| Show di ow'w14‘“ftowwmasltonlwnoms'Bwo Az - - - '! s) ki ) ) ) A 't I t t t ''': ttt Q Q Q - v t 001 0V A' ' VA0 Vr0 vv A ' 0 VA' '0 A'''-VA- '00 A NA 00 VA' t0VO4000011 07001000i40000 0A A tr000'0 0 A 0 0A A'A'2'VA'VV00 V by Jerry Buck - i Women" "Linda wanted to do something - about Arkansas because she's from ' a little town in Arkansas" Reyn- olds says "I wanted to do comedy with somebody special When the word got out that I wanted to do :IA '''''47ror- I'' r -r1v 4 1 4' r 1 After "Deliverance" in 1972 made him a bankable movie star he e became a champion with such hits as "The Longest Yard" "Smokey and the Bandit" "Semi-Toughalf-hou- r comedy a lot of people "Hooper" and "The Canresponded I talked to a lot of nonball Run" But his last hit was people but the projects didn't ex- - "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" cite me as much as hers because iin 1982 and his movies at hers was about a family in a small the box office after that slumped Southern town Which is exactly Part of the slump can be attributthe way I'd Ilike to raise my son be- to rumors that he had AIDS: ed cause I grew up that way which made it difficult for him to "She asked me what I'd be if I cast in good movies Actually couldn't be an actor I said a teach- - get 1he had injured his jaw doing a stunt er or a high school football coach and it developed into temporomanThat's the way the character dibular joint disorder It caused an ' evolved" inner ear problem that affected his Reynolds best known for hit 1balance and it made eating so diffi- movies such as "Smokey and the cult he lost a lot of r weight Bandit" "Hooper" and "The CanI couldn't get a two "For years nonball Run" plays Wood Newtona former pro football player who job" he says "I weighed 145 returns to his hometown in Arkan- - 1pounds I had to take five physicals sas with his wife and three children - to get a job I had to take the pictures that were offered me I did to coach the high school football action pictures because I was trying 'i team to prove that I was well I did picMarilu Renner plays his wife tures like 'Malone' 'Heat' and Charles Durning is his best friend 'Rent a Cop' and Ossie Davis is the philosophical "I've never been so brutalized by ' owner of a barbecue stand and the show's narrator It also stars Hal Ireviewers I got criticized and beat Holbrook as his father-in-laand Iup like crazy They said I was washed up my career was over I Elizabeth Ashley as an eccentric went to television because I had to aunt 1I'll be back I'll be back on my "Wood's a very family-oriente- d man who has a wonderful sense of terms" Reynolds says he has no fear of humor about himself" Reynolds ' said during a rehearsal break at ttaking roles that cast him as an oldCBS-MTer man He played a Studios "He loves small safecracker in "Breaking In" town values His team's not winning becailse he doesn't have any mate"I don't care as long as the parts rial and in Arkansas winning is are good whether I play somevery important in football He's not 1body's father or grandfather It's a real happy iabout that but be has question of whether you're workthree wonderful kids and his wife is ing If you're working it doesn't about to have another one" matter" Bloodworth-Thomaso- n also suggested that Reynolds try his hand at a script "I've done a lot of rewriting" he says "I'd like to very 'much The blank piece of paper just scares me ' I admire people who can sit down By Susan King Los Angeles Times : and stare at it and do something" No longer content to passively In Florida Reynolds had starredI ' for two years in the ABC Mysteryr watch its viewers tune out and Movie "BL Stryker" watch cable PBS has decided to get tough and aggressively counterpro- ' gram i!IIMEMS Last week as the four networks airing the season premieres of PICK YOUR and returning series PBS de- lin schedule to voted prime-tim- e its IT" CARD doe- one show: Ken Burns' "The Civil War" umentary PLACE And Sunday public TV officially kicks off its new fall season with a YOUR AD potpourri of new and returning se- mom owes ewe ries and specials entitled "Show ' visr " case Week" Tli 2' ETI 14 "It's a celebration" said Jennifer Lawson executive vice president -0 promotional77143 South Main:: - -- for programming and serviees- "It's not sti nitich- a tam:- Sat WOW—Utak : i ' - ' i: ' 11 ' 01 4 1 ''''' ' 40410°°1' 40 ' box-offic- ' t - 1 1 1 ' l11:1' - r :''' - - 41b :4 i f ‘ August" ''' 4 S It: - - - w For 16 years Reynolds concentrated on making movies before rei turning to television His first TV appearance was in "Riverboat" in 1959 He was in "Gunsmoke" and later starred in "Hawk" and "Dan of "Designing h-Thomason q dy" iida ? 