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'Entertainment LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Last week, its "News amined animal cruelty in the TV and film industr; it investigates the Hollywood fast lane with a fi on cocaine. What's a program named "Entertainment To in places like these? The answer: gaining attention and credibility ii ly glitzy world of breathless stars, press agei c oa U corp on/4 aU** ?i V* /%i? ? 1 T ' ' ^ * ? - ? ?? ovvnovu nnu VV.1KUI 11/ I1UUI1U?. II dllCI UtlUIIK wants to be taken seriously by the movie and T1 must take the industry seriously. And it does. Besides having its full share of star intervie> shots, "ET" puts a harder edge on some stc entertainment-loving fans probably need or wan Paramount, which produces "ET," is moi about ratings than anything else. But if so 'Southern Netvi ATLANTA (AP) ? The Southern Regional Council, blaming public ignorance of presidential politics on superficial coverage by television, wants to use the same medium to combat that ignorance. The council, a 40-year-old civil rights organization, is offering a nightly program on cable television called "Southern Network." The two hours of taped speeches, debates and interviews by presidential candidates are available on more than 40 cable channels in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. The program will reach about 1 million < households and will continue until March 13, : when the three states hold presidential primaries. Through videotaping sessions, ( viewers can even quiz the candidates. |H||;M;IHH'ISMI'I?I?I>|| nmvww" > THE ANSWER IS 8 Wk JW iinTi^ri'ii na b 1 vol I YOU HELP SAVE RARIFC DmJF ^ Support the QT) March of Dimes MM/ OCftClS KXiMCWDONMMNIMtt 7m> ?i?W^ THE NATIONAL STUDE1 i EXCHANftF. TNVTTF? vr "*5 EXPERIENCE new cultures ? EXPLORE new geographic settings . . . EXPAND educational perspectives . . . i ENJOY yourself! For one or two semesters you may stuc another university across the country. 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A * no, jjuuuciiy pic warn 10 Know more ao :nt Tonight" educating them to our busines V industry, it points." vs and snap- "Last week's three-parter, >ries than its Menagerie," uncovered no jui< it. substance but the balanced re re concerned concerns that some animals are mething like ing creatures, in the entertainr i/ork' to presen George King, production director for SRC, said the council decided to sponsor the program after finding that only about two out of 10 people interviewed could name more than three candidates. "Given that TU elects the president these days, rather than elect him from a 30-second slot on the 10 o'clock news, why not elect him on the actual statements he makes?" King said. The council kicked off its presidential education blitz Monday night with taped speeches from Walter Mondale and Ernest Hollings and interviews with state campaign coordinators. SRC is devoting its first week of program KI mmm W. , mmm -1/ arep;f| p?ter-^^j MT y\? IfS? ' )U TO: L.w*e """A t" ^ m l-i .,. .... - / R ly at !:^/"' iliiSSlS pbia!" domii =rr PIZZ/ DEUV I FREE. s to educate 1 ally sound, call attention to A spoke gram and not offend the show's generalize en hard news is fine with Studio hea< the chance ir audience likes the stars and ing," said Randy Reiss, presi- Splashy s Domestic Distribution. "Peo- the Natiom out our industry, and we're they're rati) s ? the scandals and the high ths of Febri the future i "ET," o "Hollywood: The Mistreated an awkwar cy scandal. It was a bit thin on mount prov port did raise some legitimate its army of being treated as props, not liv- mount's fill nent world. hidden fror + a i d variety ui ming simply to introducing the contenders Ater that, it will recruit scholars an reporters to tackle a new issue each night. While the SRC doesn't expect big ratings it is hoping to convince the cable industr that it is worthwhile to cover politics. "We have assumed for too long and wit! too little evidence that people are not in terested in who's going to be president," sail Steve Suitts, executive director of SRC. "It' especially an untried presumption in light o the long tradition of politics as entertainmen in this country." Cable companies, sensitive to criticisr they have failed to provide programmin that departs from television's usual fare, ar I?^S<*ii\: ' %: ?&&?<>' v.. ^S^^w^S^ISBiit -r, j XT-.**,?^ ** ' : : ' fo'<?.'' Bfetet^^ $1.00 off any size pizza. Mil One coupon per pizza. ?| Expires: 3/31/84 1 ~4 Pree Delivery' -vnq Good at locatiu. s jSlll, l 4 ^ ~n_ hlhpAt home? At afrii m%M JrSife In a hurry, or just Domino's Pizza c I a hot, delicious p ^ 30 minutes or les Our drivers carry ' F than $2? ??. 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While Para'ides the money and mangerial direction to "ET," publicists is eager to have the show hype Parans and TV series, and to keep any Paramount dirt n Paramount's public. political issues ;. running "Southern Network" nearly free of f JV d charge. __ _ ^ i ? we re noi cnarging oecause wnat i, 'Southern Network' is offering will be uniy que to cable," said Noel Bambrough, executive vice president of Prime Cable, which h has about 100,000 subscribers in the Atlanta i- area. Also fueling Prime Cable's interest is a d recent market study that found more than s half of its subscribers want more public aff fairs shows. it "Even if only one in 10 households visits our programming for one hour, they will n know 20 times more about the candidates," g Suitts said. "That's how little information is e out there." ^ ^ MUMMMMI "'fcah. JMIMnCTIfcllM 1 ^ttAra&uBwSiRHT JH jjffjP^ / jfloj v5i_z:JEf^ -: ?f" " ^B\r- I ? Wf|i J *' ^^^1 ^ i;^; I f> end's? Fast, Free Delivery hungry? 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