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12—SANDY (Ore.) POSTThurs., Jan. 22, 1981 (Sec 4) CA8LEIOG^— Pay-cables breathe easy sans Premiere by ANN FER R A R If you're a subscriber to either HBO. Showtime or the Movie Channel, you may have noticed a greater amount of film encores and or unfam il tar titles in your program guide lately For the last several months, four m ajor film studios have been withholding their movies fro m these p a y -c a b le networks Columbia Pictures. Paramount. 20th Century Fox and MCA combined forces with Getty Oil to form their own pay-cable channel, called Premiere, intended to com mence operations this past Jan 2nd The main drawing card behind Premiere was an agreement giving it a nine- month exclusive jum p on choice film s produced by its four film partners HBO. Showtime and the Movie Channel whose sched ules are comprised m ainly of feature films, went to court against Premiere and won a temporary injunction against it Each of these pay rivals filed affidavits stating in one w ay or a n o th e r th a t Premiere s nine-month exclu s iv ity s tip u la tio n w ould destrov their ability to com pete e/fectively Premiere never did get off the ground on Jan 2nd because on New Year s Eve. a Federal court judge issued a permanent injunction against it. based on the antitrust vio lations of price fixing and group boycotting Premiere which feels it needs the nine-month exclu sivity condition to stay afloat in the same waters as HBO plans to appeal the decision The fledgling network has acknowledged, however that it w ill probably fold if the decision still stands Stay tuned to this column for the outcome of the appeal HBO scoops Disney Home Box Office, which was incidentally, accused by Ü N T A N G L 6 TM 6 Premiere of having a monop oly on product from certain film studios, recently signed an exclusive contract with Walt Disney Productions to show selected Disney pro grams and movies HBO experimented with a sepa rate, family-oriented channel once before, and is obviously aiming for a fam ily audience again The package of Disney features began playing on HBO Jan 5th in the 5 00 to 7 00 p m (EST) tim e slot A m on g the a n im a te d cartoons, adventure movies and other special Disney acqusitions planned for this year are "C h ip n'Dale. "Emil and the Detective," "Donald Duck Quacks Up" and "‘Prince and the Pauper ” Feature film s set for prime tim e showing are Cat from Outer Space." "Return from W itch M ou ntain." "Mary Poppins and "The Black Hole Showtime goes country Meanwhile, over at the Showtime ranch, movies still remain the No 1 attraction, but the n e tw o rk hasn’ t neglected its commitment to specials, particularly those featuring country A western stars Since the bulk of Showtime's subscribers live in rural areas, the service has always been strong on country concerts Loretta Lynn, often called the "first lady of country," w ill appear Feb 3rd in her own special, aptly titled Loretta ” Movie Channel movies Some highlights coming up on the Movie Channel in Feb ruary include Cheech and Chong's comedy "U p in Smoke." Stanley Kubrick's science fiction epic "2001 A Space O dyssey." "B e in g There," starring Peter Sellers and "G iida L ive ." which in c lu d e s e x c e rp ts fro m Radner's Broadway stage show AM P I S 6 ASK ME ABOUT TV By VALCAREW RELAX - Please tell me if Jackson, who was on "The White Shadow with Ken Howard, is dead If so. how did he die? K J . Oxnard. Calif The character of Jackson is dead, killed in a liquor store hold-up during last season’s shows Hut Eric Kilpatrick, who played Jackson, is very much alive. Because some of the actors on the series werr outgrowing their roles, sever al characters were graduated But because violence is a part ot today's life, the Jackson character met a violent death M ARKS SPOT - Please help me I think Mark Shera is an absolute doll I know he hasn't been on TV since “ 8 W" A T ,” but 1 would really love to w rite him. but don't know his address — Jmene Wachter, Chicago. Ill You're going to be angry with yourself, because Mark has been on T V since "S W A T " He went into "Bar nabv Jones" and was active in the series during its last few seasons The series is no long er in production, but try w rit ing him in care of "Barnah\ Jones,” CBS, Television City, CA 98038. W rite "please forward" on It Good luck. GETTING TO THE ROOT OF IT — Some tim e ago I wrote asking you to send me a picture of Brooke from "A ll Mv Children." as I v, have my hair cut like hers I also wanted to know the name of her hair style Please send me the picture — Sharyn Landis. Boardman. Ohio We don't have pictures to send out Your best bet is to write Julia Barr, who plays Brooke, and ask her to send you the name of her hair style and a photo The show origi nates from New York, so write her in care of "All My Children,” ABC. 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York. NY 10019 Good luck with your new Brooke look ISLAND T IM E - I have some "Gilligan's Island" ques lio n - What was G illigans first name’’ Also the first name of Mr Howell and the professor’s name"’ — Phillip Laven. Wayland. Mass Gilligan. like Quincy and ("olumbo. didn't have a first name The other two were Thurston llowell I I I (his wife was Lovey) and Professor Roy Henkley. You didn’t ask. hut the actress was Ginger Grant, the store clerk was Mary Ann Summers and the skipper was Jonas Grumby Probably knew those, didn’t vou’’ OLD SHOW — I have seen a show called "Alias Smith and im if uni n.ivc often won dered why Pete Duel and Rog er Davis keep taking turns playing Smith I have heard that something happened to Duel If so. what"’ Was th. show canceled and then later put back on to f ill empty time slots’’ — V ic to ria Jung, Surrey. B.C. 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