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rumrifl by Joey Sasso CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: According to Hollywood in­ siders, sexy Suzanne Somers of ABC's "Three's Com­ pany" is planning to switch channels following secret talks with CBS. She's been offered top spot in a.copycat series that could knock the ABC show out of the ratings. The leggy blonde's role as-Chrissy Snow has been slowly squeezed out of "Three's Company." And a CBS source confirmed she's been having long talks with top brass there about her own series. He said: "CBS would really like to call it 'Chrissy' or maybe 'Chrissy's New Life'--but they have to consult their attorneys to see whether ABC has legal right to the character. Maybe we could call it 'Missy' or even 'Sissy'." Meanwhile, Somers will do her first CBS show in June when she slips into uniform as a navy entertainment officer in a sonj-and-dance special aboard a carrier in the Persian Gulf. Husband Alan Hamel confirmed the variety role -but shot down rumors of marital breakup. He said: "Our troubles have brought us closer together." Hamel would not say if his wife has managed to get the $150,000 per episode from CBS that ABC had refused her. "Nothing is finally settled," he said. Somers' big-dollar demands--she wanted nearly $4 million a year salary plus a $20 million a year profit slice--outraged "Three s Company" producers and led to her freezeout. "All I want is more money--more of the pie," she said, after refusing ABC's $850,000 a year compromise offer. She then complained that co-stars John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt shunned her and she was escorted by guards on the set and "treated like a criminal." Now she is so mad she says she is suing ABC officials "who won't even talk to me. TV BACKSTAGE: James Garner has won an un­ precedented commitment from NBC for his new "Maverick" series beginning in September. The show will be on the whole year regardless of the ratings. But that's probably a safe bet for NBC execs who know Garner has one ' of the best track records among all TV actors . . . Praise, anger and frustration--that's what sur­ faced when some critics viewed "The American Short Story" series of adaptations of classic American short fic­ tion. The apparent paradox was prompted by the pro­ grams' quality--as one critic asserted, not because they are bad, but because they "are so good. One got an ex­ asperated sense of literary riches available to the net­ works," he added, "if program executives ever dared to film anything but topical best sellers." "American Short Story," initially televised several years ago, is currently being rebroadcast Saturdays nationally on Public Broad­ casting Service stations, funded in part by a grant from Xerox Corporation. Henry Fonda hosts the 13-week series. TV CLOSEUP: A leading actress on the TV sitcom "Soap" says she would be mortified if her husband cheated on her. And Katherine Helmond swears she'd feel even worse if husband David Christian betrayed her in his heart. "I think it's worse if a husband is mentally un­ faithful," she told me. "I mean if he's secretly emotionally involved with another woman. You know, sex is one thing, very casual for some men, and it doesn't mean a man is necessarily in love, or that he doesn't love his wife. Of course, I think a husband shouldn't cheaj^pffitol, but I'd rather have mine cheat physically than mentally, and I'm pretty sure David feels the same way." Benny Hill Show I 0 Today In Chicago TUESDAY, APRIL 14 0 Tlme-Out Thaatar Marathon Fever' • NCAA Vollayball Golden Dome Classic-Final 0 Movie (Jolnad In Progreea) 12:30 0 ABC Captioned Newa 12:45 0 Newa 12:55 0 Newa 1:^0 0 WBBM Editorial Marcua Walby, M.D. * itbeat Lova Special Joe Franklin Show Atlanta Bravea Baaeball Re­ play Atlanta Braves va Houston Astros 0 Odd Couple 1:02 0 Movie-(Adventure) •• "Big Steal" 1049 Robert Mit chum, Jane Greer. 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