Hart and fellow students graduate from law school on Showtime
LOS ANGELES After 15 years James T Hart and his law school classmates will say goodbye to Professor Kingsfield in a special two hour Showtime production. Hart Ford and Bell graduate from law school in a telecast that traces the Paper Chase from novel to film to TV series and hints at possible future movies.
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Showtime series final run ends after long run
John Darling reflects on the show’s uncertain future, noting initial disbelief at its renewal, the move from pilot to multiple seasons, and the upcoming five new episodes plus a graduation special. Cast members Stephens Houseman Fitzsimmons Keane Hartford stayed through, while others departed. The appeal, he says, mirrors what kept it from broad commercial viability.
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The Paper Chase actors on craft and mentorship
Batiuk and Shamray discuss The Paper Chase noting its personal, slice of life approach with no hype or laugh track. Stephens praises Hart and Kingsfield for ethical standards and a demanding mentor relationship that never guarantees approval. He also mentions directing one acts in Santa Monica amid business ventures.
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TV Highlights Schedule Spoofs and Classics Lineup
A compact TV guide listing 6 PM to 9 PM offerings across networks. Highlights include Top Secret spoof from 1984 with Kilmer and Gutteridge, From Hell To Texas 1958 thriller, Six Weeks 1982 drama, Rider On The Rain 1970, and several other films and specials on HBO Showtime Cinemax TMC and more.
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Your Cheatin Heart and Late Night TV Lineup
A TV schedule lists a 1964 film Your Cheatin Heart with George Hamilton at 11 P.M. on TMC followed by a Showtime program about a homosexual AIDS victim. Other items include Lenny (1974) with Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine, Donahue's Love and Sex specials, and Berlin Wall: 25 Years Later retrospective.
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Cosby TV kid Lisa Bonet to lead spinoff show
NBC plans a Lisa Bonet led Denise Huxtable spinoff from the Cosby show likely debuting as a weekly series next winter possibly by December. The program would center on Bonet's college life and is intended to air on a night other than Thursday to broaden Cosby appeal. NBC previously eyed Cosby co production hopes with Tony Orlando or Lena Horne.
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