Busting Loose premieres tonight on CBS in Los Angeles
A TV review sketches Busting Loose as a slow start but promising farces powered by Adam Arkin and parents Jack Kruschen and Pat Carroll. Creators Rothman Ganz discuss youth stress and Laverne and Shirley ties while contest winner Eric Elfman snags an AP note for a separate cliche contest.
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TV Guide Highlights and Viewer Reactions Tonight
A packed broadcast slate features Little House on the Prairie quarantine plot with Laura Ingalls assisting, Wonder Woman in Judgment From Outer Space Part 2, Meeting of Minds with Roosevelt and Paine, and Busting Loose starring Adam Arkin. Also includes Man in the Iron Mask with Chamberlain, Maude, A Community Called Earth, Good Neighbor Sam, All's Fair romance, CBS Reports People vs Gary Gilmore, Kojak Dark Sunday, Hell on Frisco Bay and Diplomatic Courier. A Brady Ranch Variety Hour aside notes viewers discovering the 1968 73 Brady Bunch while aging cast members provoke nostalgia.
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TV Questions on Miss Corby and Walton saga
Early reports on Miss Corby’s health spark talk of her return to the show while Grandma’s illness threatens her. Earl Hamner Jr. notes life and death shape the series as John-Boy’s exit shifts focus to other characters.
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