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Show 12S The Salt Lake Tribute Sunday Magatinc November 27, 1983 Hamner gives Boone best shot by Jon Anderson Chicago Tribune Writer Some years nothing goes right Executive producer Earl Hamner is trying to save his show Boone." He did it a decade ago for The Waltons," his other family-oriente- d show, which, like Boone," also started slow in the ratings. The h Waltons caught on after a ad campaign. For Boone, usually seen Mondays at 7 p.m. on KUTV, Hamner got NBC to put up e ads in 21 major (300,000 for newspapers. His aim: to get families at least to sample the show, which has been up against tough competition. His problem: The ads, which ran Oct. 31, lost their impact because that night many kids, accompanied by parents, were away from TV sets and out Halloween His solution? At an age when I should be on a beach at Cannes, he says, he is flying across the country, including a stop in Chicago, figuring he has two more weeks to talk up the ratings before, well, it is boom for last-ditc- full-pag- g. Boone. Despite the collapse of NBC News Overnight (it folds Friday), CBS remains firm on wee-hounews. Its CBS News Nightwatch, from 12:15 to 4 a.m. on KSL, shifts to new Washington quarters Jan. 2 to provide easier access to newsmakers. . With the Federal Communications Commission relaxing equal-tim- e rules, interesting ideas for campaign debates are popping ll up. Among them: a among Democratic candidates, with Ted Koppel and Phil Donahue sharlive PBS telecast ing a from Dartmouth College on Sunday, Jan. 15. If all agree, Koppel will run a round-tabl- e discussion, then Donahue will lead audience questioning. rs Bill Moyers wont be The American Parade, the CBS News weekly prime-tim- e show likely to begin in late March. Moyers had second thoughts about his 1984 workload, which includes commentaries on the CBS Evening News, several documentaries and election CBS is bringing correcoverage. spondent Bob Faw back from Tel Aviv. Faw, once with Channel 2 in Chicago, will be reassigned to New York or Washington. Also, Bob McNamara, CBS News network correspondent in Chicago, is shifting to Denver. ABC News has named David Brinkley chief political correspondent for The 84 Vote, its umbrella title for coverage of next years presidential race. Other principal assignments: Sam Donaldson with President Reagan, Carole Simpson with George Bush, Brit Hume with Walter Mondale, Lynn Sherr with John Glenn and Kenneth Walker with Rev. Jesse Jackson. Max Robinson (now doing ABCs prime-tim- e news briefs and Saturday night late news) will report on special polls commissioned by ABC and the Washington Post ... free-for-a- 3Vi-ho- ur STAR GAZERtO ro -- ARIES MAR. 21 t APR. 19 2- - V4) 543-53-7-7 4'' MAY 20 ?l 2 MAT 21 20 0 CANCER 21 etfbJUir C 22 8-- J 4J 1 Good 2 Friends 3 Money 5 You 6 Breaks 7 Can 6 Look Bits 10 A 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Into Plana Outsmart Visit You You Are Coming Someone 20 Your 21 Can't 22 Gathering 23 Hit 552-70-81-8- 24 25 26 27 4 VIRGO AUG. 22 sen. D& Sen. According to the Stars. 22 A Else Competition Find 28 Distant 29 By 30 Documents 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 36 39 40 41 42 22&M OCT. To develop message for Sunday, read words corresponding to numbers 11 354-58-86-9- LIBRA Yt Daily Activity Guide 'I asocial GEMINI JUNt ur By CLAY R. POLLAN-Yo- of your Zodioc birth sign. APR. 20 I Edging ahead in daytime ratings for the first time since 1977 is CBS. The rankings so far this season: CBS, with a 6.5 rating and 24 share; ABC, 6.4 rating and 23 share and NBC, with 4.5 and 17. (Each rating point represents 1 percent of the nations 83.8 million TV homes; the share is the percentage of homes tuned in.) The top five shows: General Hospital (ABC), The Price Is Right II (CBS), The Young and the Restless (CBS), All My Children (ABC) and As the World Turns (CBS). SCORPIO Seem 61 Course Pisces 62 Can't 63 That 64 Be 65 Of OCT. 22 66 Mind 67 Be 68 You 1820-5- Snags To That Are Happiness Concerning Gets Will Stay All 43 Give 44 With 45 Being 46 By 47 On 46 The 49 Insurance 50 Your 51 Neighbor 52 Being 53 You 54 Get 55 way 56 Good 57 For 58 Anything 59 Idea 60 To (Good (g) Adverse 69 Fixed 70With 71 Prepared 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 A The Praise Today Friendly Pleasure Chat Real 80 On 61 Good 62 Estate 63 Maks 64 Friends 85 Hava 86 Done 87 Alert 88 Plans 89 Set 90 Right 1127 ar Neutral NOP. 21' 1- - 3- 7 C 5 SAGITTARIUS NOP Dec 4P 41 CAPRICORN oec. JAN. 1 1 8 AQUARIUS JAN. 20 eei. it 5- - V?. PISCES eet. if MAR. 20 Vg Womens Chic Canvas Oxfords Our Regular 8.97 Pair Creatively Designed Canvas Casuals In Irresistible Colors. Trlcot-Une- d Padded collar for extra support for added comfort Just for fun Lively colors Shell Kraton sole for long wear |
