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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 CABLE C By Nancy M. Reichardt The John NEW YORK Davidson Show recently devoted an hour and a half to the No. 1 soap opera, General Hospital. Featured guests GH included Tony from Geary (Luke Spencer); Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine), who had the chance to show off his vocal talents; Denise Alexander (Lesley Webber); Emily McLaughlin (Jessie Brewer), who is an original cast member of GH; and the - shows producer, Gloria Monty, who said that the now popular soap was close to being canceled when she took over the reins two years ago. Since The John Davidson Show airs at different times across the country, keep a watch in your area for this special edition of the talk show. designer, LOG channels are planned you dont remember, believed dead after his vate plane crashed in a jungle a couple of years ago. Also exiting from the AW cast was Tina Sloan as Olivia Dela' ney. Peter Simon, who is best remembered as Scott Philips on Search for Tomorrow and most recently as Ian McFarland on As the World Turns, has been signed to replace Mart Hulswit as Ed The Guiding Bauer on Light. The Marshalls of Texas have been wheeling and dealliving ing in a brand-neroom set thanks to the shows scenic 24-ho- Two more cable news General Hospital on Davidson show Richard Hankins. Also surrounded by new furnishings is Lisby Larson, who as Paige Carrington, has started her own boutique, called Paige One. READERS WRITE IN: Im crazy about Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti on The Young and the Restless). Can you tell me if he actually does sing and play the piano? And where can I write to him? C.C., Colorado Springs, Colo. Michael, who is 19 years old, does indeed play the piano (his mom, a former classical pianist, taught him how) and sing. At 11, Michael was working professionally with the family band; his single, She Did It, hit the charts last summer. Michael has two Tony Geary brothers and six sisters and you can write to him in care of The Young and the 7800 BevRestless, CBS-TVana Tribbey and Another erly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA World have called it quits 90036. and Linda Thorgason has tak- (Have a question about soap en over the role of Alice operas? Write Nancy Frame just as David Canary Reichardt at 200 Park was signed on to bring Steve Avenue, Room 602, New Frame back to life. Steve, if York, NY 10166.) The Group W Communications and ABC Video Enterprises have joined forces to develop the Satellite NewsChannels, a cable TV service, projected to begin in the spring of 1982. It will provide continuously updated national and international news, as well as a regional newscast every hour. The system is the first nationwide cooperative effort S By Val Carew I between commercial broadHEEEEERES LOVE casters and cable operators; just love The Johnny Carson the regional reports will be Show. Where can I write to him? What is his birthday? produced by TV news staffs Darlene Peepers, Rocky covering breaking news in 24 Mount, N.C. regions. The broadcasts will consist Johnny was born in Corn- Ted Turner of short, concise reports of ing, Iowa, on Oct. 23, 1925. be considers important news events, with announced nlans to launch aHowever film footage supplied by ABC Norfolk, Neb., his home on(1 cable News. This footage will be netWOrk because thats where he grew combined with material from T "P- - He ,s beginning his 19th ip iH Ncw a Washington D.C. bureau and bee-i9 will as the year at the he,m of the PPwas he other regional bureaus, wire Np.ork show. In 1958, lar Y arrives at midnieht services and additional news asked three times to substi- T 9 organizations. "'compact, hard news dld jthnwandln A second service of the Sa- be he tellite NewsChannels is service, catering to viewers 1962, Johnny' was hired as contemplated, which will be although permanent host NBC Probably didn' designed to appeal to people even h wi7 Primarily he and to be so who want a more comprehen- fi expect sive view of the news than is very permanent. Johnny is usually seen on commercial &neWS, with a five minute rred."lha,-,h-! D TV, window for cable systems to i i i him at NBC- Write marriage. Turner strikes again insert local news CA 91505. TV, Burbank, in now based CNN, Atlanta, In what some observers serves more than 8 million p is a response to the cable homes across the believe try-TeR. E. venture, .USA all day Turner, owner of Cable News Network (which premiered in June, 1980), The USA Network will 24-ho- all-ne- five-minu- te all-ne- r-h- CORRECTING THE COR- You are wrong, RECTION Tom Selleck was on The Young and the Restless as Brad Eliott, not Jed Andrews. Elizabeth Parlin, Easton, Me. No, I am correct. Selleck did play Jed. However, the mistake you made was an easy one to make. The role of Brad was played by a sound- - - alike Tom Hallick. I THIRSTY ROBIN would like to know how Robin Williams drinks with his ordca Beckham, vir" Beloit, J .,Csiyr coun-Grou- d C Robin Williams Thats just camera trickery. doesnt drink with his Robin Lemmons pipes; Schroders aims By Cindy Adams NEW YORK J SATURDAY South Carolina State vs. programming extended Alcorn State (Oct. 9) schedule involves the addition North Carolina A & T vs. three new series Better Mississippi Valley State (Oct. I of Homes and Gardens Idea 16) Scholastic Sports Norfolk vs. Hampton InstiNotebook, and The Wall tute (Oct. 23) Academy Street Journal Evening Grambling State vs. Jack-so- n News. State (Oct. 30) Black Entertainment TeleTexas Southern vs. Gramvision, a service carried by bling (Nov. 6) the USA Network, is currently Alcorn State vs. Mississippi providing seasonal coverage (Nov. 13) of black college football. The Grambling vs. South Caroli- nine remaining games of this na (Nov. 20) season are: The Bayou Classic: GramNorfolk State vs. Elizabeth bling vs. Southern (Nov. 27) City State (Oct. 2) Edited by Ann Ferrar begin in October. Jack Lem-mo- n is tapering off. He switched from cigarettes to cigars and now he's pipe smoking... Ricky Schroder's secret ambition is to do a western and to play baseball for the Yankees... Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisin ters is apartment-huntin- g the Big Apple... Mike Douglas' favorite food is chicken parmigiana. He even cooks it himself. finger. Mork does, however, but then Mork is from another planet and has powers we and Robin don't have. (Do you have a question about TV? Write Val Carew at 200 Park Avenue, Room 602, New York. NY 10166.) Johnny Carson neighbors and also to love our enemies. Probably because they're the same people! Hollywood knows how to live: Charlene Tilton put a down payment on a palazzo for a million and a half and Barbara Mandrel! bought herself a 160.000 Rolls Koyce... Loretta Lynn is looking to write a movie script and to star in it. H ESAYSVILLE THEATRE kaysviux, trr ah rtKM Sept. tfOO A SEAT 376-s- 23-3- 0 Burt Reynolds Royer Moore Farroh Fawcett DomDetuise a tmi pwfitt'W yM vho warn IAN NON HALL Mike Douglas was a technical Brig. Gen. Charles Yeager, retired, (r.) in Red Hag: fictionalized war the for games adviser The Ultimate Game, starring Barry Bostwkk, to air Saturday, OcL 3 on CBS. mWnMaaaMMM(taial Frost: Il's better to have loved and lost than to do homework for three kids... Peter Ustinov: "Its so smog- gy in L.A. that the first time I visited there I just felt the .. 1 This is from the Mickey Rooney: I didnt marry a lot. I just practiced a lot'... Orson Welles: Im not one to get times-marrie- tfemt d into the age thing and say how old I am. I can only tell you I The was born when meat was sights... Bible tells us to love our cheap." aus'a A eight-Davi- d & Tall Mon.-T- h JIUN javsn rmi aaayw m . tm 1 ' Dl t s ( at and Winter Schedule Matinee ns. 7:00 p.m. V 11 fri.Ajt. Sat. 7 and 9 p.m. I and 3 pan. I n |