Authors » Joseph Finnigan
TV Teletype
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| #1470 | 40 | Hollywood | May 30 '81 - Jun 05 '81 |
| FRANK SINATRA and NBC have signed a contract described by the network as "a multi-year, multi-special" pact that will go into effect next season...When JAMES GARNER returns to NBC this fall in his new Bret Maverick series, he'll be joined out West by his Rockford Files costar STUART MARGOLIN as the rascally character "Philo Sandeen"...ABC's '81-82 schedule of specials includes a new made-for-TV production of "The Elephant Man." This one stars PHILIP ANGLIM, who originally played the role on Broadway...Among NBC's slate of specials for the new season is one that reunites the Mission: Impossible crew of superagents. PETER GRAVES was one of the first who chose to accept "Mission: Impossible--1981"...MICHAEL LANDON is the host of "Walt Disney...One Man's Dream," a CBS special about the man who began as an obscure cartoonist and became the major "family entertainment" figure in Hollywood. MARIE OSMOND, CARL REINER, DICK VAN DYKE and BEN VEREEN are guest stars. |
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| ESPN, the round-the-clock cable sports channel, has negotiated television rights to the Senior Bowl football game. The exclusive three-year deal for the game, which has been telecast by CBS for the last two years, takes effect in January 1982. It's one of the first of many bowl games cablecasters hope eventually to secure for their subscribers. |
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