European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse To talk Back los Angeles times q a who plays Norma Arnold on the wonder year and where have we seen her before a a Alloy Mills is no stranger to television viewers having been a regular on several series. Her first to role not counting an appearance at age 0 on the Patti Page show in the 1950s was Back in 1979 on the associate. Mills was Renko s Hairdresser sister on Hill Street Blue and had regular roles in making the Trade 1982 and i married Dora 1987in addition to guest appearances on moonlighting and Lou Grant. You also can spot her in the films diary of housewife and going berserk. Despite All that Mills has had the other half of her career firmly planted on stage a a the Williamstown Jaleel White loft and Darius Mccrary Star in a family matters a one of the Miller and Boyett series. Theater festival in Massachusetts the London Academy of music and dramatic arts the new York Shakespeare festival and various los Angeles area Heaters q a in a recent episode of perfect strangers there was a reference made to a Cunningham hardware is this an inside joke about the Cunningham hardware of Happy Days a Thomas l. Miller and Robert l. Boyett executive producers of perfect strangers were previously partnered with Edward Milkis at Paramount where the Trio produced Happy Days Lave me and Shirley and Mork and Mindy. So yes it was an inside joke and probably not the first nor the last. Incidentally and Boyett a virtual series factory will have six half hours on the air this fall full House family matters perfect strangers and going places the new Heather Locklear Seri Sall on fridays for and family Man a new Gregory Harrison series and Hogan family saturdays on lbs. Lots of chances for More Cunningham hardware jokes. I will there be any More Sherlock Holmes stories on mystery a the mystery series is spending the summer repeating sign of the four the hound of the Baskerville a devils foot Bruce Partington a plan and Wisteria Lodge. Six new Holmes adventures starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke have been made but will not be shown in this country until 1991 at the earliest. Q a was Geena Davis on the bosom buddies series my friends disagree when i insist it was Davis and Donna a you re half right. The 1980-84 series which launched the career of Tom Hanks and was the second series for Peter Scolari goo time girls 1980did co Star Dixon. However Davis was not a regular. Others in the cast included Wendie to Sperber Telma Hopkins and Lucille Benson. Davis incidentally was a regular on Dabney Coleman s Short lived but critically acclaimed Buffalo Bill 1983-84 and starred in her own series Sara for it premiered in 1985 but the half season s Worth of episodes were repeated in 1988. A what is the background of Michael Delorenzo who plays Alex on head of the class a born and raised in the Bronx Delorenzo attended new York s school for the performing arts and while still a student was cast in the film version of Fame. He has in fact split his career Between film and television appearing in such movies As platoon Leader cold dog soup fatal Beauty Couch trip and fast Forward. On to you May have seen him As a guest on prime time s a different world Miami vice crime Story and the Bronx zoo. Delorenzo also takes stage roles whenever possible questions for this column should be sent to to Talback lot Angeles times times Mirror Square los Angeles call., 90053. Letters can be answered in this column Only. Nielsen i he following Are the latest available rankings of television shows in America starting with the top shows As compiled by the . Nielsen co. The rating denotes the percentage of the nations 92.1 million Homes where people watched the show season to Date rankings were not available this week. 1 60 minute lbs 18.4 rating. 2 americans funniest Home videos 18.2. Nil monday night football 18.0. Cheers 16.7. Murder she wrote lbs 16.4. Americans funniest people tie 16.4, 7 americans funniest Home videos an inside look 15.8. 7 Googis Bowser . Tie 15.8. 9 Joshua a heart a monday night movie 15.6. 9 sudden Impact a sunday movie tie 15.6. 11 knots Landing lbs 14.9. 3 4 5 5a ind these Are the least watched shows the ones at the Bottom of the Nielsen ratings. \ 78 cops on the Home front Fox 5.2 79 Parker Lewis Fox 5.1. 80 . Fox 5.0. 80 True colors Fox 5.0. 82 totally hidden video Fox 4.5 83 haywire Fox 4.3. 84 21 jump Street Fox 3.6. 85 american chronicle Fox 3.3. 86 Allen nation Fox 3.0. 86 glory Days Fox 3.0. Page 4 c to plus sunday september 23,1990
