University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Page 10 SMetriatott The year in Television Hill Street Blues When one talked about televi- sion in 1982, one invariably talked about NBC ' s Hill Street Blues, which cornered the mar- ket on television ' s coveted Emmy Awards. Hill Street Blues suffered when it was first introduced to the American public. It suffered so badly in its original Saturday night time slot that it didn ' t seem like it would be around for long. NBC then moved the show to Thursday night and its fortunes began to turn around. In very lit- tle time, Hill Street was being regarded as one of the best tele- vision programs of all time. Besides winning an Emmy as the best dramatic series, Hill Street also copped several indi- vidual honors including: Daniel J. Travanti for Best Actor, Bar- bara Babcock for Best Actress, Michael Conrad for Best Sup- porting Actor and Michael Ko- zoll and Steven Bochco for Best Writers. The accolades did not stop with the Emmys. Hill Street Blues was also one of the recipi- ents of the George Foster Pea- body Broadcasting Award. At the start of the 1982-83 television season, NBC intro- duced another series in the mold of Hill Street. St. Elsewhere, set in a metropolitan hospital, de- buted much the same as Hill Street — high critical acclaim with low ratings. Asner ' s politics Controversy reigned at CBS following the surprise cancella- tion of Lou Grant. The shows ' s star, Edward Asner, had become an outspoken advocate against U.S. policy in El Salvador in his position as president of the Screen Actors Guild. So outspo- ken, in fact, that he found him- self in almost every major news- paper and on the network ' s nightly newscasts. After the show was cancelled, CBS claimed that it wasn ' t get- ting good enough ratings. Asner claimed that he was being politi- cially stifled. The controversy continues. In response to the threat of late night and early morning news programs by various cable networks, the three major televi- sion networks launched their own programming. News explosion First out of the block was NBC News Overnight, with Lloyd Dobyns and Linda Eller- bee. In one of the most layed back approaches ever to be seen on network news, Overnight gets most of its reports from NBC af- filiates across the country. To- wards the end of the year, it was announced that Dobyns would become the host of a new NBC newsmagazine to debut in Feb- ruary. CBS followed with Nightwatch which airs in most markets from 2-7 am. Nightwatch was CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter ' s answer to the fact that some of the network ' s affiliates had shown interest in picking up CNN Headline News from the Turner Broadcasting System. Finally, ABC joined the crowd with The Last Word following the already established Night- line. The network scored a major coup by getting Phil Donahue to defect from NBC and join The Last Word in videotaped seg- ments similar to his own syndi- cated talk show. The rest of the show consists of a live interview segment from New York. After wide speculation that Tom Sny- der (late of NBC ' s Tomorrow program) would be named host, ABC hired Gregory Jackson from CBS Cable — the first ca- ble network to call it quits for financial reasons. M A S H The Korean War, television style, ended on Feb. 28 when members of the 4077tl M A S H went home to Amer ica after 11 years on the battle front. Siting the lack of new script ideas, producer Burt Metcalfe and the stars of one of TV ' s most popular comedies decided to call it quits. In what was the most- watched episode of a program since the Dallas episode Who shot J.R.?, M A S H took in more money for a 30-second commercial than any other sin- gle episode. Reruns would surface a couple of months later, but for a short time, there would be no The Korean War, television style, ended on Feb. 28 when mem- bers of the 4077th M A S Hwent home to America after 11 years on the battlefront. M A S H on network TV for the first time in 11 years. As mentioned earlier, CBS Cable became the first cable television network to cease oper- ations due to financial difficul- ties. Cable, however, remained strong in 1982 with more people than ever before hooked up for service. Home Box Office (HBO) took on the big boys when they en- tered a bidding war with NBC for the rights to Taxi, the Emmy-winning comedy series which had been cancelled by ABC. HBO ' s attempt to pur- chase Taxi was the first such at- tempt by a major cable network to acquire a series from the com- mercial networks. Despite flash- ing big bucks, HBO lost out to NBC HBO ' s arch rival, Showtime, led the pack in producing origi- nal comedies and dramas for itf subscribers. Among the net- work ' s efforts: an adaption of the Broadway musical Purlie with members of the original cast in- cluding Melba Moore, Sherman Hemsley and Robert Guillame; and Bizzare an off-the-wall sa- tirical show hosted by John Byner. Year in cable Among the cable channels born in 1982 were: Satellite News Channel, a joint venture of ABC and Westinghouse Broad- casting, which was the first main competition to Ted Turner ' s Ca- ble News Network; the Enter- tainment Channel, a potpourri of original variety programming and commercial network reruns; and The Weather Channel, cre- ated by ABC Weatherman John Coleman which is just what the name implies — 24 hours-a-day of nothing but weather. New Shows The new network fall season brought little innovation and several failures. CBS presented the first musical television se- ries, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. While the jury is still out on this one, ratings had been lukewarm. NBC hearlded the debut of the comedy Cheers, set in a Boston bar. The Thursday night tandem of Cheers and Taxi proved to be a letdown for NBC as a lead-in to the strong Hill