Says Haggard in the special, "I wound up in some of the roughest prisons and roughest jails in the United States. I turned 21 in San Quentin. I finally realized that I did not want to be an outlaw."
CMT Inside Fame airs on CMT: Country Music Television on Sunday, March 3 from 7-8 p.m., PST/EST. It is a must for fans of Merle Haggard and County Music.
News and notes from the world of television:
Scripps television stations offer free air time to political candidates:
The biggest expense of almost any political campaign is the cost of buying television airtime. The E.W. Scripps Company hopes to help reduce that cost by offering free airtime to candidates in the upcoming general elections. The project is called Democracy 2002.
"Democracy 2002 was developed in support of our responsibility as journalists and broadcasters to promote public discourse and a strong democracy," said John Lansing, senior vice president of broadcasting for Scripps.
The Scripps policy offers candidates a minimum of five minutes free airtime daily between 5 p.m. and 11:35 p.m. in the 30 days preceding the general elections and free airtime as needed 30 days preceding primary elections.
The free airtime will be offered to candidates in a variety of formats including debates, extended interviews, issue statements and responses to citizens' inquiries.
Scripps stations will offer a number of other services including information on the positions of the candidates on various issues, voter registration information and links to the candidate's websites on the websites of their stations.
Commentary: In a time when most broadcast station owners spend their airtime focusing on fluff and car chases, the E.W. Scripps Company is to be congratulated for using their broadcast license to help educate the public on political issues and candidates. I hope it is a trend that catches on.
This week in television history: March 4, 1992 marked the debut of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles on ABC. Patterned after the popular movie series starring Harrison Ford, this series focused on the adventures of Indiana Jones at ages 16 and 10. The series was designed to be educational as well as adventurous.
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