BROADCAST DATE: Saturday, December 5, 1981, NBC.
DESCRIPTION: Rona Barrett, the gossip journalist and editor of such magazines as "Rona Barrett's Hollywood", "Rona Barrett's Gossip" and "Rona Barrett's Preview", was the host of "TELEVISION: INSIDE & OUT", a short-lived television series. The show lasted only four weeks and it mainly consisted of a superficial look of television and the entertaining media. Lynda was featured on the premiere of the show with other stars as Suzanne Sommers, Helen Reddy and  Lynn Redgrave.

	Series Run: Saturday, December 5, 1981 through January 2, 1982. Broadcast Network: NBC. Time slot: Saturdays 10:00 P.M. Host: RONA BARRETT. Co-HostS: Wil Shriner, Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, Gary Deeb. Announcer: Tom Campbell. Producers: Bill Royce, Stu Bernstein. Director: Dan Funk. Editor: Harry Arends.
SYNOPSIS: In the premiere episode of this short-lived series Lynda is featured along with Suzanne Sommers, Helen Reddy and Lynn Redgrave in interviews with Rona Barrett talking about how it feels to be loved and managed by their husbands. Also on  this first show there was a report about the Nielsen ratings, a review of "The Dukes of Hazzard" and many other features and reports about television.

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			RUNNING TIME:	00:50:00 [60 minutes including commercials].
			VHS:	Not available on commercial video.
			DVD:	Not available on commercial video.
			INFO:	This is LYNDA CARTER's first and only appearance at the "TELEVISION: INSIDE & OUT".
			ADS:	[1]  "TELEVISION: INSIDE & OUT". Original TV GUIDE ad.
			TRIVIA:	[•] Rona was responsible for the main interviews of this short lived shows.
				[•] Chicago TV critic Gary Deen, comic Wil Shirner, and NBC's  former executive Sylvester L."Pat" Weaver co-hosted the show. Weaver was responsible for presenting and past features about television and eventually editorial commentaries. Wil Shirner was in charge of the funny look at the medium and Gary Deen did reports about current programs and personalities.
				[•] Barrett became a gossip columnist for the Bell-McClure newspaper syndicate in 1957. In 1966, she began broadcasting Hollywood gossip on the Los Angeles television station ABC.
				[•] Rona developed the first in-depth personal TV specials about the celebrities of motion pictures, television, music, sports and politics, and had a series of magazines on the entertainment industry that were top-rated at newsstands, including Rona Barrett's Hollywood. As such she paved the way for Barbara Walters and many entertainment reporters.
				[•] Rona found marketing lavender flowers was not so easy and decided Paul Newman had the right idea with his successful Newman's Own products. She then founded the Rona Barrett Lavender Company offering lavender-based skin care, gourmet food, and aromatherapy products. She also started The Rona Barrett Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the aid and support of senior citizens in need that is supported by a 2% portion of the profits from her lavender business.

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