October 26
8:30 NBC CURSED
Debut! After jilting his date, an advertising executive finds that he's been hexed. Oh, poor exec! Boo-hoo-hooo!
9:00 WB CHARMED
The sistahs get sent back in time and discover that the witches were sexier back then.
8:00 FOX YOU DECIDE 2000
Bush and Gore get 30 minutes each to bore the American public. I bet they do it in five!
8:30 WB GROSSE POINTE
The cast of Grosse Pointe get their asses kicked by another WB show in a charity volleyball game.
October 28
8:00 TNT CARRIE--Movie
(1976) Telekinetic Carrie goes to the prom and gets a new dress, a corsage, and... oh, yeah! Doused with a bucket of pig's blood.
10:00 ABC WORLD'S SCARIEST GHOSTS
Why does it have to be a competition? All ghosts are scary in their own way.
October 29
7:00 USA HEATHERS--Movie
(1989) Winona and Christian do their part for high-school harmony by bumping off the popular kids.
10:00 MTV FEAR
Six twentynothings get tossed into the supposedly haunted St. Agnes Hospital for the criminally insane!
October 30
8:00 FOX BOSTON PUBLIC
The poop hits the fan when a teacher makes his female students start wearing bras!
October 31
9:00 WB BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Special time! Buffy's powers go kaput when she puts on a Halloween costume. Meanwhile Tara (Willow's g-friend) is hiding a sneaky secret!
9:00 USA DARK PRINCE: THE TRUE STORY OF DRACULA
(2000) Prince Vlad of Romania figures out an original way of regaining his kingdom--turn into a bat, and chug a lot of blood!
8:30 FOX NORMAL, OHIO
Debut! Look out, Ohio! John Goodman is moving in--and he's gay!
I'm a poet, and I know it. steve@portlandmercury.com
