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Show I by Joey Sasso I I CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: Looks like everybody is j I trying to cash in on the success of CBS-TV's I I 'Dallas.' Eut the producers of the ABC oil drama I I 'Dynasty' say that doesn't apply to them. "I know I I people will say we're a copy of 'Dallas,' " says I I Norma Herron, an associate of producer Aaron I I Spelling. "But that's not true. There're just a lot I of similarities. That's all." Those 'similarities' I I include an oil-rich family the Carringtons, a I I spoiled brat daughter, a gay son, divorces and lots I I of love affairs. In fact, aside from living in Denver J I instead of Texas, the only thing the Carringtons I I seem to be missing is a shooting but it's still J I early in the season. Spelling, producer of 'Charlie's I Angels,' 'Hart to Hart' and 'Vegas,' has already I j spent a small fortune putting the family together, I I including $2 million just on the pilot. To compete I with Larry ('J.R.') Hagman, Linda ('Sue Ellen') I I Gray and the rest of the Ewing clan on CBS, I Spelling has come up with an all-star cast. I I CONSUMER NEWS WIRE: 'Little House on the I I Prairie' star Michael Landon and his wife Lynn are I I talking about a reconciliation. They are still living I I apart, but Lynn told me: "The lines of communica- I I tion are now open." In an exclusive interview, Lynn I I said that she and Michael are now "on peaceful I I terms and we're certainly talking about getting I I back together." The split in their 20-year-old I I marriage came in June when Michael left the I I family's plush home in Beverly Hills, California, to I I live with 19-year-old Cindy Clerico, a make-up I I assistant on his TV series. In a short statement at I I that time Landon, who is 43, said: "I have moved I I out. Lynn and the kids are taking a vacation in I I Spain. This is our way of trying to work out our I I problems. We are not talking about divorce." I I TV CLOSEUP: Catch A Rising Star. . . Anne-Marie I I Murray, the delicious Canadian singer-poet who's I I touring the northeast with her lilting songs about I I the homeland and the heart, is unquestionably the I I freshest new talent of the season. When I asked I I Anne-Marie why I felt both soothed and excited by I I her singing, she explained that her simple themes I I "draw people into a more tranquil world which I I feeds their inner spirit and revitalizes them." I I Through her love laments, her ballads about the I I sea, and the wonderful Tara songs from Ireland, I I this piquant lass from Newfoundland utterly I mesmerizes her audiences. Watch for her on TV I I and look for her soon-to-be-released book and I I cassette titled Portraits in Words and Songs. She'll I I warm your heart and soul . . . Johnny Carson's kid I I brother, Dick, hopes hosting a new TV comedy, I I 'People to People,' will get him a guest shot on I I his brother's 'Tonight' show, of which he was once I I the director. Before leaving 'Tonight,' he did sit I I down with his big brother. "Johnny said, 'You I I know, it's the hardest thing to interview my I I brother. How's Mom?' 'I don't know,' he said. 'You I I never call her.' " I |