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Daily Journal, Johnson County, fndiana, Wednesday, November 2, 1988 11 Strike dampens fall sweeps tv listings 4 P.M. TODAY THROUGH 3:30 P.M. THURSDAY By KATHRYN BAKER fix on regular network product until The Associated Press January," NEW" YQRK The November Poltrack' estimates network audi- Sweeps are here, but you would ences, currently down from last sea- hardly know it. son by about 8 percent, will end up "The National Love and Sex down 5-10 percent for the season. If insiae me i 'ioaaess ot not for the effects of the strike, he This is not late-night cable, unfortunately, but real network TV shows scheduled to air this month.

Normally in November, as in February and May, the networks load their schedules with top-notch programming to help affiliates do well in local ratings. But this November still rattles with vacancies created by the writers' strike that ended back in Au said, network audiences probably would have been higher than last season, thanks to the Olympics, the World Series and the big-event "War and Remembrance." Gerald Jaffe, NBC's vice president for research projects, expects network shares, or the percentage of viewing audience, to be down a couple of points for the season, but gust. doesn't think the sweeps numbers At least the strike forced ABC will be that severely affected Otherwise, the only "miniseries" in November are a pair of two-parters on Nov. 6-7. CBS' is "Internal Af- sequel to starring Richard Crenna as a New York City police detective trying to solve a murder case.

NBC has "The Great Escape II: The Untold Story," a star-studded made-for-TV sequel to the 1963 Steve McQueen movie about POWs. NBC has put "Wheel of Fortune" letter-turner Vanna White into her own star vehicle, "Goddess of Love" on Nov. 20. Brooke Shields and Twiggy star in "The Diamond Trap" on CBS the same night. Then there is the mishmash of "reality-based" specials, a remnant from the writers' strike, since such shows are not subject to Writers-Guild rules.

ABC has "World's Great: est Stunts," "Cary Grant Celebration," "The National -Love and Sex Test," a two-partCrimes of the Century" arua Barbara Walters special. jCBSMias "Inside the Sexes" and People Magazine on TV," On Nov. 17, CBS News commemorates the 25th anniversary of the JFK assassination. On the actual anniversary, Nov. 22, CBS Entertainment has tastefully scheduled a TV movie called "Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs." How late IS the video store open? move up 18 hours of "War and Be-' "I think November will certainly De a really good indication, other than for election night.

We're definitely going to take a big hit. It may cost us couple of network share points, just that one night, on the entire sweep. It will certainly cost us at least one," Jaffe said." membrance" to fill the void left by production delays on regular series. Otherwise, the networks are struggling just to get their regular schedules on the air, and most of the "special" programming is "reality-based" or standard movie-of-the-weekfare. All this might well prompt the average viewer to ponder how late the video store stays open.

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There will also be paid political broadcasts taking up network tune the day before. 'War and Remembrance" would vice president for marketing We're going to go from a sweeps be an anomaly in any sweeps 20 that still has premieres in it, that has percent of ABC's prime-time sched- major extra programming, rand from ule devoted to one program. It begins then go into all the holiday spe- Nov. 13. The rest of the 32-hour epic rials.

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Scott, the popular weatherman on NBC's "Today" show, will make a brief visit Friday to Kingsland and neighboring St. Marys. His visit is an effort to make up for the disappointment felt by residents who thought, because of an elaborate hoax, that he was coming in August. "Everybody's so excited," said Martha Newsome, executive director of the Kingsland Tour and Travel Association. She said Friday has been proclaimed Willard Scott Day in the town of about 2,000 people.

,1 Scott is making a special personal appearance and will not be broadcasting from Kingsland, said NBC spokeswoman Leigh Curtin. "He's spending the day there because of what had happened," she said. In late July, a woman visited the Kingsland-St. Marys area, which borders Florida's east coast, and said she was with NBC. Local officials, said she began making detailed plans for Scott and newsman John Palmer to do a documentary on the community impact of the Navy's Kings Bay submarine base.

