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...could be as easily supplied by any reporter with a tough question, and it should be, every day. Few things this year upset me more than when newspapers gave their campaign coverage to TV or entertainment critics, who reviewed the performances of presidential nominees a paragraph above those of ABC sitcom actors. The saddest thing of all is that these entertainment reviews were more insightful than the political commentary...

Author: By Charles N. W. keckler, | Title: Through a Looking Glass | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...REMEMBRANCE (ABC, Nov. 13-23). Cast of thousands! Cost of millions! Makes Roots look like a sapling! The mammoth sequel to The Winds of War closes out its 18-hour fall campaign this week and sets the stage for a twelve-hour- plus conclusion next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Nov. 21, 1988 | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...Bless the Child," an ABC television movie about family homelessness, will be shown free of charge at the Cambridge Public Library's main branch tomorrow night, Mangano said...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Cambridge Kicks Off Hunger and Homelessness Observance | 11/15/1988 | See Source »

...cost of $110 million, War and Remembrance will wind up losing the network at least $20 million, ABC executives calculate. Still, if it achieves the average 21 rating that has been promised to major advertisers, the series will be counted a success. If it does significantly better than that, it may even rekindle network interest in these extravagant sagas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Most Everything Mini-Series | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...cost $110 million to produce, will run for 32 hours, and could draw huge ratings. But War and Remembrance, ABC' s lumbering sequel to The Winds of War, may be the last of a dying breed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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