TV & VIDEO - Dec. 6, 1989

New Comedy Lineup: MTV Networks, which owns cable TV’s Nickelodeon and a new all-comedy channel scheduled to start April 1, said Tuesday it has bought rights to 15 former network shows, including the acclaimed “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Lucy Show” and “Love, American Style.” Thirteen of the shows are situation comedies going to MTV’s “Ha! The TV Comedy Network” channel. Eight of the comedies and one comedy miniseries, the six-part “Fresno,” were made by Moore’s production company, MTM, which also made the CBS’ drama series, “The White Shadow.” That series will air on Nickelodeon. But Moore’s old series and repeats of MTM’s “The Bob Newhart Show” won’t air on ‘Ha!” until 1992 because those shows still are in syndication to television stations, an MTV spokesman said.