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Many of the ceremonies will have a made-for-TV look...
Contrary to your review of ABC'S made-for-TV movie The Women's Room [Sept. 15], it is more than an "assault on male piggery." It is an expression of the anger and frustration that many middle-class women experience once they have achieved the cherished American dream: girl meets man, gets married and lives happily ever after with 2.5 kids in the suburbs. The fulfillment of this dream does not make them happy. The Women's Room is a demystification of the contemporary Cinderella story...
Both CBS and ABC are brazening out the strike. "We are just running repeats, made-for-TV movies, film features and sports," says an ABC spokesman. Only 20% of its series schedule, including Monday Night Football, will be new. CBS has 25%: new episodes of 60 Minutes and The Tim Conway Show, plus theatrical and made-for-TV movies...
...narrow victory can also be credited to its successful development of strategically placed miniseries, made-for-TV movies and other specials. While ABC failed to repeat the triumphs of last season's Roots: The Next Generations and Elvis, CBS scored with Kenny Rogers As the Gambler, Scruples, Nurse and, in the ultimate and decisive week of the season, Guyana Tragedy, a $1.8 million, two-part blockbuster based on the career of the Rev. Jim Jones. Guyana drew 46% of the national audience the first night and 50% the second, wiping out the success of ABC's Academy Awards...
...public interest in incest as a subject seems to have increased. Hollywood provides a good index; one survey shows there were six movies about incest in the 1920s, 79 in the '60s. The numbers are still growing. Recent films on the subject include Chinatown, Luna and the made-for-TV Flesh and Blood. But probing a sensitive subject for better understanding is one thing, and justifying incest is quite another...