Show B6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday September 25 2002 SHERMANS LAGOON Surprise Emmy win a big deal ffer CMdis vnmtio KttPMTKXOUR LAC OF matman NEW YORK (AP) — After getting no sleep Michael Chiklis stunned his fellow parents in the car pool lane by driving his daughter to school on Monday his Emmy Award in hand He stowed off the trophy for best actor in a drama to her thud-grad- e classmates Dad was ll the ultimate “It was so cool to see their little faces beaming" Chiklis said Probably no other Emmy this year will be so transforming both for the underdog actor who stars in “The Shield” and for FX the basic cable network struggling for an identity that airs it His award was also the biggest surprise particularly given dial NBC’s “The West Wing” was named best drama the third straight time and its cast members swept the other three drama acting awards Chiklis had allowed himself to dream — until to walked into the Shrine Auditorium and saw fellow nominees Martin Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland His network president Peter Liguori privately figured Chiklis had no shot and was happy with the nomination “The Shield" a violent drama about a rogue cop was the first new series put forth by the 8-cable network in an attempt to follow year-ol- d HBO’s playbook of building a reputation through quality programming The series drew solid reviews and a decent- sized audience for basic cable Its average of 31 million viewers is a fraction of the 172 million people who saw “The West Wing” ' every week last season is “This monumental’’ Liguori said “It has raised the bar for ourselves In some ways this is one of the most rewarding days since I’ve been at FX and also the most daunting day We’ve seen what we can do Now we have to do it On a more consistent '3 vr-v- show-and-te- CATHY I WANT TO SET AM EXAMPLE OF TASTEFUL MESS FOR THE Y0UN6 WOMEN M AN OFFICE ! 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INHERE' D FIND THE SOU SUEDE SEE H0N1HEV HUN TO SOU ALREACN BEETLE BAILEY HAGAR THE HORRIBLE HAGAR YOU HAVE TO YOU AT DOCTOR IF1 1 STOP EATING LIVER I YOU SAY SO CAULIFLOWER AND EGGPLANT AND D0N'T DRINK VINEGAR J I IT'S TAKEN AWHILE BUT THINK TVS FINALLY FOUND OCTOR I CAN WORK basis” WlTHJ FX immediately tried to capitalize by scheduling reruns of the show’s first season twice a night starting Monday New episodes aren't expected until January FX airs movies virtually every night along with reruns like “Ally McBeal” and “The Practice” A new comedy “Lucky” stare John Corbett of “Sex and the City” as a compulsive gambler Another drama in the works “Snitch is about a hood turned FBI informant The Emmy “will certainly get the network more exposure from general viewers” said Harry Keeshan director of national broadcast for the ad buing firm PHD “The fact remains the content of (“The Shield!’) will continue to be somewhat objectionable to a lot of the - PEANUTS 1 r AP Photo Actor Michael Chiklis accepts his Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work in The Shield during the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday ' advertisers” ' A conservative group the Parents Television Council successfully urged two dozen advertisers to stay away from “The Shield” because of its content including ah infamous scene of a cop urinating on a suspect “In a strange way this just vindicates what we’ve been saying all along about the stow" said Brent Bozell founder of the Parents Television Council This has great production and he is a fabulous actor I’m glad he won the Emmy The stow is good enough that it doesn’t need the launch” Even before his client had a chance to sleep Chiklis’ agent has started to field the sort of job inquiries that used to elude him Chiklis played John Belushi in the 1989 film “Wired" and he’s probably best known for the 1991-9- 5 series “The Commish” He has portrayed Curly of the Three Stooges and a pudgy dad in the shortlived 2000 sitcom “Daddio” Before “The Shield” he decided to lose 20 pounds so he wouldn't be stuck in fat character actor roles “I would hope that it would open up worlds in the feature world with material that before I had not been privy to” Chiklis said It’s hard to change an image once Hollywood has settled on one he said Few things help more than an Emmy “He’s a actor and he just worked It worked it worked it until he got it right” Liguori said “It’s great to see that recog- val-u- es - blue-coll- ar nized” Producers apologize for Parks jokes in 'Barbershop’ CHICAGO (AP) — Jesse Jackson says he’s pleased the producers of “Barbershop” have apologized for the film’s barbs about Rosa Parks Martin Luther King Jr and others but still wants the jokes cut from future DVD arid video editions of the hit movie The producers Bob Teitel and George Tillman told The Associated Press on Monday that they had apologized to Jackson on behalf of everyone involved with the film “I completely did not mean to offend anyone” Tillman said But Jackson said they must go further and remove those scenes from the video DVD and MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM FOXTROT CHECK OUT IMS ADVICE COLUFM EAU WRtTMS IS THAN X IMAGINED ims First “DEAR MSS SHARK ONE X DA X HAD TO MAKE UP THE THE SCHOOL DANCE IS C0NN6 UP AND X DON’T HAVE A DATE WHAT SHOULD OF COURSE A LONELY HUNK" REAL LIFE ADVENTURES AND DOX 6VE THE PERFECT ADVICE OS WHAT PAIGE ITS TOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER CLOSE TO HOME Cable versions “The apology is a step in the right direction" he told the AP but added that he will “keep appealing to them” to do the right thing Barbershop” die No 1 film of the last two weeks has been a surprise box-offihit It stars rapperactor Ice Cube as the inheritor of a barbershop on Chicago’s South Side Cedric the Entertainer plays an old cantankerous barber who jokes about King’s alleged ce promiscuity The character also says other blacks refused to give up their seats to whites in die segregated south but that Rosa Parks got the credit because she was connected to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Charles Land) an English essayist and critic wrote: “Nothing puzzles me more than time and space and yet nothing troubles me less as I never think about them” ' At bridge nothing puzzles one more than winners and losers Yet if one never thinks about them it will trouble partner greatly l Trike this deal as an exam- proof 10 Nif mo nufnon rooo wouio novo ended right there "Dldnl you know? 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