DON'T TELL MICHAEL CIMINO: Another opinion poll reveals that 83% of moviegoers who read movie ads in newspapers say starting time is the most important information in the ad. Two years ago, Burns-a nun in the religious order of the Sisters of St. Unfortunately, the series seems to have alienated its own audience. "Some of them wouldn't let me show their homes, or talk to their wives or discuss money.

Wayland Flowers, comedian and right-hand man to his bawdy puppet Madame, has an unusual attitude for a veteran performer: He prefers to be heard and not seen. "I simply hope a strike doesn't happen" said Lawrence Gordon, president of 20th Century Fox's Entertainment Group. His harmonies with backup singer Marce Lacouture tended to stretch syllables in search of a key, Dylan-style, which can get old fast. Erlicht spoke at a morning press conference at the Century Plaza, where out-of-town TV critics and writers are attending ABC's four-day summer press tour. We critically pored over his columns, trying our best to pick them apart That would probably happen to me too.

OTHELLO, TOO: On the heels of the San Diego Opera production of Verdi's "Otello" which opens Saturday at the Civic Theatre, comes another famous musical treatment of Shakespeare's tale of jealousy. Albert, agreed with O'Brien, saying the play required more time to grow "Both theaters are committed to the play. Not coincidentally, several of those performers previously had frequented the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, which closed in February. No one has lost a dime on a "Rocky" movie, and no one is complaining. This telecast shows us a company generally unable to bring off the major contrasts in dance style that the bill exploits. A second series of summer jazz concerts at San Diego State University's 4,500-seat Open Air Theater, produced by Avalon Attractions of Los Angeles, has already signed up two of Humphrey's biggest headliners: Spyro Gyra and Shadowfax.

Mark Linn-Baker (from "My Favorite Year) plays the distant cousin who reluctantly opens his Chicago apartment to this immigrant from the Mediterranean-a thankless role that leaves him, both literally and figuratively, trying to get laughs opening a bag of potato chips. In a film career that spanned 30 years and included appearances in more than 400 films, movie serials and television shows, Lyden was the quintessential Hollywood heavy. We hope to get it open before next year-if we can get the right play, restaurant and bar" PARTING SHOT: That last bastion of radical politics, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, has finally capitulated to the establishment: It has joined Actors' Equity after 25 years of outspoken criticism of all management and thriving on its own maverick, madcap collectivism. . Is My Lady" (which was sort of a ringer, since the mayor makes a cameo appearance in the clip. .

KABC-TV did request permission from the network to air the program Sunday at 9 a. m, he said, but it was denied because an ABC policy prohibits stations from rescheduling the weekday specials to weekend spots, where other children's programming is available. 2, subtitled "Cello Symphony" and "Celebration" heard at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's opening event of the season) as well as in discussions and a symposium with the New York composer. "There was no way that painting on a canvas could encompass the kind of things I was trying to communicate. On stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Thomas Stevens is just a face in the crowd. Campanella readily acknowledges that it is not a definitive study of its subject. Letterman says that is proof that the show "sells products" There are now, therefore, differing opinions about Letterman's television future.

Can you imagine, in any real world, a sexy, sultry, amply endowed woman working in a prison where male inmates are so starved for sex that they have sex with each other? Can you imagine her walking among convicts-many of them seeming to be near-animals-without causing havoc or drawing even one off-color remark? Can you imagine a prison where inmates-Harry and his friends-continually fret about each other's emotional health? And can you imagine so many inmates with hearts of gold beneath tough-sometimes murderous-exteriors? Probably not. Asked about trends in writing, he replied: "There's a movement away from naturalistic form. However, the door exploded and Maxwell, seated 60 feet away, was struck by flying debris, suffering a fractured arm and multiple cuts, Kroll said "He (Maxwell) still has not fully recovered" he added. Davidson also wondered if resident theater shouldn't rethink its faith that it is rescuing people from their humdrum lives.