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Jeff Borden Four Smashing Ladies and each is enjoying her involvement with the series For Carter who most recently played the wife of Phil Drummond on the role on is a cathartic experience She obviously hated her job on do I put she said when asked about her stint on the now-canceled served two years I bought chintz curtains for my room I kept reminding myself of the things at home I was getting I have done it ashamed and never live it For Smart who most recently played a tough but compassionate doctor on the Home Box Office series the CBS comedy is a chance to play to a much larger audience with a first-rate cast wouldn't want to work with these she asked For Potts a scene-stealing actress who has won raves for her work in several films including and in the series is steady employment heard and read film critics waxing on about her imminent stardom but realistic a star is some weird point out in space that very few people ever she said been in this business awhile they say going to be this big star and then four months later the mortgage comes due I go down to the bank with a stack of By virtue of its time slot and weak competition is almost assuredly a hit Even if it Bloodworth-Thomason and her cast about to jump out a window just a TV Bloodworth-Thomason said here is pretty resilient If we make a go of it get some other costumes move to another barn and put on another The four ladies of work as interior decorators in Atlanta but their occupation was never all that important to executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason had a relationship with these four Bloodworth-Thomason told television writers last summer been working toward this for a long time I went to Harvey Shephard (then vice president of programming for CBS) and told him I care what profession these ladies had I just wanted them to open their mouths He said got a What a show The series which airs at 9:30 pm Mondays on WBTV (channel 3) is a feast for the ears and a showcase for its stars Delta Burke Dixie Carter Annie Potts and Jean Smart Fast funny and naughty it is the best-written sitcom of the new season Burke and Carter star as Julia and Suzanne Sugar-baker respectively the owners of the firm Julia is a tart-tongued widow Suzanne is the more glamorous femme fatale divorcee Potts plays Mary Jo Shively a recent divorcee who has just returned to work Smart is Charlene Frazier better at organizing the office than her own love life Talk at is more likely to revolve around sex gynecologists love affairs and relationships than the color of carpeting or the texture of draperies For some sensitive viewers it may be a little too bawdy but Bloodworth-Thomason insisted the way women talk when men around is not meant to be risque" she declared do talk about gynecologists Women do talk like that I write things we say I like to write Crisp dialogue means nothing without talented performers to give it the ring of authenticity The stars of succeed in doing that C'We honor all ouT-v competitors coupons EYEGLASSES BUY 1 GET 1 FREE I Buy a pair ol eyeglasses at our regular low price and get another pair with single vision glass lenses tree from selected frames Plastic lenses bifocals and tints are available at a alight additional charge Certain prescriptions not Included BAUSCH AND LOMB SOFT CONTACT LENSES Includes fitting cbeck-ups and care kit eye examinations not included Tinted Soft Lenses 89 Extended wear contacts starting from We will honor all other competitors coupons Let it schedule yoar eye examination Monroe Mall Monroe 289-6426 Akers Shopping Center Gastonia 861-0765 Sala Ends 10-31-86 Vision Center Sale Prices Good at All Locations 1600 Independence Blvd Charlotte 377-2885 5401 South Boulevard Charlotte 527-0536 3 TVWKKOCT 12-1S I0S Pag 3.