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...widely reported several months ago that the U.N. would try to keep Amerika off the air. But Theodore Sorenson, the lawyer representing the U.N. in the matter, recently told the New York Times that his client will forgoe the unprecedented legal battle that would be necessary to block the ABC show from hitting the airwaves...
Instead, Sorenson told The Times, the U.N. is pushing for a more favorable portrayal in the show and for chunks of primetime on ABC to run counter-programming. Kris Kristofferson, who plays the show's handsome hero, will be featured in announcements touting the body. But should ABC fail to meet the U.N.'s demands, Sorenson said, the world organization may feel it necessary to seek legal redress for defamation, such as the unauthorized use of its logo...
...IDEA of the U.N. marching out its legal guns to castigate a television network running a fictitious show is hard to take seriously. It is almost as incredible as ABC' s decision to schedule the absurd excercise in xenophobia to begin with...
...Gans: "When there's a national festival, the hucksters are there. That's nothing new." Pens, place mats, puzzles, ashtrays, comic books and even thermometers will carry a constitutional motif. Hilton Hotels will place copies of the Constitution along with Gideon Bibles in each room. For Saturday-morning viewing, ABC Television has produced a series of Constitution Bicentennial Minutes, featuring Bugs Bunny and friends...
...ABC fights off a storm of protests against Amerika, its provocative mini- series about a Soviet takeover...