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...ignored the network's serious contributions. In January 1977, ABC telecast Roots, a twelve-hour multigenerational saga about American slaves that ran for eight consecutive nights. The scheduling tactic was unprecedented, the results staggering. Roots drew the largest audience of any entertainment program in history and helped make the mini-series form a prime-time staple. Since then, ABC has produced its share of ambitious dramatic fare, from the 18-hour The Winds of War to The Day After, the controversial film about the impact of nuclear war on a small town in Kansas...
...everything seemed to go wrong. Despite ABC's aggressive on-the-air promotion of its new fall shows during last summer's Olympics coverage, not one of the newcomers became a hit. Older series like The Love Boat and Monday Night Football skidded badly. The network's only new mini- series of the season, Hollywood Wives, did not draw the blockbuster ratings many had expected...
...willing to allow that, if Mr. Moynihan doesn't know, it's likely no one else does either. But the Department of Education, which has charge of implementation, has instructed local school districts to determine for themselves what secular humanism means. Thus the law has created a host of mini-legislators around the country entitled to give their own meaning to the provision Mr. Moynihan failed to understand...
...three years, there have been three 10-minute mini-games, which are played after the two teams have split the regular games, but each time the home team but claimed the tie-breaking contest...
...screen was silver in her day, and she gave it unforgettable polish and shine. Now Ava Gardner, 62, is bringing her glow to the phosphors of the TV screen for the first time. In three weeks Gardner will star on NBC's A.D., a Christians vs. lions mini-series in which she plays Agrippina, Nero's manipulative mother. Last week brought the start of her seven-episode stint on Knots Landing, in which she portrays the wealthy Ruth Sumner, another manipulative mother and one of those prime-time soap characters like J.R. and Alexis who manage to drub everyone...