NBC cancels News Is The News four weeks early
NBC ends The News Is The News after four airings amid low ratings and stiff competition. The spoof program created by Herb Sargent failed to gain traction, with Dynasty reruns and CBS movies drawing viewers while Buffalo Bill and Family Tree face uncertain futures as NBC reshuffles its lineup.
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Comedians Murphy Rivers to host Emmy Awards 35th
Eddie Murphy and Joan Rivers will host the 35th annual primetime Emmy Awards in September, as announced by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Sherlock Holmes revival for PBS stars Jeremy Brett with David Burke as Watson in a 13 part British series adapted for TV by John Hawkesworth. The first seven episodes include The Solitary Cyclist The Speckled Band The Naval Treaty A Scandal in Bohemia The Dancing Men The Stoman and The Blue Carbuncle.
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Pompeii miniseries casts Down and Blessed in ABC unit
Hollywood reports Lesley-Anne Down will play Chloe a prostitute in The Last Days of Pompeii a seven hour ABC TV miniseries. Brian Blessed appears as Olinthus Christian leader in the Columbia TV version. ABC notes Loving may take time to catch on despite strong daytime ABC soap ratings and Nielsen shares.
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