JESUS The greatest story--told again

Christ--hasn't he been done enough? But Jesus was just all right with CBS, especially after Gary Oldman (right) signed on as Pontius Pilate. "We always had him in mind, and sometimes dreams come true," says miniseries exec producer Lorenzo Minoli (David). Oldman's characterization, says Minoli, is "smart, devious, and politically very intelligent, but not mean. He'll be remembered as the Pilate that changed the interpretation of Jesus' history." Miracles do happen. (May)

THE '70s The Peacock does the Me Decade

NBC's The '70s begins the same way the decade did--in Neil Young's words, "tin soldiers and Nixon's coming." To re-create the infamous Kent State incident, scouts visited 42 sites, settling on the California State University at Dominguez Hills. And when tanks, Jeeps, and extras dressed as National Guardsmen converged on the campus, the cast, which includes Brad Rowe and Amy Smart (left), understood how the tragedy could have occurred. "It was freaky," recalls Rowe. "Everybody got kind of whipped up into a fury before the whole thing happened. It was like a powder keg." (May)

MARY AND RHODA After years in the prime-time pipeline, the gals are gonna make it after all

"I was looking for a series," says Mary Tyler Moore, whose long-delayed reunion project with Mary Tyler Moore Show costar Valerie Harper will air as this ABC movie. "But it was very difficult in the half-hour form to catch up with where these two women had been." The former Minneapolis pals meet up again in New York City. "I'm just as glad a series didn't happen," says Moore. "I'd far rather do this and perhaps follow up with a TV movie about Lou Grant." (Feb. 7)

Originally posted Jan 21, 2000 Published in issue #522-523 Jan 21, 2000 Order article reprints
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