NEWS & NOTES\Majors may be behind wheel in 'Daytona Beach' TV series.Looks like Lee Majors, star of "The Six Million Dollar Man," is coming back to TV, and this time, instead of his body being souped up Souped up is a slang term referring to a vehicle which has modifications that may appeal to ones eye or may include performance items. An engine is souped-up when it is mechanically modified so it produces more power than the stock engine. , it'll be his car. Majors will star in "Daytona Beach," an action-adventure pilot now being shot for ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . He'll play a retired stock car driver with two sons who are also racers. "Our full cast is undetermined," said Rebecca Dirden, creative director at BSB BSB Backstreet Boys BSB Bayerische Staatsbibliothek BSB British Superbikes (motorcycle racing series) BSB Bachelor of Science in Business BSB Bandar Seri Begawan (capital of Brunei) Productions, the company that produces "Baywatch" and "Baywatch Nights." She wouldn't confirm the Majors hiring. "It will be a show about the life in and around the Daytona Beach area," Dirden said. "The area has wonderful racing and all types of motorsports. We're going to take advantage of the culture." Insects and celebs: Bugged that you missed the acclaimed, three-hour PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, miniseries on insects, "Alien Empire"? Never fear, the whole series is available for $49.99 through Time-Life Video, both in stores and by phone (800 TIMEVID). 'NYPD' on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. : ABC's "NYPD Blue" will turn up weekends on the CBS-owned stations starting in the fall of 1997. The CBS station group announced Tuesday it had picked up the weekend repeat rights for the often-racy crime drama. Cable's f/x has weekday rights. Under the deal, the CBS stations are not permitted to edit the reruns. They can choose not to run them, of course. |
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