday, July 31, 1996

EVEN as the unprecedented success of Mari Mar has led televiewers to watch regularly other RPN's quality shows, the network will premiere in August three of the hottest series now sweeping the United States. The three blockbusters are two sci-fi hits, Babylon 5, Space: Above and Beyond, and the engrossing primetime soap, Central Park West.

Central Park West premieres on August 3, at 3 p.m.; Babylon 5, August 8, 8 p.m.; and Space: Above and Beyond, August 11, 7 p.m.

Elle Magazine has described Central Park West as "the most sophisticated soap" ever dip its toe in primetime. Cast in the searing one-hour drama series are" John Barrowman who plays the magnetic Peter Fairchild, the son of a powerful New York family, and Oscar-nominated Mariel Hemingway as Stephanie Wells, editor of a fashion magazine. With a universal plot, Central Park West will definitely cater to a variety of Filipino audiences. Also in the cast is 25-time cover of Vogue Magazine, Lauren Hutton.

Babylon 5, an Emmy award winner, is about life on a neutral space station in 2257 A.D. It features a magnificent technological wonder -- a space station for rival factions warring over the balance of power in the galaxies. Babylon 5 also features fantastic state-of-the-art special effects for which it won an Emmy. Each episode showcases never-before seen "creatures from outer space."

Space: Above and Beyond is an exciting action/adventure series set in the year 2163. Man has just started colonizing other planets when aliens mercilessly obliterate the newly-established human communities. Now the aliens also want to obliterate the earth. Only the 58th Squadron of the Marine Corps Air and Space Cavalry can possibly protect the earth.