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EVERYBODY'S BABY: THE RESCUE OF JESSICA MCCLURE (ABC, May 21, 9 p.m. EDT). Her Texas neighbors quarreled over the TV rights, but the story of 18-month-old Jessica's ordeal in a well was bound to reach the screen, come hell or high water. Beau Bridges and Patty Duke co-star in the docudrama...
...large constituencies, yet they often seem motivated as much by ratings as by the public weal: political protest sells. In their inflammatory zeal, moreover, they tend to offer simplistic, emotionally satisfying remedies for complex problems. "It's a desperate attempt to get ratings," says Michael Jackson, the longtime ABC TalkRadio host. "Rather than tackling an issue from many angles, ((the activist hosts)) would sooner be the little boys with the bugles leading the charge...
...REMEMBRANCE (ABC, May 7-10, 14). Yep, there's more. Last November's installment of Herman Wouk's World War II mega-saga was a ratings disappointment. But it left enough dangling threads for twelve more hours and five nights...
...KOPPEL REPORT: D.C. -- DIVIDED CITY (ABC, April 27, 10 p.m. EDT). The much-publicized plague of drug-related violence in the nation's capital is examined by Ted Koppel, first in a prime-time special, then in a live discussion that will take over the Nightline time period...
Becoming a producer is "the most difficult" of the three, Katz said. "I couldn't tell you how to become a producer," said Katz, who has produced both ABC television movies and Disney films...