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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1988
Page
11
Walt Disney Studios will shift from ABC to NBC with a remake of Davy Crockett as a new family series. The Disney Sunday Movie on ABC ends this season, with NBC securing the first fall lineup commitment as audiences show fatigue with anthology formats.
NBC plans a new Disney Hour blending anthology feel with four recurring stories including Davy Crockett. Each story will average one episode every four to six weeks while three others are still developing. The block will also feature Disney films and TV movies plus Mickey Mouse birthday specials. Fess Parker may be involved as the Davy Crockett star, though no decision yet.
Reiss says the show was not canceled but left the network as a natural progression. He notes John Daniing is likely to remain involved, possibly taking another role in the show. Disney’s first TV outing was NBC’s One Hour in Wonderland on December 25, 1950.
The overview traces Disney Studio programming from 1954 with Disney land on ABC to 1986 as Disney Sunday Movie. It covers title changes from Walt Disney Presents to The Wonderful World of Disney, CBS move, and later NBC and Buena Vista Television ventures.
Daytime TV breaks barriers as General Hospital reveals Simone Carrington and Tom Hardy will wed in a February 26 ceremony. The producer notes the couple will be treated as a normal married pair, with Carrington’s real life pregnancy woven into the plot.
The lineup features Crocodile Dundee with Paul Hogan as an outback icon and a forthcoming sequel, plus Flashdance the 1983 hit that redefined fashion and music, and Weekend War a TV movie about National Guardsmen facing guerrilla warfare with Stephen Collins and Daniel Stern in the cast.
Jackie Autry is Gene's second wife, married about five years ago after Ina Mae Spivey died. Neither Mrs. Autry was a leading lady, and Ina Mae remained long-time former spouse.
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