Street Blues. Nonetheless, NBC renewed the program for another season. After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, TV producers decided that they were going to try and cash in on the glory. ABC presented Stephen Collins ( Star Trek: The Movie ) in Tales of the Gold Monkey, while CBS tried Bruce Box- leitner in Bring ' Em Back Alive. If the Nielsen ratings are any indicator, there is no substi- tute for Indiana Jones. Both shows were underdogs to survive their initial seasons. Music Television Possibly the most successful cable network to start up in the last two years is Music Televi- sion (MTV), which in 1982 tri- pled its subscriber base from close to 3 million to almost 9 mil- lion by infiltrating such major markets as New York, San Fran- cisco and Boston. MTV, owned by Warner Amex, devotes most of its pro- gramming hours showing rock videos provided it was free of charge by record companies for promotional purposes. The overhead of MTV is nominal and thus, it is predict- ing that it may be in the black financially by 1983. All Copy By Howard Burns 1882 veiu the! Afon found it

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Page 12 fcttartmiunrnt In Memoriam No Many notable performers and personalities from stage, screen and television died during 1982. Jack Albertson, 74; actor whose career spanned 50 years, won a Tony, Oscar and three Emmy Awards; best known for his role in the movie version of Days of Wine and Roses, and his role as the owner of a gas station in the television show Chico and the Man; died of a heart attack. Henry Fonda Hugh B eaumont, 72; actor whose claim to fame was as Ward Cleaver in the television series Leave it to Beaver. John Belushi, 33; comedian and actor who rose to promi- nence in NBC ' s Saturday Night Live after having spent several years in Second City and on the National Lampoon radio show. Appeared in several films, in- cluding National Lampoon ' s Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and Continental Di- vide. Belushi ' s last film was the comedy Neighbors, in which he co-starred with long-time friend and colleague, Dan Aykroyd; died of a drug overdose. Brenda Benet, 36; actress who was one of the stars of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives; wife of actor Bill Bixby; committed suicide. Ingrid Bergman, 67; Swed- ish actress who won three Oscars and an Emmy for her final per- formance as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the TV movie A Woman Called Golda. Ray Bloch, 79; conducted the television orchestras for both Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason. Neil Boga rt, 39; entertain- ment producer and executive who founded Casablanca Re- cords; died of cancer. Victor Buono, 43; rotund character actor who was best known for his portrayal of vil- lains, includ- ing tbe role of King Tut in the Batman TV series; also known for his come- die poetry readings as a guest on the Tonight show; died of a heart at- tack. H o a g y C a r m i - chael, 82; entertainer and compos- er who wrote songs such as Lazy Bones and Star- dust. Karen Carpenter, 33; singer who made up half of the Seven- ties singing duo The Carpenters; known for such songs as We ' ve Only Just Begun and Close to You. Hans Conried, 66; character actor whose career in entertain - Ingrid Bergman ment spanned 40 years; best known for the role of Uncle Ton- oose in the TV series Make Room For Daddy. Bob Eberly, 65; big band singer who sang with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Henry Fonda, 77; one of the most versatile actors of all time; appeared in over 100 stage and film roles, including his last film, On Golden Pond, in which he and co- star Katherine Hepburn won Os- cars; died of heart failure. Dave Garroway, 69; the first host of NBC ' s Today Show from 1952- 1961; also hosted the TV show Dave Garroway At Large; committed suicide. Sonny Greer, 78; drummer for the Duke Elling- ton Orchestra for more than 30 years. Pat Henry, 58; comedian who toured for years Grace Kelly with Frank Sinatra. William Holden, 63; award- winning actor whose career spanned 40 years; most notable films were Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Network. Died of cancer. Victor Jory, 79; veteran mov- ie and televi- sion actor whose career stretched 40 years. F e r - nando La- mas, 67; vet- eran actor and director; Died of can- cer. Harvey Lembeck, 58; veteran character ac- tor best known for his role in the television se- ries Bilko. Paul Lynde, 55; actor and comedian who was known for his regular appearances on the TV game show Hollywood Squares; Died of a stroke. Vic Morrow, 51; veteran TV and movie actor known for his performances in the movie The Blackboard Jungle, and the TV series Combat; died when cut by a helicopter blade during the shooting of the movie The Twi- light Zone. Warren Oates, 52; character actor who appeared in several motion pictures, including Dil- linger; died of a heart attack. Eleanor Powell, 69; tap- dancing star who appeared in several musicals in the 1930 ' s and 1940 ' s. Romy Schneider, 43; ac- tress born in Austria who ap- peared in over 60 movies. Lee Strasberg, 80; actor and one of the leading and most respected teachers of acting in the United States. Harry Von Zell, 75; radio announcer; announcer of the Burns Alien TV series. Don Wilson, 81; radio and television announcer who was long associated with the late Jack Benny. Natalie Wood, 43; famed ac- tress who was nominated for three Oscars; best known for her portrayal of a young Puerto Ri- can girl in West Side Story; died after a boating accident in which she drowned. By Howard Burns ) !gSi i half of the c teE:--, - the sales tax. Tt cr ease, which wa piped to build stadium f or ft, P : as defe marginbyvoters ber election. TJe L ' niver s m -dallothernearb idolise, «arb 9 » nearby :oiae from the