Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba By Winnipeg free january entertainment to no place i for Ico says homicide cast Waits anxiously As Abc Powers decide shows Fate by Gail Shister Knigh Wridder newspapers hath no fury like a homicide cop in arrested for two years Ive been walking around did i do this Why did i subject myself to this nonsense says Daniel Baldwin of abcs homicide life on the i will Ever do another 1 there is no Justice in he his body coiled like a cobra ready to i will never put myself through this i cant stand doing because Only garbage gets put id rather do Small parts in id rather do 15 Days on hero with Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis than put myself through plays detective Beau Felton on Barry levinsons highly praised like his fellow cast baldwins life is on hold while Abc decides whether to renew the Baltimore based homicide for a third run in the critical smash Abc entertainment Boss Warren Littlefield says that decision will be made after the shows four episode run at 9 thursdays on Cynd and which began last Baldwin wants it made last weeks guest starring Robin was a Nielsen As Well As a critical what else does Abc want us to do he said in an interview wheres the Confidence who Arent i Here talking about being picked up for 22 episodes i want to say to Warren Littlefield can you read can you read Ive never seen this kind of critical response to a show being in limbo has pushed baldwins stress Index off the he he and his actress Elizabeth Are expecting their first child in two am i going Back to Baltimore for eight months am i staying in is this holding me Back from my feature film i dont know what Abc were the four episodes just a ploy because they did nine and you Only need 13 for european syndication this much is beyond dispute homicide murdered the Competition in its first week Back on the with a rating and 28 per cent audience share in Laws time it delivered abcs Best rating for a 9 drama since october each rating Point equals Abc estimates that 33 million people caught the Littlefield and Abc West coast president Don Ohlmeyer insist there homicide fans and Are pulling for it to but they want proof that it can sustain the big numbers generated by Williamss Star Power and an Avalanche of adoring the explosive Baldwin Doest see it that the Powers hate at in third place in the primetime Are tap dancing around a fall pickup and photo Baldwin says he will Ever do another because there afraid to take a he its like being a football you go in with your Best game plan and Call the maybe it Doest my attitude when youre in third you throw the that when you take if i was Jeff Sagansky and i was running i change much because in homicides stunning performance last week was no Surprise to for one he says its the Best show of All More realistic than Steven Bochco new Nype a hit on for homicide is in a Good time Slot instead of its former 8 wednesday suicide Slot against Home i his is How Jerry Seinfeld must have Felt for a Baldwin he had the same same then Abc moved him to thursdays away from Home ironically and Hes in the top i t hello then Nype Blue comes out and shows the Side of a woman breast and some risque language on a show not As Well written As our although its wonderfully and it goes through the roof and everyone talking about in give us a shot of the ballistic Are something youll never see on in baldwins the absence of graphic violence is what makes the show More realistic than Nype homicide cops rarely use their he Bald win when somebody puts a pistol in your face and pulls the How Many Arnold Schwarzenegger movies do you need to see to know what that does we just Tell you about it and Deal with life after the unlike his More famous Alec and he has a film career that int exactly on he cant Stop himself from biting the to hand that feeds homicide one of the 10 most Nielsen say associated press new Yor homicide killed widely acclaimed but lit to watched during its Brief run last the Abc police drama was Back on the Street last week and cracked the top said Nielsen me Dia research figures released last homicide life on the Street got a rating and 28 giving the show a 10th place finish for the week and thanks to the ironic math of averaging a single broadcast sixth place for the the show made its second appear Ance it was supposed to run just four weeks in All unless the Public changes abcs in prime time for the week of Abc was on top with a rat ing and 22 lbs was second with an rating and 21 and Abc was third with a rating and 18 Fox averaged a rating and 11 one ratings Point equals television households in the United share is the percentage of to sets in use at any one time that Are tuned to a particular Here Are the top 10 prime time their networks and ratings Home 60 Grace under she lbs sunday movie homicide life on the Manitoba theatre Centre presents at the Mac Mai stage Frederick Knotts audiences dont wait to see wait until dark it thoroughly enjoyed the