| Show a 3- - i Chris d : $ - - ' t I z t : 4 1 I v A “10 I 4 : ' '''St 10P —3'1'1' 1 44 A' 1 I i ' " ' k i -- - - ' -- v40 'N - ' ' k vole ' el ' lc - ' - ' "-- N " 411 1 - ' ‘‘ ' —--- -- $: ' N --- '- ' ' ::: ' ‘ k j ' ' t: J ' ' - ' N0 - i i 'd i ‘ 1 - 1D- At 15 he was in "Max Headroom" Then he was John Candy's son in "The Great Outd roller coaster I stayed in my school in Philadelphia but studied with a tutor I worked three years with a tutor then went back for graduation" Young no longer requires a member of the family to be with him as a A Li ' ''''' ' 1 - ' 0 k - ' 111' ' ri' '"'- - ' : "---- -:- ' ' ) - 40 "S''" 'e ---- A s7R‘ eik4 something i ' ) rr e ( ti ' 4 visit him His father "handles my money and my business and my life CBS bought seven episodes then dropped the show ABC has ordered 13 episodes ' - or perform 1 f tt 0 410 '100' Young says the best thing he's ever done was a pilot with Graham Chapman the late member of the Monty Python comedy troupe "It had that edgy Python humor" he says "It went right over the heads of the network people" In "Married People" Young has the role of Allen who has come to New York to attend Columbia University "He's a teen-age- r but he's not looking for a date for the prom" he says "This isn't a farce It's about the real world Every show isn't neatly wrapped up at the end with a ribbon and a bow Allen has a lot of energy He wants to save the world Back in Indiana he was a smart kid but now he's in New York He's a fish out of water" Young hooked into the acting profession enthusiastically at an early age He was on the train from Philadelphia to New York almost every day after classes to audition 0 - &Tilt - downhill" love-struc- I i ' - "I believe in people more than Young says "I like someone who does a project for the right reasons That's why I did Itunestone' The director Willard Carroll wrote the screenplay from a short story he had read years ago At 7 in the morning after working all night everyone was pulling his hair but this guy's got a smile on his face He's making the movie he's always wanted to make "It was that way for 'Book of Love' and this show I've been in situations where people hated what they were doing I'll never let myself get into a situation like that again I want to work with people who want to be there You'd better have a lot of enthusiasm and incentive because once you start it's all k i q projects" 4 ! 7 li'it t by Jerry Buck Associated Press Writer k ' - Young s rums b etweenib'Married scenes LOS ANGELES — Acting ina lot of waiting and while volves i Chris Young killed the hours be I kbr tween brief stints in front of the I camera he taught himself to play i the guitar 1 In his dressing room on the set of I the new ABC comedy series "Married People" in which he plays a " newlywed Young is strumming a white electric guitar he says is "the kind Jimi the !i which Hendrix used to play" ' more guitar "I sit here and :ate"' than I do work on play the set" he says "Music gives me another outlet for my creative energy It's something that's your own and you're not just saying somebody else's words" Young who graduated from high la school in suburban Philadelphia a year ago is starring in his third se) ries He was the computer whiz in k "Max Headroom" and the teen-age- r in "Live-In- " He stars in the movie "Book of Love" due in October and the thriller "Runestone" also due out later this year "Married People" looks at three generations of couples who live in a New York brownstone Young college student plays a teen-ag- e who married his high school sweetheart played by Megan Gallivan Jay Thomas and Bess Armstrong play a baby boomer couple facing ' parenthood for the first time Ray Aranha and Barbara Montgomery are the older couple with three who own the grown children brownstone house near Central Park The series is in a sense an outYoung had growth of "Live-In- " wanted to work again with the creators Rob Sternin and Prudence ic ' Fraser The show was developed ' for CBS but was swept out when I Jeff Sagansky became head of programming and went to ABC ' ! Columbia TeleAfter "Live-In- " ! vision wanted Young to star in another series "I wanted to work with the same writers Rob and Pru" he t says "They came up with the conf cept of three couples of different 1 ages in the same house It was ub o - - 11 - ) 7Ta ) VrIt i':'''t la - v Associated Press NewsFeature Photo taught A veteran of $eries television (this is his third) guitar while" waiting on the set He is in cast of new ABC comedy really" - t himself to play "Married People" Syndication to local stations isn't quite dead yet 1 LrY 1 By Ron Miller t Newspapers ight-Ridder There are signs that the incredi- ble boom in syndication of original shows to local TV stations may be slowing down in the 1990s as the market nears saturation Still there will be interesting new shows out there this fall filling in the spaces the networks leand open on their affiliated helping independent stations stay competitive Among the newcomers: 1 t i i T I t 1 —"Trump Card" — Produced by Donald Trump this pits three contestants against èácif tithe( ibl'fatö to fill a Ientrepreneur Y - - spge111111- C41447bPleS144 - stars Stephen Dorff as a triloquist who inherits a dummy with a mind of its own Premieres Trump Castle and Casino in Atlan- tic City Who knows the way his fortunes are going Trump may de-cide to enter the competition him- self Premieres Sept 10 — "Super Force" — Ken Olandt stars as Zachary Stone a former as- tronaut who fights crime by don- ning a special "21st century suit" that gives him extraordinary pow- movie ers Premieres as a two-hoon Sept 26 then becomes a half- hour weekly series starting Oct 6 — "Personalities" — Charlie Rose the former host of CBS's "Nightwatch" hosts this entertain- ment magazine with a focus on ce- lebrity profiles Premieres Mon- - day: '' ' 24--- Z ' -- t''r---- corn Sept 30 — "The Challengers" — Dick Clark hosts this daily game show that breaks a game show taboo to concentrate on current subjects Premieres Monday — "Memories Then and Now" — Produced by NBC News this half-honostalgia series revisits places and people from 20th century history then updates them from by today's perspective Chuck Scarborough and Kathryn Kinley Premieres Sept 15 ""---- — "Wilkt arPullPY" — ThIF SLY 4 t venKn- - 4 ' 114St Series" " a cticirt 4 seiiel ti Ir --- lefli-Ni-- - r In American brothers learn the leg- - Three extra-smakids are pitted endary vampire Count Dracula against three regular adults in this (Geordie Johnson) is trying to rule game show stressing "hard" clues-th- e world under his disguise as a tions Runs Saturdays starting this billionaire European power bro- - month ker Naturally they try to stop him — "Million Dollar Video ChalPremieres Sept 29 lenge" — Yet another show in "Reunion" — In this half-howhich people with camcorders can weekly show families friends and wheedle big bucks out of Holly-love- d ones are reunited after long wood companies Premieres Sept 15 separations Premieres Sept 29 — "Neon Rider" — In this one- — "21 Jump Street" — The can-hoCanadian-mad- e series a psy- - celed Fox network series about chologist sets up a ranch where youthful undercover cops returns troubled urban youths can go for with new episodes Johnny Depp is rehab Done in the spirit and style out but Michael DeLuise joins of "21 Jump Street" Premieres brother Peter in the cast which - -- - - - - - -also has Saturday:- -- ec9 7'Pl Ff14RVIePgi"tT44PFci!licr r rt - - en --- Y-- The Salt Lake Tribuae ' - 2 1990 T: |
