Saturday, March 21, 1987

Among the stars set to salute Barbara Stanwyck at the American Film Institute life achievement awards are former co-stars Fred MacMurray, Linda Evans and Robert Wagner. Jane Fonda is host for the April 9 presentation, which will be taped for later showing on ABC . . . . Kenny Rogers returns to the saddle for another sequel to The Gambler. The first two western adventures grabbed strong ratings . . . . Julie Andrews will have her own ABC Christmas special come the holiday season . . . . The Price is Right becomes the longest-running daytime game show with its telecast this Friday. Airing on CBS for 14 years and eight months, it beats Concentration, the previous record-holder, by one month . . . . Brad Davis and Bonnie Bedelia are in Dallas shooting When the Time Comes, a weeper about a terminally ill woman who asks her childhood friend to help her die. The ABC telefilm will be directed by John Erman who guided The Two Mrs. Grenvilles to ratings glory . . . . Dallas's Patrick Duffy and the country-music duo The Judds will be the hosts of the 22nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. NBC will televise the presentations April 6 . . . . Robert Conrad is directing and starring in High Mountain Rangers, now filming in California's High Sierra country. The CBS telefilm, co-starring Conrad's sons Christian and Shane, spins the tall tale of an intrepid forest ranger and his equally intrepid troup who track down an escaped convict . . . . It had to happen. The Return of the Six- Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman is now in production in Los Angeles. Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner reprise their roles from the long- gone fantasy series. Also returning for the NBC telefilm is Richard Anderson as the superheroes' supervisor. Lee Majors II also puts in an appearance . . . . Eileen Davidson, Hillary Bailey Smith and Nancy Frangione are three friends who discover they're all dating the same man in CBS's comedy, Sharing Richard. Ed Marinaro is the busy fellow.