Terrorvision as Special Bulletin crisis mirrors real siege
Hollywood creators Howard Rosenberg notes the NBC Charleston crisis plot in Special Bulletin echoes a Washington Monument siege last December. Directors Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz aim for a TV news style without sensationalism, centering on ABS network’s live coverage.
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Charleston
S.C
Susan Myles
New York
NBC
Washington Monument
Ed Zwick
Zwick
Orson Welles
United States
Marshall Herskovitz
ABS
ABC
CBS
Family
and Herskovitz
American Made album review by Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys MCA album produced by Ron Chancey blends country gospel with rock on Love Song a standout. Side two offers stronger cuts including American Made and Heart on the Line with mixed string use while Sterban tries lead on She's Just Another Pretty Face.
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Oak Ridge Boys
MCA Records
MCA
Ron Chancey
Verall
Chancey
101 Strings
Deeeeeep
Richard Sterban
the Oaks
Joe Bonsall
The
Oaks
Murder in Coweta County TV film pits two Georgia legends
In a CBS movie based on a Margaret Anne Barnes book, Andy Griffith plays John Wallace a powerful landowner known as The Kingdom who clashes with Sheriff Lamar Potts Johnny Cash in a tense account of 1940s Meriwether County Georgia. Dennis Nemec wrote the screenplay Gary Nelson directed on location in Georgia.
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Andy Griffith
Wallace
Johnny Cash
Lamar Potts
Potts
Coweta
Georgia
Gary Nelson
Meriwether County
Kingdom
Griffith
Mama’s Family producer’s favorite TV creator Hamilton
Joe Hamilton, veteran TV producer, discusses NBCs Mama’s Family and his long career. He recalls Emmys in a Beverly Hills home, his split with Carol Burnett, and his role guiding the show from concept to final edits. He praises the series for human relations and notes CBS offered Vicki Lawrence a 26 week commitment.
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Stacy Jonel Smith
Garry Moore
Hamilton
Carol Burnett
NBC
Carol
CBS
Bob Daley
Vicki Lawrence
Mama
Vicki
Lawrence
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