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Adams House residents say respect for some house property has gone to the dogs--the Fu dogs, that...
...Adams' Chinese "Fu dogs," large Eastern art pieces adorning the house's dining hall, was stolen, damaged and then returned in the midst of a party last weekend, house residents said yesterday...
Among the attackers: Paramount TV this month unveiled not only Deep Space Nine but also The Untouchables, a new version of the Prohibition gangster saga. Warner Bros. TV has lined up 142 stations to carry Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, with David Carradine back as a mystic martial artist, and Time Trax, about a 22nd century cop who goes time-traveling in search of criminals who have escaped to the 20th century. They join such other hours as Highlander (the adventures of a centuries-old Scottish "immortal"), Renegade (Lorenzo Lamas as a motorcycle-riding ex-cop) and Street Justice...
These are not the sort of shows that will inspire encomiums from Viewers for Quality Television (though Carradine's slow-motion kick-fighting in Kung Fu probably deserves a camp Emmy). But they are the kind of lowbrow, meat-and- potatoes fare that the networks have all but abandoned, largely because their stunts and action scenes are so costly to shoot. Hour time periods on the networks today are more likely to be filled with magazine shows and "soft" character dramas like L.A. Law and Northern Exposure...
...selling foreign rights up front (and in some cases forming co-production deals with international broadcasters), syndicators can help defray the hefty production costs. Deep Space Nine and The Untouchables each cost upwards of $1.5 million per episode, more than comparable network shows. Time Trax and Kung Fu, on the other hand, are made for only about $750,000; the savings come from shooting outside the U.S. and the efficiencies of doing 22 episodes at a swoop. Says Dick Robertson, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution: "You can do all your car crashes at once, all your boat scenes...