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The Indw OrMnwowt May 14, 1989 IV Index VH-1 98 'Flix' gets kicks with features on film Executive switch could transform ABC's soaps Past themes shows have included an in-depth look at Bette Midler's "Beaches," a show on deceptive broadcasts on April Fool's Day and a look at the bed in movie history. Coming attractions on "Flix" include an entire program the week of May 28 on "Star Trek which is scheduled to be released June 5. "We're doing an in-depth look at the people who did the costumes and the movie's special language. And it'll be a very audience-directed show, because we know so many of our viewers are Trekkies from way back," says Goosenberg. Kathryn Kinley cause it was Tom Hanks' new movie." Each show, hosted by Kathryn Kinley, is supposed to look at the movies that are due to be released that week, "only some weeks there aren't enough significant releases.

So we do theme shows," says Goosenberg. STOCK WALLPAPER CLEARANCE $1.99 up SR Custom Drapes for Home and Office DCCOftATWG HOUSE COURT SQUARE UHWi, S-L couutry SQUIRE HOMES LAW B9WH PAYKCEIS LCV KSXISIT PAYKESTS Marion Oarrtt Ray Crow DarraH HiteNaon Chart KcCulenaon Dannia WtiKt 229-3945 1750 Laurens Greenwood BASKETS cM Imp Single dbl Verbena Asst Clerodendron Vinca Asst. New Guinea Asst Mandevilla Abutilon (Flowering Maple) Pentas Star Flower) Pk Red Petunia PLANTS FOR EARLY PLANTING Cannas Dwf Red Yellow Clematis Asst Garden Mums Assl Everbearing Strawberries By CONNIE PASSALACQUA Most soap fans have a hard time coming up with the real names of actors and actresses they see every day playing their favorite soap characters. Even more obscure are the names of network daytime vice presidents and other executives. But, oh, how much more important, they have all the decision-making power.

So the defection of Michael Brockman, longtime CBS daytime executive vice president, to ABC is big news. He's now president of a new ABC division incorporating daytime, children's and late-night TV. This move could influence the future of network daytime competition. ABC had been a strong No. 1 at the beginning of the '80s under the leadership of former ABC Vice President Jacqueline Smith (and that phenomenon known as Gloria Monty's Luke-and-Laura "General By 1983, ABC's strong ratings lead began to erode, and CBS became the No.

1 daytime network. So why would a successful Q. Please settle a bet between my family and myself. I say Timothy Dalton is actually the fourth James Bond. They all say only Sean Connery and Roger Moore were before him.

Wasn't there one other who only made one Bond Mm? S.R.P., Bradford, Pa. A. You win. The one you are thinking of was George Lazen-by, who was the Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," in 1969. But don't forget the 1967 film "Casino Royale," which had several people playing Bond, including Woody Allen and David Niven.

Even before, when Bond made his debut as a TV character, he was played by Rod Steiger. Q. My husband and I recently saw the movie "Messenger of Death" with Charles Branson. There was also an actor named John Ireland in the film. We have seen Ireland and Branson together before in "10 to Midnight." Is he by any chance the son of Jill Ireland and Charles Branson? F.

and F.R., Con-roe, Texas. A. It would have taken a strange quirk of nature of that to have happened. John Ireland is 74 years old and Jill Ireland is 52. They are not related.

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"We want to be a guidebook for anyone who loves movies and has a fascination about how they're made and the people who make them." "Flix" also differs from the other shows by aiming at a very direct, specific audience: the 25-39 crowd, those ubiquitous, demographically pleasing baby boomers. Not so coincidentally, that's also the target audience for VH-1. "We decided we wanted to expand our entertainment coverage to look at movies the way we look at music. So we came up with a movie feature show for hip, thinking adults," says Goosenberg. According to Goosenberg, "You're not going to be seeing much on John Hughes' teen-age movies or on 'Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 5 on We know our audience quite well.

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Roughly speaking, the ABC soaps are Brockman's to play with. And some do indeed help. "AMC," formerly second or third in the ratings, has been experiencing a ratings slide during the past few years. The congenial Stephen Schenkel was recently cut as executive producer and was replaced by longtime ABC hand Felicia Minei Behr. Behr was a producer of "Ryan's Hope" and worked on "AMC" in the '70s as an associate producer for ABC.

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