The woman stayed in town 10 days, then disappeared. NBC officials said she did not work for the network. Newsome said Monday that the two neighboring towns were busily making plans forScott's visit, which will include a stop at Kingsland City Hall and lunch in St. Marys. "We've got him a basket of food, local Georgia products, those kinds of things," she said.

A delegation of Georgians will take a bus Friday to meet Scott at the airport at nearby Jacksonville, and drive him to Kingsland, Newsome said. After visiting for a few hours, he will continue a trip to Florida. "Of course, everybody wants to be on the bus. We're hoping everyone will turn out at City Hall and the places we've designated for him to stop and talk to people," she said. 3:: McAAurray's background ideal for show Friday November 4th 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

All You Can Eat Alaskan White Fish $69 Served 'with: Cole Slaw French Fries NO SUBSTITUTING I come back as somebody different. Matter of fact, some times four times a night I'm somebody different." Q. Do you like that variety of characters? A. Yeah, I do. It's not my background, but I've always had a kind of facility.

I mean, I'm not from the Second City school, I'm your basic actor actor where Dan Castella-neta, who's on the show, is from Second City. But I do like it and it taps into something that's fun for me. It's not always playing Hamlet or something like that, but it is good and it's a test. Q. Is it hard to get geared up for a character and then throw it away? A.

Well, if the character is success-fur enough, or if the situation is successful enough to wit, the Francesca sketches they'll recur. The only one I keep plugging for is the Tom Jones character I mean, I got to sing. I'm not much of a singer, at least the public didn't recognize me as such, although I did. But I got to do this Tom Jones character in one sketch and I got to sing three numbers with tremendous bathos, I might add and that was a ball, 'cause they brought in the extras and they were all the blue-rinse crowd and they just went crazy. They bought it immediately and it just puffed me right Q.

Do you have any input into those By JANICE PAGE Scripps Howards News Service Sam McMurray had the perfect training to become a regular en "The Tracey Ullman He grew up in Greenwich Village. What better breeding ground for the unique and offbeat brand of humor found every Sunday night on Fox TV's critically acclaimed variety show? McMurray, 36, the son of actors Jane Hoffman and the late Richard McMurray, has his roots in the New York theater. But he moved with his wife, actress Mary Elizabeth Collins to L.A. two years ago. He now appears regularly as an Ullman cast member.

Q. Your background is in theater. Do you enjoy that more than television or film? A. The rewards in film or television, I think, are a little more elusive, perhaps or not as immediate, certainly as theater. But I do like and I'm fascinated by the medium.

Nor do I have any sort of pejorative feelings toward television it's powerful, and I think it can be terrific. Matter of fact, I'd say some of the more enjoyable experiences I've had were actually doing a soap one year I did "Ryan's Hope" and I enjoy "The Tracey Ullman Show" it may have spoiled me for television to some degree, 'cause I don't have to -come back every week as Joe Blow characters? A. I have input into the characters 'to some degree not in terms of the original writing of it, though I think that if I were to write a bit they would certainly look at it. Q. What's the cast of "The Tracey Ullman Show" like to work with? A.

"Oh, they're low-lifes. All of them. Complete scum. No, really, 'it's an interesting group. I came in after the sixth show and I didn't feel terribly comfortable.

Q. Because of the lateness of your arrival in the group? A. Because of the lateness and also because, truthfully, the social dynamic of the show is an odd one. I spoke with (executive producer) Jim Brooks about this later and I said, know, it's like we're all square pegs, aren't we?" And he said, "Yeah," and that the same thing occurred on Mary Tyler Moore. Every-.

body was from a different discipline on that show, somebody had been in sitcoms, somebody came from the stage and somebody had been a stand-up comic, and yet whatever the dynamic was that's forged from it, it's singular and it works. Q. What's Tracey like to work with? A. Tracey's terrific. She's phenomenal.

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