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4 nteitainment Kenosha News Thursday May 14 1987 NBC unveils 4 i fall schedule 1 'bM wf VV' I r- 't var tr5(V4 i rf 4 ai i i4 -O Lineup to change NEW YORK (UPI) NBC ranked No 1 is taking its biggest programming gamble in two years by dismantling its blockbuster Thursday night schedule to make room for a spinoff of Cosby the network announced Wednes Sb ft 'y AV 1 1 i it Cl ft 3 I Sen Patrick Leahy United Pkm Internadaiul photo Vt displays original Ansel Adams photo left and colorized version 5s ff tures to the subcommittee chairman Sen Patrick Leahy D-Vt and placed one on each side of his desk Pollack said one do you think is the preferable Leahy an amateur photographer paused a moment before drawing a big laugh by pointing to the colorized photo and saying ruefully know but if I took the picture it would probably look something like Photo puts color in perspective rarely does a great color photo reproduce in black and white and vice versa Director Sidney Pollack day NBC the first of the three networks to reveal fall plans announced three new dramas two new comedies and 21 returning series for the 1987-88 primetime season For two years NBC has been on top of CBS and ABC Much of that is due to the enormous success of "The Cosby Bill program drew an average 63 million viewers a week for the just-finished fall season making it the most watched television program in history For two years Cosby has served as the anchor of Thursday night schedule which included Cosby and Street But the new schedule for the 1987-88 prime-time season includes only Cosby (minus Shelley Long) and on Thursday night Street the most honored drama in TV history was canceled starring Michael Fox has been moved to Sunday to bolster one of worst time slots and to make room for Different the Cosby spinoff featuring Lisa Bonet as a college student In all NBC is bringing in five new programs to fill four hours and its schedule will be balanced with 12 half-hour sitcoms and 12 one-hour dramas Of last new shows all will be back except Loni "Easy The returners include the critically acclaimed and is the surprise renewal considering it ranked 68th out of 103 series in the full-season ratings but it is Entertainment President Brandon favorite show believe our new program selections reflect our goal of offering shows that are distinctive and Tartikoff said The new programs and times: (Tuesdays 8-9 pm One-hour drama about a Texas billionaire whose fortune enables him to pursue baffling criminal cases throughout the country on his own time without pay Stars Dale Robertson "A Year in the (Wednesdays 8-9 pm): Critically acclaimed miniseries that aired last December about a middle-class Seattle family Brought back as one-hour drama series Stars Richard Kiley as Joe Gardner WASHINGTON (UPI) -Three Academy Award-winning directors testifying before a Senate subcommittee seemed to get their point across about the drawbacks of movies with one multi-chromatic example Directors Sydney Pollack Woody Allen and Milos Forman who consider the new process an attack on the cultural heritage of film and a mutilation of their work brought out an enlarged black-and-white photograph of a -1 new prime-time schedule for the 1987-88 season: 1 Monday: and Night at the Tuesday: and Wednesday: to Year in the and "St Thursday: Cosby "A Different and "LA Friday: "Rags to "Miami and Saturday: of "The Golden Girls" and 1 Sunday: "Family and Night at the Different (Thursdays pm): Half-hour spinoff created by Bill Cosby Denise Huxtable of Cosby strikes out on her own at Hillman College with two unusual roommates Stars Lisa Bonet (Fridays 9-10 pm): Brainchild of the creator of Gritty private detective forms unlikely partnership with a ducktailed rock street hustler as they prowl Los Sunset Strip Stars Michael Woods and Josh Brolin (Sundays pm): Two pals torn apart by the love of the same' woman are reunited after the1 flame passes away leaving beK hind a 12-year-old girl The two share custody when it be determined which one is da(t Stars Paul Reiser Greg Evigap! and Staci Love NBC also plans at least four miniseries including Noble starring Pierce Brosnan Little-Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton' starring Farrah! Fawcett Ballad of Mary starring Jack Lem- mon and The Fortunate starring Sophia Loren and Edward-James Olmos of NBC has specials coming' from Bob Hope Johnny Carson David Letterman and Harry ArP derson plus GoeS Home for the a hour Christmas program In the theatrical movie department NBC is airing First Blood Part Empire Strikes Killing and God! You 4 ft vt S' 1 4 fit '4 Development Corp for $1 as part of a plan to keep NBC from moving to Secaucus NJ The maneuver would be contingent on approval from the city and state to convert proposed Televison City com--plex to a state-sponsored project to avoid city taxes and zoning review If the plan were approved Trump and NBC would still have to reach agreement NBC has said that in addition to considering plan it is also looking at other options that include moving to Secaucus and renovating its existing facilities in Rockefeller Center A 1 RralcnUPI photo Actor Mel Gibson waves to Cannes crowd The trio then brought out an enlargement of the same photograph reproduced in color featuring a bright turquoise sky beige sand sun-bleached rocks and green leaves certainly not what Adams had in mind The directors carried both pic- Cannes trend: clothes Color of is due today for the launch of a new movie version of Tennessee "A Glass wife Joanne Woodward stars and Newman directed the film but has no role Glass is one of three US entries in the main Cannes competition On the terrace of the Carlton Shanks in a full buckskin Indian outfit explained the project "Kids have heroes1 anymore unless somebody who shoots somebody or wrecks a said Shanks who is part Cherokee himself and played Nakoma in the original TV series is a good wholesome hero and I think what the public Legend of Grizzly is a Shapiro Entertainment release and is due in a stark canyon scene taken by the renowned photographer Ansel Adams rarely does a great color photo reproduce in black and white and vice versa" Pollack said at hearing like to show you" the festival location the terrace of the swank Carlton Hotel other movie people were lying low Actor John Travolta arrived in the area but was not immediately seen at the festival He made a-visit to the world famous restaurant Le Moulin de Mougins located' in a Cannes suburb a newspaper said Actress Diane Keaton wore a brown leather outfit to present her first effort as a director- Crowds were pushing to get in but gave her only polite applause at the end of the semi-documentary effort on how people feel about heaven and God Actor John Voight was in town and told reporters he had business to do regarding a future film project Paul Newman who just won an Oscar for his acting in Gene Edwards who plays Adams and Don Shanks his Indian sidekick worked on the original and successful Grizzly Adams US television series back in the 1970s and hope they can ride the current trend toward family entertainment for a new hit with Grizzly as a big-screen movie Network wants peacock to stay in New York City Cannes festival attracts film made of film strips hustlers United States theaters in August The film was shot on location in Utah and Washington and also stars veteran western actor Clint Walker Edwards a Hollywood stuntman and double for nearly a decade plays Adams who was a real-life legend of the US frontier love the character and love to play Edwards said comes naturally because I was raised with animals on a dairy farm in Wisconsin north of Green But the bear on the beach gimmick was a bit of a flop The team hired him locally in France and it turned out to be more of a circus bear than a Wild West-type bear Still the bear was cooperative enough to put on a "Griz-' zly T-shirt for a photo session YORK (UPI) New York City officials and developer Donald Trump said Wednesday they are working together to come up with a plan that would keep the National Broadcasting Company in New York Deputy Mayor Alair Townsend and Trump said they hope to work out a formula within a week that would persuade the network to save 4000 New York City jobs by abandoning any plan to move to New Jersey we will be seeking to put a leash on the peacock's said Townsend a reference to the corporate logo "We are working almost around the trying to put together an attractive package for NBC she said Dorn Giofre corporate media relations manager for NBC said the company had no comment on' the matter Trump reportedly has offered to sell his $95 million piece of land on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to the state Urban CANNES France (UPI) -Everyone at the Cannes film festival seems to be hustling a movie there was a backwoodsman an Indian and even a black bear on the beachfront Actually the bear should have been a grizzly because they were promoting a new movie Driving forces behind the film are Gene Edwards who plays Adams and Don Shanks as his Indian sidekick Both men worked on the original -and successful "Grizzly Adams" US television series back In the 1970s and hope they can ride the current trend toward family entertainment for a new hit While Edwards and Shanks in their costumes were trying to attract as much attention as possible this with the bear on the beach and lunch at it-.