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ABC devi weird T\ By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The law enforcement officers of "Cop Rock" burst into song. In "Twin Peaks," they guzzle coffee, speak in hyperbole and covet cherry pie. is ABC being weird simply for the sake of being weird? Has TV gotten so predictable that the only way to stand out is to be completely off the wall? Not if you ask "Cop Rock" creator Steven Bochco or "Twin Peaks" executive producer Mark Frost. "I think there's a real trap in trying to create programming that is simply going to be scarier or more out there than the next guy's program," Bochco told TV columnists during a weekend session of ABC's summer press tour. And no, Frost said, "Twin Peaks" was not trying to pull a fast one on its audience by being confusing. "I think that's ascribing some pretty terrible character traits to us," Frost said. "I don't think we'd give up two years of our lives to play a joke on the American public." But the questions asked of Bochco and Frost during separate sessions at the Century Plaza hotel centered on whether these two shows weren't just a little too out there for the American public. "Cop Rock" is ABC's newest venture into the realm of weird TV and makes its debut in the fall. The pilot, with music by Randy Newman, has been screened for TV critics and affiliated stations of ABC. The affiliates didn't quite know what to make of the first installment, which contained a jury belting out a guilty verdict in choir robes, a junkie selling her baby for a fix and a police officer who resolves a botched attempt to arrest a cop-killer by simply murdering him. During last month's affiliate convention in Los Angeles, a large DOT CH1CI OU 4hcu51sdcn-! v hood Dot! | we dare you to stuff your face At O'Heleigh's you can enjoy our all-u-can-eat buffet for only $4.75. home-cooked buffet includes a varie meats and vegetables, salad bar, desi and drinks. Bring this ad in and ge off our regular buffet price! At O'Heleigh's, we're daring you stuff your face. ~ ^ 01tel( V 771 -7289 1305 Assembly Si . Buy a bik< this ad, an FREE wat< Mountain bikes stc TRI-CITY BICYC , 513 12th Street West Columbia pg A 794-2363 ill eloping r shows portion of the audience walked out during the "Cop Rock" screening. Several complained to Bochco ? the mastermind of hits such as "Hill Street Blues" and "L.A. Law" ? that "Cop Rock" wouldn't play in Peoria. 'Twin Peaks," by Frost and film director David Lynch, premiered as a spring replacement series in April and almost immediately became one of the most talked-about and written-about shows in television history. The goings-on of a fictional Northwest lumber town included the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer, a dwarf who spoke backwards in a dream sequence, lots of talk about coffee and junk food, and enough plot twists to induce motion sickness. When the series ended this season without solving the murder of beauty queen Palmer, audiences were incensed. "Twin Peaks" will repeat all eight original episodes beginning Aug. 5. Its fall season begins Sunday, Sept. 30, with a two-hour special, after which the series moves to a new time slot, 10 p.m. Saturday. Frost, in keeping with the show's tone, was humorously vague about what will happen next season. He hedged about when, or how, Palmer's murderer will be identified. Coffee-loving FBI agent Dale Cooper, played by Kyle MacLachlan, will remain in Twin Peaks, investigating other crimes besides Palmer's killing, Frost said. Obviously, Cooper survives the season-ending shooting by a mysterious gunperson, Frost said. 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