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The Year's Biggest Rip-Off: ABC's Battlestar Galactica, which tries to imitate Star Wars without characters or talent.

Greatest Source of Fear and Trembling Along Network Row: reports that TV viewing is off for the first time in history.

Second Greatest Source of F & T Along Network Row: appointment of ABC'S Fred Silverman as new chief of NBC.

Cleanest Sweep: Fred Silverman cancels within three months of their debuts all the new fall NBC series that he inherited.

Most Dependable Mother/Daughter Relationship: in both Pretty Baby and King of the Gypsies, Susan Sarandon is Brooke Shields'...

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