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I The News and Observer Raleigh 25' Friday January 111980 NBAbroadcasts begin PLITT'S 0 I) HE NITHEATRES Ft crucial season Sunday A NE 'ITSIA pp eg 0 tP' rIPY' ft gal Ni Illtre: 1 NIusburger has -4RAt Amt' i It 1rE11 SiE UCH 0 :11" gripes about 4011 a TVRadio sports SEL 1 0 lack of television: 25 By Owen Paris '4' 'S 1 4' 11: E' '''4 4 I CA NTHUSI regular-season game because is thoo long changes to salvage its "If they did away witidh 4 rl 5 on court product including chang- the shot clock we woTuh the 24-second ing starting times to I have sheer boredom (going head-to-head guys are too and 4: z' the same with college basketball they would never significant plays ball in a stall game on NBC) and scrapping -2r: i4at: rr4! K4 r- s-: last five min- its regional telecast Television can pr i (r1141" 4 Basket- Musburger who also ternoon game in January rtreaC 6 has too hosts "The NFL Today" is meaningful Mus 4t experiment tend that one Sunday af- i444 e4 Cri -T-Au: 000 1 iok (j ft ii players Ev- onCBS thiks NBA tele- burger says -1 4 7t -4 4 teAlfr' i'Af' I 6 5 uninspired casts aren't helped any "What you try to do is '''4 ''''Pl ---1i than ever son but he defends the a couple ot ii ratings for game itself to el exposure to 4 ''09i 1 3 complaints seem by the lengthy pro sea- give network i '4 of teams and try akp A pntprtninino broadcasts begin crucial season Sunday NIusburger has gripes about lack of television: regular-season game because is too long on the court the 24-second the same significant plays last five minutes Basketball has too players Everybody uninspired complaints seem than ever ratings for changes to salvage its product including changing starting times to I pm (going head-to-head with college basketball on NBC) and scrapping its regional telecast experiment Musburger who also hosts "The NFL Today" onCBS thinks NBA telecasts aren't helped any by the lengthy pro season but he defends the game itself TVRadio sports: By Owen Paris "If they did away with the shot clock we would have sheer boredom The guys are too good and they would never give the ball up in a stall game" Television can't pretend that one Sunday afternoon game in January is meaningful Musburger says "What you try to do is give network exposure to a couple of teams and try to make it entertaining" PLITTISOUTHERNITHEATRES 9 Ai The News and Observer Raleigh Friday January 11 1980 25 RoBERT BEHTON Best Director and Best Screenplay of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics National Society of Film Critics cs "I don't think people should try to redesign the game" he said "The problem isn't with the game I worked when the ratings were good Maybe they could go to a 30- second clock and zone defenses but I like the way they come down the floor and shoot "Basketball translates very well on television It's short two hours and it's terrific "Steep is vibrant and vital in a brilliantly understated tour de force that rivals any female performance on celluloid this year" George Anthony Toronto Sun he said "You can't make it meaningful That would be dishonest You focus on one game and the matchups" He firmly disagrees that the predominance of black players hurts NBA telecasts "If that were true the National Hockey League would be the most attractive thing on TV because it's all-white" Musburger said "But the NHL lost its network contract" I I Fri 715-900 Sun 1Q 1 crul I Brent Mu heard all the pre! basketb I appeal on tell I A re gular-i I isn't meaniq the season I The action a dictated by 1- 1 clock all loo' The only sign 4 come in the 1 4 utes The Natio ball Associa 1 many black erybody look Those corn more valid i since CBS's NBA tele( i' dropped 40 past two yea i But Must play-by-play for CBS's pr telecasts do the game it uratings to te 1 experiment' 1 telecasts the decline a Celtics the 5 our team 'I 1 Musburget testing his tt when CBS weekly tele basketball who have thi in the NBA play the I Lakers at 1 telecast is 1 regional "The Celti NBA what to college fo burger said phone interv Angeles "It either love appeals to audience "The mist last year wa pimal gam having the i up with trt national gt want to see Larry Bir 'Akers') Ea on national This is a For the NB Some obsei the future a ball on hinges on to its ratings CBS has I Brent heard all the pro basketball's Iappeal or! 1 A I isn't meaningful the seaon The action tated by I clock all looks The only 4 come in the utes The National ball Association many black ybody looks more valid since CBS's erThose 4 NBA Brent heard all the pro basketball's appeal on A isn't meaningful the season The action dictated by clock all looks The only come in the The National Association many black looks Those more valid since CBS's NBA telecasts dropped 40 past two years But play-by-play For CBS's pro telecasts the game ratings drop it to the experiment telecasts last the decline Celtics the team NIusburger testing his when CBS weekly basketball who have the in the NBA play the Lakers at I telecast is regional "The Celtics NBA what to college said interview Angeles "It's either love appeals to audience "The mistake last year was games having the up with national want to see Larry Bird Lakers') on national This is a For the NBA Some observers the future on hinges on to its ratings CBS has For the NBA Some observers the future ball on hinges on to its ratings CBS has "Benton gives his film its depth and complexity by challenging the audience's preconceptions and snap opinions at every turn" Rich Time Magazine xity BEST BUY IN TOWN! t-) DUSTIN HOFFMAN Best Actor of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics New York Film Critics National Society of Film Critics "Dustin Hoffman should win the Oscar for his performance in Kramer vs Kramer" Brown NBC-TV "Without question this is the movie Hoffman has been waiting for He delivers a performance of such skill I'm certain Oscar will come out and shake his hand" Rona Barrett ABCTV "Dustin Hoffman gives the performance of his life" Dennis Cunningham CBS-TV "A triumph Dustin Hoffman is fantastic" Gene Shalit NBC-TV DUSTI Best A of the' Los Angell New York National "Dustin win the perform Kramer Bro "Withou this is tt Hoff mat waiting a perk)r such sk Oscar and shc Rona Ba "Dustin the penl his life' Dennis i "A triun Dustin I fantasil Gene SI "Hoffman has given extraordinary performances but none more affecting than this one It appears to be an Oscar contender in every category" Charles Champlin LA Times "Dustin Hoffman is perfection" Bob Thomas AP "Dustin Hoffman is absolutely marvelous The finest performance of his career" Rex Reed NY Daily News MERYL STREEP Best Supporting Actress of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics New York Film Critics National Society of Film Critics "Streep gives us a portrayal that appears to be constructed of raw nerves and remembered pain" Charles Champlin LA Times IP 101 I 11(' 4 444 4' it "The Robert Benton movie is a major dramatic work startling and emotionally involving" David Denby New York Magazine matic 199 3gazine A fight for vengeance ends in 0 death! 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