SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ on TBS; ‘Katie and Orbie’ hit KOCE; ‘Dad, the Angel and Me’ on Family
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For the early birds, there’s Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (TBS, Sunday at 7:35 a.m.), the comedy-fantasy about four kids who are accidentally reduced to an inch in height and must survive the dangers of their backyard. For the family.
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The Disney Channel premieres the 1994 live-action rendition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (Sunday at 7 p.m.). Mowgli, who is raised by wolves in the jungle, returns to civilization as a young adult. He meets a young Englishwoman who helps him, but he earns the resentment of a British army captain. For the family.
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A triangle of a different sort is at the heart of Dad, the Angel and Me (Family Channel, Sunday at 7 p m.). In this rebroadcast of the cable channel’s 1995 movie, a bachelor dad (Judge Reinhold) attempts to build a relationship with his young daughter (Stephi Lineburg) after her mother dies in a car accident. An angel (Carol Kane) is given the duty to watch over the girl. For the family.
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Katie and Orbie offer help to youngsters who are having first-time experiences such as loosing a tooth or taking a trip on a bus (KOCE, Monday at 8:30 a.m.). Its premiere is narrated by actor Leslie Nielsen and is centered around 5-year-old Katie and her friend Orbie, a space alien who likes to sleep hanging upside-down from the clothes rod in Katie’s closet. For ages 5 and up.
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