European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse To briefs saudi conflict hits Home for a major actress Thomas d. Elias Scripps Howard news service there May be nobody in show business More emotionally and professionally affected than Shanna Reed by the Swift american military buildup in the persian Gulf. Reed is the daughter of one sex Marine and the stepdaughter of another sex Marine she s the wife of a third Marine on major dad whose second season debuted last week on lbs to. But have no fear there s no immediate likelihood that maj. John Macgillis Gerald Mcraney will soon be posted to saudia Arabia. The fall s first few episodes will see him working on a Transfer from the fictional Camp Singleton to the even More make believe Camp Hollister a a Supply Center. Quot i can a imagine the writers would Send Mac to the Mideast Quot Reed said Over breakfast the other Day in the decidedly in Leatherneck surroundings of Beverly Hills fabled Polo lounge. Quot it would be a different show Quot but the movement of thousands of marines has had a big effect on Reed. Quot we taped a show a couple of weeks ago in front of a studio audience Quot she said a and the audience was laughing at All the wrong places. Some of them were weeping and we did t understand Why. Quot i found out later there were 30 Marine corps wives in the audience and my heart went out to them. They were weeping because their husbands had just been sent off. One woman was 24, had been married Only five Days and had just moved onto a base. Her furniture had t even arrived and her husband was already gone. There we were doing a show about How our furniture has t yet arrived at our new but Reed admits there s no Way she can feel the full emotional trauma the troop deployment has brought Many of her character s real life counterparts. Quot i feel kind of inappropriate playing the character of a Marine wife and not having had the real experience Quot she said. Quot but i think i have an awareness of what the situation can be like. It would be hard for me to know directly because i was too Young to understand during the Vietnam Reed who admits to being thirty something said that even though her on screen husband in t Likely to be sent to the arabian desert the show will take up the Gulf conflict. Quot i m curious myself exactly How Well do it Quot she said noting that As of the season s opener Only three episodes had been completed. Quot so far we have a yellow ribbon around a Post outside the base office Quot she said. A and we had one scene where the kids in school Are writing letters to soldiers. We can t ignore it. And being Polly Cooper i m a reporter working on the base paper. I want her to write about what the wives at Home Are feeling and How it is to have Only minimal Contact with their men can you imagine not even knowing where your husband is for weeks on end Quot if the mar Ines both on and off major dad Are in a slate of Hux and stress things Are not like that at All v it i n the show. Quot it i just Chat to come bark for a second season Quot said Reed. Quot last year was the first time i started a series from the beginning and went ail the Way through a year. I Learned so much. It feels much More fined tuned now. We All Learned a lot about working with each other because we be had so Many hours working the slender dark haired sex Las vegas dancer said the years experience has made her less demanding in her relations with other cast members. Quot in be Learned to let go some Quot she said Quot i be Learned More to see the Best in people and think about what makes them tick. Our show is a collective ensemble Effort so we have to really work Reed said her easy relationship with Mcraney has helped matters from the Start. A i done to think the producers expected me to get this part at the time i auditioned Quot she said. Quot i had heard they were looking for a big name and i was t a name at that Point. But Mac and i just clicked. We seemed to connect right from the she admits the show s premise of Maegi Iii moving into a household with three kids and winning instant Trust and affection is a bit unrealistic. Quot i think the relationship of a stepparent conning in is slower developing than that. It sure was with us Quot she said of her own childhood experience. Quot it takes time to Trust someone and let them in. In reality the process was slower and there was some conflict. But we Don t have that much time Reed s relationship with her own husband director Terrence o Hara bears Little resemblance to the Way she interacts with Mcraney on screen. Quot they re two different people Quot she said. Quot i feel comfortable with Mac but my husband is Well my there also Are no kids yet in the of Hara Reed household on the Edge of Beverly Hills. Quot i love kids Quot she said. Quot i wish i d had them by now i wish i d started earlier. But i did no to. One thing for sure i done to mind he following Are the latest available rankings of television shows in America starting with the top shows As compiled by the . Nielsen co. The season to Date ranking is in parentheses or an a for firs time showing and the final figure is the rating which notes the percentage of the nation s 92.1 million Homes where people watched the show. 1 miss America pageant x 17.8. 2 3 4 5 Golden Girts 7 15.9. Cheers 1 15.4. Fanelly boys x 15.0. Americans funniest Home videos 9 14.8. 6 60 minutes 6 lbs 14.7. Designing women 20 lbs 14.2. Roseanne tie 2 14.2. 9 a different world 4 13 8 10 the Cosby show 3 13.7. 10 unsolved mysteries tie 12 13.7. 7 7a, Shanna Reed plays a Marine major s wife on a major ind these Are the least watched shows the ones at the Bottom of the Nielsen ratings. 77 lbs news special education crisis lbs5.1. 78 bugs Bunny special lbs 4.9, 79 totally hidden video Fox 4.8, 80 haywire Fox 4.6. 81 glory Days Fox 4.5. 82 seriously. Phil Collins lbs 4.4. 83 Newhart special lbs 4,3. 84 21 jump Street Fox 3.9. 85 alien nation Fox 3,7. 86 american chronicles Fox. 3.3. C to plus sunday september 16,1990
