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Rocky Mount, N.C. Tokgnm Avgutt 3, 1916 )7 y-i r-" 1 if y(Liks-Boost prime-time siiows cials. In addition, there evidence from the networks that one-quarter of all recording, is never played back. Yet Nielsen counts all VCR viewers in its ratings, from which the networks. "We're being charged for au diences who aren't watching our commercials," complained Barry Kaplan, senior vice president and director of new electronic media at the Ted Bates advertising agency.

The networks say the VCR audience in dispute amounts to a tiny fraction anyway, perhaps about 50,000 homes out of 14 million homes for the typical prime-time show. Kaplan counters by saying it's a tax paid by advertisers each time an ad Is biiown, and liieic aie 12 minutes of I I hjv, -a tu i vfe- VjK v1. io Jpe 'iKrVrii Award winner Conrad to be 'Window's' film editor lAl'T! V'' VrS ''Dallas" on Fridays this fall IVVlVi 1V VjirWA have watched only one in the VV T't'; Zs. ages before VCRs. Now, they PiU; 0', IV i watch one, tcpe one for later.

YS4 T-s A.C. Nielsen which I- p) W- recording but not playback, will --1 -r botn shows were watched in HIE TWO SHALL MEET LMilitary survival team member Wallace Merck meets a gruesome fate as he NEW YORK iAf) instead Ot creating a nation of take-out movie fars and fast-forward freaks, the videocassette recorder actually may be benefiting network television. That's the conclusion of a recent (iinvtr iK that VCH-5 not the scourge of the commercial TV industry, as dccrncwycrs 23d predicted. "In fact," said Wiiliam S. Rubens, NBC's vice president for research, "VCRs provide us with viewers who would have otherwise been unavailable to commercial televi- sion." Rubens said the "bonus viewers" amounts to about 250,000 households night for the more popular prime-time programs.

Such viewers who tape shows when' they are not home to watch them are an obvious example of a lo6t-then-found audience. A less obvious example involves the two-program option. Viewers tern between "Miaim Vice or could dark car, The counts say its weekly ratings figures. Dave Poltrack, CBS' vice president for research, said VCR use may hold the key to that upcoming Friday battle. Poltrack said the younger "Miami Vice" audience might not get home from its TGIF bar-hopping in time to watch the show, but its vote still will Count if the VCR was pre-programmed to For Madison Avenue, which believes in its inalienable right to bombard sitting-duck viewers with pitches for the latest indispensable gadget, the VCR's bonus audience is more suspect.

When asked in the networks' VCR study if they fast-forwarded past commercials, 34 percent of the VCR owners said they did. A separate Nielsen study found 66 percent said they tried to overlook the commer- ABSENCE OF MALICE Paul Newman received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of a Miami businessman, wrongly implicated in a murder by a zealous newspaper reporter, In "Absence of Malice," airing on SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 on "The ABC Sunday Night Movie." CHECK LISTINGS FOR EXACT TIME 'Ifflday the 13th 9 takes another stab a fc-i 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives." (Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures Corp.) "Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives" (R) is now playing at the Cardinal Starring Thom Mathews, Jenni'ir Cooke, David Kagen and Henee Jones; directed and written by Tom McLoughlin; a Paramount Pictures release. To Sell Or Buy SCAN CLASSIFED PATE! S.pt. 4-17 $pl. IS J.pt.

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Boy His Dog." "The Bedroom Window" ii an intriguing thriller starring Steve Gut-tenberg, Elizabeth McGovern and Isibelle Huppert. The film tells the story of one man's struggle to undo a web of lies he has told to protect himself and an illicit love affair. Written and directed by Curtis Hanson, the film is a De Laurentiis Entertainment Grdup presentation with Robert Towne serving as executive producer and Martha Schumacher as producer. The film is scheduled for release in the fall of 1986. is (nt Vi 1 ''i- PICTURES RELEASE AN ORION 1 One more lesson to shore.

LiA Part JUL EH COLUMBIA PICTURES "-TT 1 I 7 DATS A WEEK I i I PUTT TUfATReS I I M- FIRST MATINEE i 1 1 I i II Gene 1 I WILDER I Gilda I Dom I DeLUISE i j' Academy Award-winning lilm, editor Scott Conrad will serve as film editor on the De Laurentiis Entertainment group's "The Bedroom Conrad won an academy Award in 1977 for his editing work on "Rocky." Conrad also won the Eddy Award in 1983 for his work on the television film "Heart of Steel." Other feature film credits include "Lucas," "Cat's Eye," "A Star is Born," directed by Frank ''Space Hunter," "Cheech Chong: The Next Movie," "Outlaw Blues," "Aloha Bobby Rose," "Up In Smoke." and the Hugo Award-winning "A in 'if 4r.Vll ilhi- u.s Vi fv.t- mum-- ALL NEW! ALL FUN! '1966 the Won OiywyCOTHJony STT LAM THEATRES ti 1 k-A tkj Li -d Lj i encounters the demonic murderer Jason in Paramount Pictures' "Friday the it like Jason. The unstoppable force of death, and also of endless sequels, is up to his old tricks in his latest chapter, "Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives" which manages to rehash the "Friday the 13th" series one more time without being too inventive. Things have changed slightly since the last time Jason was running about. Terror-ridden Crystal Lake has changed its named to Forest Green, obviously hoping Jason would be puzzled he's not. Resting nice and cozy in his grave, Jason gets disturbed by Tommy Jar-vis (Thom Mathews), who wants to leave no doubt the evil one is dead since the last time the two met.

With the help of a little lightning, Jason rises from the grave and decides to stretch his legs along with a few folks' arms, heads and bodies. Despite countless murders in the past, Forest Lake is just buzzing with activity. Would you believe a handful of counselors are arriving on the scene expecting a bus load of kids any minute? Ever thought about the mortality rate of counselors in this area? Just wondering. 1 Lucky for everyone, Jason stumbles onto a group of mock-military survival members who are equipped with blades, knives and other nifty cutting Leave it to Jason to decide what's mock and what's not. With tools in hand, Jason begins knifing through the immediate area while Tommy tries to round up some: help.

However, the local police jusi aren in the mood to listen to another nut case spouting off about Jason. While this is No. 6 on the "Friday the 13th" series, it's the first time out for director-writer Tom McLoughlin, who has made a few changes. Besides the usual slashing, McLoughlin has thrown in car crashes, underwater scenes and a few vain attempts at humor. While the first "Friday the 13th" was standard B-movie fare, Jason Lives" has a slicker look to it.

But there is no getting around the fact that Jason Lives" is another episode of a movie series that's getting pretty tiresome. mutilated bodies and blood splatter-, ing has become old hat. But give that hockey mask-covered guy this: while the slasher movies of the 1970's have died out Jason Lives. Correction Ocean Drive North's co-owner is Norfleet Jones. He was incorrectly identified in Friday's Entertainer feature about the addition of the club's "Comedy Zone." The Telegram regrets the error.

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