Franklin stars as nun in Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
Bonnie Franklin plays a determined nun who builds a halfway house for female ex cons in a CBS TV film inspired by Sister Mary Nerney. The production features Rosemary Clooney and Sheryl Lee Ralph and airs tonight at 9 on WJW TV Channel 8.
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Producer Franklin pursues new TV series and play project
Franklin, who runs a production company with Marilyn Shapiro, talks of developing a new CBS project and a third script while casting writer and time slot. She has directed episodes of Safe at Home and Rocky Road and will helm Karen's Song for Fox. A contemporary musical play 40 about a 40th birthday is planned with Franklin starring, possibly in Easthampton this summer, with Judith Vierst writing and Shelly Markham composing.
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Winkler Finds Focus Behind The Camera In Telethon Work
Henry Winkler, the Fonz, now mainly behind the camera as producer and director, co hosts the annual Weekend With the Stars Telethon for Cerebral Palsy with John Rich. He has not acted in five years, last in Night Shift, and says he remains a character actor not seeking leading roles.
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Winkler Reflects On Life as The Fonz and Child Welfare Advocate
Henry Winkler recalls his life since playing the Fonz and his work with children. He notes his wife Stacey became a commissioner for the LC Department of Children’s Services while he supports child abuse prevention and youth programs.
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Pat Morita stars in new detective TV series after Karate Kid fame
Pat Morita, known for Arnold on Happy Days, returns to TV as a leading figure in a new detective series leveraging his martial arts skills. The premiere highlights his transition from film fame to television star power. Bonnie Franklin also headlines a TV movie portraying a nun running a halfway house.
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Telethon and Black Image Awards Highlight Weekend TV
The Cerebral Palsy Telethon rolls from Los Angeles Las Vegas and New York with John Ritter as host running into Sunday. The 19th Annual NAACP Black Image Awards airs on network TV honoring entertainers promoting positive portrayals in film TV and music.
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TV stars age gap and Challenger poem trivia
The piece notes Edward Woodward is 55 amid renewed interest in The Equalizer. It recalls John Gillespie Magee Jr. and High Flight, read by Dan Rather after the Challenger disaster, and cites Tom Brokaw's script writing practices. It also mentions Palmerstown U S A and its Lear Haley origins.
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Great Britain
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Rolling Stone Magazine
Dan Rather
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