4)011124111 "The show worked but it was the wrong night" he says "We were in the top 20 until ABC moved us from Monday to Saturday The decision to move it to Saturday was suicide When they did that I hit the ground running I started telling people comeI'm ready to do a half-hou- r bow he would like to live if he wasn't an actor that brought about creation of the CBS sitcom "EveFridays at 7 pm ning Shade" seen on KSL had been in living Reynolds with his wife actress Loni An- and their son Quinton and s looking for a comedy about a in a small Southern town brought him to Linda Bloodwort- 4 PZN Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — Burt Reynolds says it was his own vision of 4 4 4 AV It goVildc-4- : d1 ':"0:':ii7iok''Stkdi:!::is::R-Oy-001d-s!:7:j:0-047:''ofg-ob I VV' V 11 4 i 04 a '61i10 1 - 6! 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' :'!': ! - 7 ' ' :i -- - ) ' " '': ::'!: P'' d :' ok ': ' k) r :' ":'"' ' Aso"' 'vii “ ) ' — ':' — ' ' :' '' - 7 :: 1 4ioeigaiiiRom44444 -- 7y:i'' ' ' '::' Ai14wAi-104i:ÁtekiAimlio- ' ' '-- - d ' : ' Ake a: 41:44L-- ' 'iiiiiewkeittisivii4Avismons - Associated Press Newsfeatures Photo Burt Reynolds looked for a half-hou- r comedy series to do after ABC Mystery Movie one in and Shade" found folded for CBS With him are Marilu Henner "Evening who plays his wife and a supporting cast including Ossie Davis Charles Durning Hal Holbrook and Elizabeth Ashley Seen Fridays at 7 pm on KSL PBS goes on offensive to rope in viewers l'A' 11-ho- ' : I ' 1 W a sampling of some of the best we traditionally have We deliberately highlighted these programs be-cause we wanted viewers to know that if they like these shows there are more where these are coming from" Lawson admitted that PBS doesn't have the viewership it like To heighten the aware- ness of "Showcase Week" PBS is even airing commercials on its corn- petition "We want the voice of public TV there as well" Lawson said Kicking off the week is the sea- son premiere of "Nature" and the Harold Pinter drama "The Heat of the Day' the season opener of "Masterpiece Theatre" - Paul Winfield a familiar face on- -PBS rAnieritan Playhouse"-atic- r- ntliiilirill Fowta '1Woirttllitif "mnAaé"ivibifil Mitt am Week" "We wanted a host who was not just simply a celebrity who did not have a connection to public TV" Lawson said "It was impor- tant to have somebody whose work reflected what PBS was about" N Another "American" series Pie" is set to air during "American the winter "It's an anthology mag- azine series from all over the coun- try that highlights local vignettes the uniquely regional quality of & While cable's Arts EntertainAmerica" Lawson said ment Network and Discovery Chan- - - PBS is in the midst of restructurnel still acquire a majority of their ing "so we have a bit more central-woul- d ization of our funding and can then programs from England Australia and Canada PBS has decreased its support new programming" she number of imports "We have made said Until now PBS stations across a conscious effort over the past 10 years to put far more of our re- - the country would individually purchase the programs that made up sources into our own productions" Lawson said "That was our intent the PBS schedule "That put PBS in a passive position of just schedul- behind the creation of 'American mg what the stations collectively Playhouse' 'Wonderworks' decided to said Lawson And 'American Masters' and 'The that explainsbuy" why each local station American Experience' At one can air PBS programs on different we may have - days at different times or not at all- point someone-sai- d ton Mapy- series that are entitled- - - PBS lioloeS AO 'gchle've thilform ' -- ---- it I 1 ' '''glidir7gervAtiiititari'-goltielfifie"lifeegetglehbafifiMioitieliiiie'rie- The 'giifilie I laughing filliiit iiiiiailleiStiliaiirSéOnWei iti:19iii rtg f reto r |
