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VIEWERS' VIEWS I enjoy "Life Goes On" very much. It is an achievement to deal with the problems of Down's syndrome in such an open manner, and to employ an actor who has Down's syndrome. The show points out that such a person is not different from anyone else, and can achieve things in his own way. I hope "Life Goes On" will remain on the air for a long time. Cheryl Harmon, West Hills On Oct.

10, my teen- -age daughter was watching an NBC movie titled "Desperado: Outlaw Wars." I sat down for just about 10 minutes to see what it was like, and was appalled. In the scene viewed, a man was shot in cold blood for no reason other than to flaunt the killer's bravado. Then, after the victim was down, the gunman emptied his gun into the body. Several other men, all armed, stood around watching this and didn't do anything about it. I fully understand that this was only a movie, and that Westerns always have had "shoot-'em-up" scenes.

But this wasn't like that. It seemed to be conveying a powerful message to my daughter and other impressionable young people that you can get away with murder if you're tough enough, thus glorifying the killer. Dennis F. Hanrahan, La Habra As one who suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (now called Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome), very much appreciated the two recent episodes of NBC's "The Golden Girls" that dealt with this baffling and debilitating ailment. The shows did not exaggerate the enormous frustration of trudging from doctor to doctor only to be told.

"It's all in your head." or dismissed altogether. Susan G. Walters, Redlands Fox has found the perfect anchorperson: Pat Lalama. She is smart, articulate, armed with a great sense of humor and an incredible voice. To top it all off, she knows what Crue is.

Anchors just don't get any better than Lalama. Mark W. Johnson, Fullerton After forcing myself to sit through "Roseanne," I know why Roseanne Barr didn't receive an Emmy nomination. She didn't deserve one and never will unless they put in a whining category. The entire cast needs basic acting lessons, which still would do little to improve the show because it is written on the level of 6th-grade bathroom humor.

cannot believe "Roseanne" gets better ratings than "The Cosby Show." hold little hope for the future of TV. Sharon Boudreau, Costa Mesa TELEVISION UPDATE Daniel Cerone OK, so Dan Rather does the news standing up (Critic's Corner, Oct. 8). What's the big deal? Now let's have Tom Brokaw sitting on the floor cross- -legged with notes in his lap and Peter Jennings sprawled out in an easy chair with his hands behind his head. These touches definitely should boost ratings for the Big Three! Laura Weil, Pasadena What can the producers at Fox TV be thinking of when they introduce a character like "King Koopa" to television? This green, monster is frightening for small children and the "dirty underwear" segment of the program is disgusting.

My children will be watching Nickelodeon until "King Koopa" is removed. Produc-, ers should show more responsibility where children's programming is concerned. Nancy Corcoran, Costa Mesa Let's hear it for Linda Thorson, who plays Julia Medina (Gabrielle's mother) on "One Life to Live." Here's a gal who's mastered every nuance of the actor's -the eyes, facial expressions, gestures, body language and the ability to deliver her lines with uncanny realism. Thorson brings big -screen quality to the little screen like few soaps players on the scene today. William S.

Koester, Upland Applause for Randy Fitts and his chiding of the poor diction in TV (Viewers' Views, Oct. 8). While it would be fine to get Martha Ray to put the back in "strength," there are worse offenses, such as anchorpersons who keep saying "Bill," "Kel," "Bree." "Keith." etc. to each other as they read the news off the TelePrompTer. Troxey Kemper, Los Angeles Regarding the letter by Randy Fitts: Another word pronounced incorrectly is "momento," which is not in the dictionary.

The word is "memento." Feud," take note.) Dorothy Gardner, Montrose I agree with Francis Albert of Long Beach that the canceled CBS show "The People Next Door" had an "idiotic concept" (Viewers' Views, Oct. 8), but any program with Jeffrey Jones as its star couldn't be all bad. He's one of the most underrated actors around today, full as he is with sly wit and sharp, funny malice. Jon Sieruga, San Bernardino Send your views on television programming sonalities and trends to Viewers Views, Television Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, Call. 90053.

Letters must be signed with name and address. Joe McGinniss Crystal Bernard Joe current best- -selling novel "Blind Faith," about a model husband and father suspected by his three teen- -age sons of murdering his wife, will be adapted into a four -hour NBC drama for airing in 1990 by the producers of the Emmy -winning miniserles "Fatal Vision." Actresses Crystal Bernard and Mary Bergmann discover that their grandfather, who was found dead in a superhero costume, was actually the crime- fighting Paraclete of Justice in an NBC movie tentatively titled "Strange Bedfellows." The upcoming TV movie also stars Stewart Granger, Terry Kiser and Richard Burgi. After an -Marine (Patrick Cassidy) wrecks his Jeep chasing jack rabbits in the desert, he makes a new life for himself with a crusty old woman, her retarded son and an abandoned Vietnamese girl in NBC's "Walk Me the Distance." The TV movie, to be shown next year, -stars Frances Sternhagen and Catherine Mary Stewart. David L. Wolper is producing "The Plan to Kill Hitler" for CBS.

The TV movie, now shooting on location in Yugoslavia, stars Brad Davis and Madolyn Smith. Max Von I Sydow portrays a German priest and Judd Nelson plays a captured American soldier in Hiroshima in an NBC movie tentatively titled "Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes." A psychotic hotel killer selects her lonely victims through newspaper personal ads in an upcoming USA Network movie called "Personals," starring Jennifer O'Neill and Stephanie Zimbalist. Tonight" co-host Mary Hart, with the help of Paramount Pictures, has established a production company to produce the first of several prime- television specials in which she will appear. The first one is expected sometime in January. Clint Eastwood will serve as the host and narrator of the TNT cable retrospective "Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend," which premieres next Sunday.

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