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Entertainment Now | July 24 - 30, 2021 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: I was watching the 1989 version of "Batman" and no- ticed that Jack Nicholson was mentioned in the credits be- fore Michael Keaton, who played the main character. How is the order of the names in the credits decid- ed? A: There are a few factors that go into the billing order, and a cou- ple of them came together to get Jack Nicholson top billing in 1989's "Batman." Nicholson actually had it written into his contract that he be billed first (he had a lot of other wacky stuff written in there, such as the stipulation that he not be sched- uled to film during Los Angeles Lakers games). He was (and still is) a far bigger star than Michael Keaton, who played the titular Batman, so the studio was probably happy to give him top billing — they might have even done so voluntarily, as they often do. Another prominent DC Comics hero-villain pairing got the same treatment in 1978's "Superman," in which Gene Hackman, who played Lex Luthor, was billed above acting newcomer Christo- pher Reeve in the Superman role. Q: I feel like I've learned a lot watching "Perry Mason" re- runs. Are all the legal state- ments made in the shows true? The writers must have included a lawyer. A: If you're facing down a mur- der charge, don't cite a "Perry Ma- son" episode as legal precedent — indeed, no one would ever tell you to take anything you see on TV as legal advice. That said, the "Per- ry Mason" writers room was pretty strict about legal accuracy. (A quick note before we pro- ceed: Since you said "'Perry Ma- son' reruns," I'm assuming you mean the original '50s-'60s series, rather than the recent HBO reboot. The HBO version spends less time in the courtroom, anyway.) As you suggest, there were a number of lawyers among the "Perry Mason" writing staff, in- cluding the boss himself, Erle Stan- ley Gardner. Gardner, who created the Ma- son character in a long series of novels that were only later adapt- ed for TV, passed the bar in 1911 and worked as a trial lawyer for years before his writing career took off. (Though it should be noted that he studied for his bar exam inde- pendently, after being kicked out of the Valparaiso University School of Law.) 4 | Saturday morning 07/24 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 12 PM 12:30 S1 S2 WTTV 4 CBS This Morning Saturday (N) Lucky Dog Innovation (N) Mission: Un. (N) Hope Wild (N) Pet Vet Dream All in With Laila Paid Program Paid Program 4 4 WRTV 6 Kickin' It With Byron Allen Good Morning America Saturday (N) Retirement Earth Smart Water Hearts of Heroes Free Enterprise Outback Advent. 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