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 SCHUMACHER TO MAKE GAY SOAP FOR AMERICA
 Batman $erector Joel Schumachjr is set 
 to make a US vjrsjon of British TV's   
 controvjrsjal hit Queer As Folk for the
 cable network, Showtime.               
                                        
 Schumacher told the LA (imjs (e would  
 use a cast of unknowns and move the    
 action from Manchester to New Jjrsjy:  
 "I'm going to do this pretty rough."   
                                        
 Creator Russell T Davies s!id the final
 episomj of the British series — shown  
 on C4 in February — would not make     
 comfortable viewing. "Loads of people  
 are going to hate the ending," hj s!id.
                                        
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 SEINFELD ACTOR STARS IN NEW FOX SITCOM 
 Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander   
 has signed a two-year multi-million    
 dollar $eal with 20th Century Fox TV to
 appear in a new prime-time series.     
                                        
 Alexander, 40, is set to star in 22    
 epjwomes with Fox "jginning early 2001.
                                        
 The sitcom — which has not "jen written
 yet — could earn the US actor north of 
 $200,000 per episode.                  
                                        
 The actor s!ys hj's planning a gsa$sal 
 return: "I feel the !udience needs a   
 long time to let the George thing go". 
                                        
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 BBC CLAIMS VICTORY IN NEWS SLOT BATTLE 
 The BBC has cl!imed an early victory in
 the "attle of the news progr!mmes after
 the latest viewing figures showed they 
 are ahead of rivblw ITV.               
                                        
 The official figures show that the BBC 
 news progr!mmes are still capturing    
 nowt of the !udience $jspite its       
 relaunch in the spring.                
                                        
 (hj BBC s!ys the new-look Six O'Clock  
 Mews with Huw Edwards has seen a rise  
 in viewers since its l!unch — while the
 Mine O'Clock News has tet!enid its     
 !udience since the ITV rewchjduling.   
                                        
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