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Sunday, Oct. 17, 1982 Santa Cruz Sentinel C-7 Today's TV cops: co-ed and cute lady Soul' puis family first By FRED ROTHENBERG NEW YORK (AP) "Dragnet," the most successful police show in the 1950s and '60s, couldn't get a badge today. Sgt. Joe Friday was strictly a meat-and-potatoes man. No levity.

No loose lips the facts, No female companions. And no SEX. In the TV blotter for this new season, the approach sashays more to the relationships and suggestiveness of the co-educational detective shows. NBC's "Remington Steele" and CBS' "Tucker's Witch" feature winsome and whimsical crime-solving couples, both programs improving on the droll "Hart to Hart." Although ABC's "Matt Houston" works alone, that doesn't mean he isn't surrounded by women. After all, the show comes from Aaron Spelling's stable.

Spelling brought the world "Charlie's Angels," and, this season, he's executive producer of six ABC series: "Dynasty," "Hart to Hart," "T.J. Hooker," "Fantasy Island," "The Love Boat," and "Matt Houston." The other gumshoe to get a shingle this season is Rock Hudson in the "Devlin Connection." This NBC program runs against the co-ed craze, with Hudson, who practically invented pillow-talk with Doris Day and, on TV, with Susan Saint James. This time, the approach is "McMillan and Son." She also has been kept busy as chairwoman of the Artists' Ball, an annual charity gala, that this year benefits sickle cell anemia. Soft-spoken and reserved off the stage, Miss Franklin is a far cry from the splashy performer in the spaghetti-strapped, pink fringed dress strutting to an energetic version of Sam and Dave's "Hold on, I'm Coming" before her hand-clapping, dancing-in-the-aisles disciples. Miss Franklin has never quite matched her fiery streak of the late 1960s, when she monopolized the air waves with "Respect," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Baby I Love You," "Chain of Fools" and "Since You've Been Gone." Part of the reason is the fact that her family does come first; she will only give but so much time to her career.

Stil, the queen is in no decline now "I 'jump to it' all over the house," she says. Dreyfuss released LOS ANGELES (AP) Actor Richard Dreyfuss has been released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after treatment for injuries suffered in a weekend auto accident. "He was in good condition when he was discharged," hospital spokeswoman Tess Griffin said after his release Thursday. "We conducted tests for internal injuries but found none." Dreyfuss, 34, who won an Oscar for his starring role in the "Goodbye Girl" in 1977, was alone in his car when it went out of control in Benedict Canyon, hit a curb and a palm tree before flipping over. He was booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol and possessing a white powder that was being tested for any narcotic properties.

He still has not been charged, however. OCT. 29-NOV. 7 coui pjiitce JV By SUSAN LISOVICZ ALBANY. N.Y.

(AP) Aretha Franklin's funky new record, "Jump to It," is propelling her towards her seventh gold album. But the "Queen of Soul" is more concerned about how her 12-year-old is doing in school. The veteran entertainer, wife of actor Glynn Turman, mother of four and devoted member of the Franklin clan, minces no words about how she stacks her priorities. "I just allot so much time for my career and the rest for my family," Miss Franklin said in a recent phone interview from her San Fernando Valley home. "My family comes first." Despite the heavy publicity demands that accompany a successful new release, the 40-year-old Miss Franklin catches a flight out to Detroit every two weeks, where as a teen-ager she stunned many a congregation with her fire-baptized brand of gospel.

Four brothers and sisters still reside there, but since June 1979, Miss Franklin's attention has been focused on her father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin. The longtime civil rights activist, 33-year pastor of Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church and gospel artist has been in a coma since being shot in his home by armed robbers. It was her father who brought such musical luminaries as rhythm and blues great Sam Cooke and hymnist Clara Ward to the Franklin household early on, laying the foundation for his second-youngest child's education in that form of music and foreshadowing a career that has garnered 14 gold singles, six gold albums and 11 Grammy Awards.

The performer is "very sad" about her father's condition, but the tragedy has not shattered the Franklins. In order to maintain her frequent commuting between her West Coast and Detroit homes, Miss Franklin eschews heavy touring, preferring scattered performing dates instead. This summer has seen her sing in such diverse settings as the rustic Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York to the sprawling concrete of Pasadena's Rose Bowl. Meanwhile, the album is nearing the 500,000 mark in sales, according to Arista Records. Miss Franklin's success with Luther Vandross, who produced "Jump to It," has made her eager to work with him againShe said she expects to get that chance in January when she next goes into a recording studio.

"Soul Sister No. 1" is also still coasting from the faVorable reviews she received in her film debut as a luncheonette proprietress who belted out soul when she wasn't dishing out BLTs in "The Blues Brothers." The experience has whetted her appetite for more work in front of the cameras. Offers to portray gospel singer Mahalia Jackson on stage have been turned down. "I don't really feel Broadway is appropriate for me" because of "the night after night monotony," she said. Miss Franklin's husband of four years, however, has taken to the road in a stage production, as a member of the cast in the play "Proud." The separation "sure gives you time to miss a person," she said.

