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Holston Continued from way to modest fame, then got framed for a crime he didn't commit. The other "T" is Amanda Taler (Alex Amini), the lawyer who proved Turner's innocence and was so impressed with his integrity and strength that she hired him as her investigator. Because Mr. T's character s sometimes has to appear in court, a la Paul Drake of "Perry Mason," he sometimes has to wear a suit - a nice gray suit John Houseman would be proud to wear. And a bow tie, and studious horn-rimmed glasses. The incongruity of Mr. Tin GQ garb is somehow ingratiating, and that's one reason why the new "T and T"' (10 p.m., KITN-Channel 29) is worth looking in on, if only this once. Another reason is that by putting Mr. T in a Brooks Brothers look, the writers create the opportunity for him to switch to his action clothes: camouflage duds, leather with studs, b boots made for stomping. No doubt the tightly shot, punchily edited change sequence, reminiscent of Bill Bixby's hulk-out scenes in "The Incredible Hulk," will be a weekly feature. "T and T" is so unabashedly campy, it could become a cult hit. Catch this dialogue: "I got a hunch I know what this is about. I'm goin' to City Hall, and if I'm right, I'm gonna come a down on some bloodsucker with a ton o' law." This is not T.S. Turner talking, but the woman lawyer he works for. He says stuff like, "Dis dude done made a big mistake." Indeed dat dude has. Said dude, an Asian health-club owner who extorts money from other Asians living illegally in this country, gets his comeuppance from Turner, who. throws him face-first into a streetvendor's cart of oranges. Yes, oranges. For all its intimations of imminent bone-crushing, "T and T" actually has less on-screen violence than many of today's animat-* ed adventure series. Come to think of it, NBC for a while televised a Saturday-morning series that starred an animated version of Mr. T. But this new show is much better, thanks to its rap-like rhythm, its location shooting in Toronto and the star's photogenic glowers and grins. It's schlock, but it's fun schlock. Foxed out KMSP-Channel 9 plans to quit carrying Fox Broadcasting's Saturdaynight lineup "Boys Will Be Boys," "'Women in Prison,' "Beans Baxter," "Mr. President" and to begin showing movies again, effective Jan. 30. General manager Stuart Swartz said the Fox bloc's persistently low ratings convinced him that "our audience just doesn't like that lineup." Fox already was planning to discontinue "Beans Baxter" and "Mr. President" and replace them with a series version of "The Dirty Dozen." Fox's biggest ratings success has come from an -adventure program, "21 Jump Street," so the would-be network is reordering its priorities. "Dirty Dozen" is expected to make its debut on Fox affiliates in April. Swartz said KMSP would not schedule it until he sees how the early episodes fare in other cities. He will also be taking a close look at another Fox project, "Charlie's '88," producer Aaron Spelling's update of "Charlie's Angels." KMSP will continue carrying Fox's Sunday-night lineup, which, come March, could get a big ratings boost from the addition of "It's Garry Shandling's Show," the inno- Mr. T. in GQ garb. vative comedy show currently available only to Showtime pay-cable page 1E subscribers. Shandling's show will air between "Married. .. . with Children" (7:30) and "Duet" (8:30). Through a special agreement with Fox, KMSP will tape "The Tracey Ullman" show and televise it at 9:30, right after Sunday's edition of "Prime Time News." Etc. Don't be misled by the title: "I'm Too Busy to Talk Now." Some very busy people older than 70, among them Julia Child, Rollo May, Mary Martin and Norman Cousins, found time to talk to Connie Goldman, the former KUOM and KSJN broadcaster who created this public-radio series. It's running Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on KSJN (1330 AM). Jim Henson, who for years has let his creations, the Muppets, do all the talking, has signed with NBC to be host of a weekly variety series. Tentatively scheduled for a January 1989 premiere, "Jim Henson Presents" will include regular segments of "The Storyteller," Henson's award-winning specials featuring actor John Hurt as a medieval teller of fairy tales. With a nod to TV's obsessive use of old rock 'n' roll songs to sell everything from chicken sandwiches to car wax, cable's Nashville Network is readying a weekly oldies show. Set to premiere in April, the series, as yet untitled, will feature live performances by such '50s and '60s rock-pop acts as the Shirelles, the Diamonds, Del Shannon and Tommy Roe. Followers of the local comedy scene might want to mark Jan. 23 on their calenders. At 9 p.m., WCCO-11 Cable will launch "After Hours," a 90-minute comedy and talk program with phone-in capability. Producer-host James TouchiPeters promises such atypical TV fare as seances to contact deceased pets, worst-fiction contests and "News from Lake Minnetonka, the little town that time forgot and money cannot improve."
Article from 16 Jan 1988Star Tribune(Minneapolis, MN)
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