very entertaining in Tirol Christie Ali eater that guaranteed to warm up the coldest Lily ii suy memorable riveting and spinet Hilling was on the Edge of my seat Jenilyn War Konlin january 6 1994 Kristina Nicoll Lubomir Mykytiuk lok blk Saniti ii Froebe aft me Noch Herbon Erin h1nucr c Uri moot i Jet he Don t Call for tickets today 9426537 Sloven schlep of a fund raising initiative of the Manitoba museum of Man and nature Rock n Roll reunion Winnipeg convention Centre february 12 Wayne Walker the All stars Ray Germain pallbearers Diane Heatherington and the merry ground jag jag musical Odyssey fabulous George and the zodiacs very special tickets plus Agency fee must be 18 y is of age photo required at All Selecta seat locations Call 780seat in or 180q465seat sponsored by Manj air Canada Winnipeg free press shows Quality lures kotto for duration by Barry Koltnow Orange county Register it is hard to imagine a time when Yaphet the intense and powerfully built actor who dominates every scene Hes was once a insecure teenager without a clue As to what he wanted to do with his but who plays the Hal italian Al Giardello on said that exactly what he was on the Day he walked into a times Square movie theatre in new York speak i had quit High school and told my folks that i was out looking for but what i really was doing was going to the movies All Day and then going Home and telling them i had looked for one when i was about walked into this theatre showing on the waterfront and i saw Marlon Brando for the first i it was like somebody had punched me in the it was like someone had crashed cymbals in both i was blasted out of the i knew from that moment that i wanted to be an made a name for himself on the new York where he made his professional debut at 19 in the title role of he later played boxing great Jack Johnson in the Broadway production of the great White Hope and won the Lead in the London production of August Wilsons play jumped at Chance because the great roles and the great directors Are kotto said he jumped at the Chance to work with Oscar winning director Barry Levinson on kotto said he had two movie offers on the table when Levinson called but he didst hesitate to accept the offer to play the whole idea of acting is to work with the Best so Why not go Back to television kotto was nominated for an emmy for his portrayal of ugandan dictator Idi Amin in raid on Entebbe to work with the director who made rain Man kotto said he was not disappointed when he showed up the first Day of filming for the script was so Good and the camera work was so different than what i was used to that i forgot my the actor i was really that had never happened to me but the other actors came Over to me and told me the same thing had happened to then Barry gave me a few words of advice and i was i swear i was Back in acting school again and this Man Levinson was giving me acting it proves youre never too old to kotto said working with Levinson was so Good that All the actors kotto forgot lines agreed to return for a second a realistic police drama set in made a splashy debut last year after the super it was the show of the week but when it was moved to its regular wednesday the ratings but it want the shows it ran head to head every week against the most popular show on television Home if that want bad the other networks threw a string of impressive specials against including Oprah Winfrey celebrated interview with Michael on that even i was watching Oprah instead four kotto the show ran for nine weeks and then the network put it on which looked like a terminal condition until Steven Bochco Nype Blue became this seasons big new hit for Abc wanted to revive which is similar in style to Nype Blue and May even have inspired i think we inspired them and their show definitely stirred interest in our kotto the shows Are but they were Able to go into the greater nudity and violence that we would have moved into if we had stayed on the i think we opened the doors for and kotto is ready to work with Levinson on a Long running i love working with even though i dont like signing up for a Long its that old actors insecurity As soon As you sign up for a to the phone i Ings with the movie offer youve waited 25 years ill be tied to a series and be offering me the role of god for its a funny our fish Story is youve seen them on regular movie even on but compared to he giant Max that Small Fry come facet face with a great dive into shark infested Waters with nothing but a Clear plastic Cage Between you and Only in Max search for the trait Sharks daily no 4pm Mountain Gorilla daily at Lynn Dubli feature spin for reservations i for information call780skat rated general museum of Man nature planetarium Sho tomes 9433142 museum science gallery hours tuesday Friday 10 4 weekends holidays 10 5 closed monday 9562830 whats on museum Luli Siul Ilic Sceno sunday Ikjin 1 6 with ill i i Bijj our ium1 All lorded Tilv us join 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