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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1981

Page

9

Three's Company Tops Summer TV Ratings Race

ABC led the week ending July 5 with the top shows including Three's Company and Too Close For Comfort, while CBS placed second overall as NBC trailed. Nielsen reported 16.4 million homes watched Three's Company at some point and CBS averaged a 13.7 rating for prime time.

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Love in the Afternoon No More on Soaps

A columnist complains soaps are dominated by violence this summer with scenes of shootings robberies and mobs. He notes recurring plots of affairs divorces births and amnesia while lamenting shifts from lighter themes to crime driven storylines. He reflects on watching with his wife during lunch.

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Soap Operas Turn Deadly This Year

Jeff Wallace questions the shift in daytime soaps toward heavy violence and murder in the current season. He suggests Moral Majority scrutiny and imagines if shows like All My Orphans and Days of Our Deaths reflect increasingly grim plots.

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Ronny Cox Talks Beasts Within and Family Doubts

In Jackson Mississippi Ronny Cox discusses his boyhood insecurity and the path to acting. He recalls being called dumb by family and town, quitting school at 17, joining the Navy, then returning to finish high school and pursuing college before becoming a television and stage star.

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Man Gored in Hip at Pamplona Bull Run Record Crowd

A Spaniard, Manuel Diez de Cerro Albeniz, 41, was gored in the hip by a bull during Pamplona's bull run, the second day of the festival. Police reported no other major injuries among about 2,000 runners as crowds swelled during a four minute run, nearly double opening day. Since 1591 more than 50 people have died in the runs.

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