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Paris Precinct Take a pair of French actors like Louis Jourdan and Claude Dauphin, cast them as a detective team on the Paris police force, provide them with au¬ thentic backgrounds and you should have a French version of Dragnet. That, at least, is what the pro¬ ducers of Paris Precinct apparently had in mind, and that’s what they came up with. Almost. The factor most required in a crime-chasing show is absent in Precinct —excitement. The scripts each week build nicely to what should be a rousing climax, only to fall with the thud of a toppling Eiffel Tower. The denouement usually comes out all talk. Jourdan and Dauphin, with their rich French accents, lend the correct Gallic flavor. They’re ac¬ complished actors and they make their roles count. Supporting actors, as in Foreign Intrigue, are re¬ cruited locally in Paris and add authenticity, as do scenes glimpsed as the detectives taxi about. If you’ve never been to Paris, Precinct might serve as an interesting travelog. But if you’re a de¬ tective story fan, don’t count on this one.— R.S. TOUR TON SEVILLE Le cop: Claude Dauphi ■■FINE TUNING By Ollie Crawford Japanese use radio beam to lure fish. So that’s what became of radio! If nothing else, radio can now point ! to a net profit. • The Japanese have had so much success with radio, they may switch to television. Someday, there may be if a great new program called “Name ^ That Tuna.” The big stars of the fish * network may be Ted Mackerel and ^ Arthur Godfrey. Instead of The $64,- 2 000 Question, they’ll have a show ? that pays off in fins. f * ^ There’s an old Japanese saying that you can catch more fish with r. radio than you can with yinegar. I I III I iTTTr 1 hll I IIPIIUIIIIIH It just shows what can happen when you cast your broadcast upon the waters. It’s going to popularize stars like our Miss Brook Trout, Rocky Kingfish and Martha Sting Ray. The undersea version of Medic is shopping around these days for somebody to play the part of the sturgeon. • New shows on the drawing board also include “Wet’s My Line,” “Sea It Now” and “Life Begins at 80 Fathoms.” It’s the age of the Eddie Fisher-men. • Even France has adopted the idea. They’re introducing the world’s first poisson-to-poisson show. ■■ ■