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Perhaps it's only a coincidence, but, based on original episodes, "Devlin Connection," on Saturday night, is the least appealing of the new detective programs. Hudson, who looks in fine fettle following his heart attack, plays a debonair city cultural director who sold his detective agency. But he gets back into the business when he meets his long-lost son, who happens to be a street-smart private eye. Former model Jack Scalia plays the role. There's an artificiality about "Devlin Connection." Nick calls his father "Big Guy," and the relationship and plot seems too far-fetched.

"Matt Houston" is not selling believability, either. But that's never the point of Spelling's never-never-land view of the world. It's all beautiful people, beautiful scenery and beautiful action in, of course, one beautiful package. Lee Horsley, who looks like Tom Selleck and sounds like Dennis Weaver from "McCloud," is good at folksy, self-deprecating humor. "I just ask questions.

You see, that's how I know I'm a detective." It's easy to be self-effacing when you have everything. Houston is a multimillionaire tycoon, originally from Texas, who now does private investigating as a sideline in Los Angeles. He helicopters to his office. He has a computer named "Baby" and other fancy James Bond gadgets. He also has a Harvard-educated gal Friday named C.J., the classy Pamela Hensley, who also serves as the Greek chorus, moving the cotton-candy plot on its merry way.

Since C.J. is brunette, Houston's garage attendant is blonde. And so it goes. The first Sunday, "Matt Houston" bombed in the ratings. But, the second time out, it was the week's highest-rated new show.

"Remington Steele," on Friday night, has style of a different kind. It sells intrigue and subtlety. The Nick and Nora Charles here are Ireland's Pierce Brosnan of and Stephanie Zimbalist. They're very good at the wink-wink, tongue-in-cheek game of TV chasin' and courtin'. Laura Holt is the private detective and Remington Steele her dashing and conniving front man.

He's necessary because clients are wary of female sleuths. "Do you pack a rod?" Laura asks him. "You've seen too many movies, Miss Holt." "Remington Steele" has potential, as does the sassy "Tucker's Witch," on Wednesday nights. The leads, recast since the pilot, are Tim Matheson and Catherine Hicks as a husband-and-wife detective team. Amanda Tucker has special, telepathic-telekinetic powers, which she can't always control.

She uses them to thwart evil, or snap her husband into bed. When all else fails, she can also throw a good punch in the mouth. Joe Friday would applaud the punch, not the puncher. 2)UUV xNew Song' concert Roy Brown, a native of Puerto Rico who has become one of Latin America's best composers, performs in concert Thursday at 8 p.m. at Moraga Hall.

This is the fourth local appearance for Brown, recognized as one of the most important figures in Puerto Rico's "New Song" movement. Brown's lyrics reflect poetry and political themes, set to traditional Carribean rhythms. He has made seven albums and was the leader of "Aires Bucaneros," a group which performed here in 1980 and 1981. For more information cajl 423-7522 or 426-4033. Royal fling helps Koo's career HOLLYWOOD (AP) Kathleen "Koo" Stark is more valuable to producers now that she's had a much-publicized Caribbean fling with Prince Andrew of Great Britain, her father says.

Wilbur Stark, himself a producer credited with "The Thing" and "Cat People," said he knows of several offers for his daughter since she left for the island of Mustique with the prince. "There have been calls from agents, mentioning specific pictures," Stark said. "I can't give you any specific information." He noted that producers would naturally be more interested in her after the news surrounding her name. The British press has had a flurry of headlines since she left, characterizing Miss Stark as a "soft porn" actress and saying the queen has been outraged by the trip. "Anyone looking at it objectively and knowing the entertainment industry has to assume that any tremendous publicity, as she's getting all over the world, and notoriety whatever you call it has to make her more valuable," he said.

Miss Stark, 25, spent eight days with the 22-year-old prince at the home of his aunt, Princess Margaret, on the island of Mustique before reportedly leaving in tears Tuesday and flying with two friends to nearby St. Lucia to catch a flight to Miami. "I don't know if the relationship has ended," her father said. "I don't know what happened." He said he did not know where his daughter was. "I expect to hear from her over the weekend," he added.

Prince Andrew, 22, left shortly afterward and arrived in London Wednesday. The couple originally planned to vacation together until Saturday, but Buckingham palace said the prince, second oldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, made an "entirely personal" decision to curtail the headline-making holiday with the actress who has appeared nude in films. The palace has declined comment on news reports that the queen was angered about the vacation and had ordered Andrew to return home. THE WHARF MM prpxrtif EARLY SPECIALS! The C.P.D.E.S. Hall 216 Evergreen, Santa Cruz EVERY tXDAY KiGHT 20 GAMES PAPER BINGO BLACKOUT ONE FREE CARD WITH MINIMUM PURCHASE THIS AD! DOORS OPEN AT 6KX) P.M.

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