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Most Promising New Actor: Artoo Detoo, the heroic little robot of Star Wars.

Sourest Grapes: From executives at CBS and NBC who accused top-ranking ABC of running junk—then launched a desperate search for the same kind of junk.

Sourest Big Apple (and Biggest Bomb): Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York.

Best Look at an Old Face: Jason Robards’ portrayal of a vile President, Richard Monckton, a dead ringer for Richard Nixon, in ABC’s Washington: Behind Closed Doors.

Best Argument for Divorce: PBS’S pretentious series about three New York clans, The Best of Families.

Television’s Biggest Sleeper: ABC’S Roots, the eight-part saga of the black in America and the most successful show in history.

Greatest Cause of Woe and Wailing: The demise of The Mary Tyler Moore Show after seven enchanting years.

Best Remembered: Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, Elvis Presley.

Most Provocative New Pinup: Suzanne Somers of ABC’S Three’s Company, who proves that gentlemen still prefer blondes, preferably dumb.

Funniest Scene from a Movie: Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl, playing Richard III as a queen who would be king.

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