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Austin American-Statesman '95 marked by twists and turns Ttus Z-fT: i "VIA I7I1 -j. 0 i oet on the working Jay Leno finally saw his NBC "Tonight Show" gain ground and surpass David Letter-man's "Late Show" on CBS in the national ratings. But not in Austin, where Letterman always has been a favorite and shows no signs of slipping. In the most recent local ratings, for example, Letterman was No. 1, followed by Ted Koppel's ABC "Nightline." 'Tonight" came in last And don't expect Letterman to give up in '96.

Despite hints a few months back that he was sick of the pressure, he's not going to leave without a fight, and he usually wins his fights. STARRING THI CAST OF BEEHIVE jingle bed beat with ZACH's sparkling new revue of rock, soul, holiday hits from the Wsim Great family fun! FINAL PERFORMANCE TONIGHT! THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE 713 CONGRESS AVE. Continued from previous page the copycat syndrome. In September, an avalanche of new sitcoms arrived, ripping off NBC's mega-hit "Friends." Not surprisingly, none of the copies was as good as the original, and we probably can expect the trend to disappear in the new year. In 1995, TV movies and minis-eries were pretty pitiful.

There were some high-quality programs, such as Tommy Lee Jones' "The Good 01" Boys-" on TNT, but even the most heavily promoted miniseries of recent times ABC's "The Beatles Anthology" failed to overwhelm viewers nationwide. We should note that Austin-area viewers, who dearly love music and musicians, warmly embraced "The Beatles Anthology." It was the highest locally rated program of the November sweeps, averaging almost 40 percent of the audience over three nights. In the late-night wars, hard- WHITNEYHOUSTON ANGIIABASSETT J- rM (Maiting 1 tojxhale I I IPPPfSlCHO THEATRES tSIDKJ THEATRES! r7 ItSlPBFSIDtO TWFATPF? TWO THEATRES SJDIO THFATPES IBfiSE NOW SHOWING 2700NDIBON 451-6352 IjjU WEST GATE Wii. 882-2696 mm km is 8. 1 TexasMonthly.

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