The best acting performance in the upcoming CBS miniseries "Sidney Sheldon's Nothing Lasts Forever" comes from . . . Salt Lake City.
That's right. The city. Itself.As you may be aware, most of "Nothing" was shot here in Utah's capital city. But this steamy sudser about women doctors battling against the patriarchy that is the American medical system takes place in San Francisco.
Salt Lake City as San Francisco?
That's certainly no greater stretch than Brooke Shields or Vanessa Williams playing doctors.
"Nothing Lasts Forever" airs Sunday and Tuesday on CBS/Ch. 2. Yes, it's a big soap opera full of characters who only populate books like Sheldon's (and miniseries like these).
But if you like such things, this is actually a pretty good one.
MISSED THE IRONY: Apparently, the Fox publicity department wasn't paying a whole lot of attention earlier this week.
In the wake of the announcement that boxer Mike Tyson had broken his hand, thus scrubbing Saturday's planned bout with Buster Mathis Jr. on Fox, the fourth network put out this announcement about replacement programming:
"Special two-hour `X-Files' event featuring the show's most notorious criminal to replace Tyson-Mathis bout."
Rather ironic, wouldn't you say? Boxing's most notorious criminal, convicted rapist Tyson, being replaced by the "X-Files' " most notorious criminal.
AND THE NEXT VICTIMS ARE: The next victims . . . er, uh, interview subjects for Barbara Walters next celebrity special (on Friday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m.) are Roseanne, George Clooney and Sandra Bullock.
Which immediately begs a couple of questions. First, will any or all of them cry?
And, second, if Rosie, George and Sandy were trees, what kind of trees would they be?
GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT: NBC, which is enjoying a great deal of success at the moment, has ordered additional episodes of seven series - bringing each up to a full season's worth (22 episodes).
Three of the shows are new this fall - "Caroline in the City," "The Single Guy" and "JAG." The first two are doing wonderfully well on Thursday nights, while "JAG" started out strong and has faded somewhat on Saturdays.
Three of the lucky NBC programs were midseason replacement shows this past spring - "Hope & Gloria," "NewsRadio" and "In the House." None is a huge hit, but all are more than holding their own.
And the seventh is that show that seems to always be hanging by a thread - "Homicide: Life on the Streets." Far from a huge success, it is a quality show that deserves a spot on NBC's schedule.
Over at Fox, the fourth network has ordered 10 more episodes of "Space: Above and Beyond," bringing it up to 22 for the season.
This is a show that's not a big hit but is doing better than anything else Fox has tried in the time slot in the past couple of years.