News - All in the Family
By LOUISE GOSMA By Louise Gosma Virginia Beach, retired, 76 In the summer of 2001, when I was still living in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, I attended a summer dinner/theater production of "Love Letters" starring Sally Struthers.
By Glenn Garvin, The Miami Herald May 13--If you think there's nothing funny on broadcast television anymore, you're not alone. Archie Bunker, Fred Sanford, Maude Findlay and George Jefferson -- or at least, the guy who invented them -- all agree: The sitcom is dead.
By Diane Werts, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Apr. 8--A little true-or-false game about TV comedy: Sitcom viewership has been trending downward for years. Networks are turning to movie-like comedies with young-adult attitude because that's what now attracts viewers.
Sally Struthers felt like she'd won an award when she was offered a role in a new cable television movie about small-town values. "I went crazy," she said, citing family values, love and the struggle between good and evil as her favorite themes.
By Lewis W. Diuguid, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Sep. 20--"The "Survivor" episode devoted much time to showing the black team's many failures.
