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The All-Star Game Comes Up To Bat

© F. Colin Kingston

Batter up!The highlight of the upcoming television viewing week is baseballs All-Star Game on FOX. This year the event is being held at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Stars expected to participate in the 70th annual event include Mark McGuire of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox and Mike Piazza of the New York Mets. The game begins at 5:00 p.m. PST.

Up, Up, And AwayRobert Townsend (THE PARENT HOOD) directs and stars in UP, UP AND AWAY a new movie debuting this month on the Disney Channel. Townsend stars as the father of 13-year-old Scott. Townsend plays the dual role of a father who is also a super hero named Bronze Eagle.

Scott is anxiously awaiting his 14th birthday to see what super powers he will acquire. You see, in his family people develop superpowers on or before their 14th birthday. If they don¹t develop their powers by the time they are 14 they will remain a normal human being for the rest of their life. These days are even more anxious for Scott, however, because his powers have yet to develop. Making things more anxious for him are the fact that his nine-year-old sister and his 16-year-old brother already have their powers.

Townsend is pleased with the finished product. ³What attracted me most to UP, UP AND AWAY was the blending of humor and heart for a story that spoke for kids, said Townsend. ³It is hard to find a family friendly project that is equally fun, imaginative and smart.²

This Week in TV History:ONE LIFE TO LIVE premieres on the ABC-TV network on July 15, 1968. This show, created by daytime television legend Agnes Nixon, is set in the fictional town of Landview, Pennsylvania. Some famous OLTL alumni include Tommy Lee Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Blair Underwood and Joe Lando.

Here are my television viewing picks for the week. Enjoy.

WOMENS WORLD CUP SOCCER, ABC, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., PST The United States takes on China in the title game for the World Cup in Women¹s Soccer.

MY FAMILY, ABC, 8:30 - 11:00 p.m., PST Jimmy Smits h heads a strong cast about this saga about three generations of a Latino family.

Sunday, July 11th TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY, E!, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., PST Rock Hudson is the subject of this moving and intimate portrait of the superstar actor who was forced to lead a double-life because of his homosexuality.

MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN, Arts and Entertainment, 10:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

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