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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (21)	8/16/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 198

NBC hatches Y2K disaster picture Monday August 16 1:03 AM ET By Josef Adalian NEW YORK (Variety) - Looking to take advantage of millennium madness, NBC is working on ``Y2K,' a disaster picture that imagines near-apocalyptic results brought about by the much-hyped computer bug. The thriller stars Ken Olin (``L.A. Doctors') as a techie trying to save the United States from disasters caused by computer failures as 1999 turns into 2000. The picture is the only announced broadcast project to date capitalizing on concerns over the Y2K computer bug, in which machines interpret the date 1/1/00 as Jan. 1, 1900. Analysts have predicted all sorts of catastrophes as a result of the problem, though forecasts regarding the actual impact of the bug vary widely. In ``Y2K,' the bug causes an East Coast power outage, ATM failures, airliners whose instruments don't work and other assorted calamities. Olin's character battles one of the biggest imagined consequences of the bug when a nuclear power plant threatens to go into meltdown. ``Y2K' also stars Joe Morton (``Terminator 2,' ``The Astronaut's Wife'), Ronny Cox (``Total Recall,' ``Murder at 1600') and Lauren Tom (``Friends,' ``Futurama'). Dick Lowry (``Atomic Train') directs. Reuters/Variety dailynews.yahoo.com [Fair Use: For Educational/Research Purposes Only] Oh no. Cheryl