Table of Contents
Week of 11/04/1992

Articles

WB Records ups Merlis to sr. VP

 

CLARIFICATION

 

Nostalgia goes interactive

 

Cruise team inks Par deal

 

Warner/Chappell pacts for John-Taupin rights

 

RHI net income triples in 3rd qtr.

 

Media move slowly in finance markets

 

Canadian TV plans new look

 

HBO buys added stake in Scandinavian pay-TV

 

Shuter named first Frankovich scholar

 

New player makes bid for TVS Entertainment

 

Canadian viewers give TV poor reception

 

Webs weakening in daytime--is prime time next?

 

'Long Day,' 'Leolo' top Valladolid

 

Short Takes

 

R&C ups Kagan to exec veep

 

Loans help keep showbiz firms in H'w'd

 

NUMBERS BOX

 

ABC first to tag Clinton

 

Recession rips into KTLA

 

Michael files to end Sony pact

 

Par watchers bet on Lansing

 

ABC looking 'Pretty' in ratings win

 

L.A. TV stations join '92 election losers

 

KTTV moving 'Studs' out of early fringe

 

Kulczycki tops prod'n at KCET

 

RIAA praises 'Body' ruling

 

Coonrod named CPB's exec VP

 

'Annie' sequel bucks up legit B.O.

 

Limbaugh off WWOR, on WNYW

 

Roach services

 

Dennis Keith Sullivan

 

It's simple: CNBC wants Ross

 

American Zoetrope ups Seldes to VP development

 

Rodriguez ankles Elektra urban post

 

Sturges pix offer monikers for Roth's new company

 

Election over, H'w'd gets back to bizness

 

Sources deny Lear-TVS rumor

 

Moody's confirms Reed debt rating

 

Financial Briefs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

RHI TV Sales gets new look, adding industry vets

 

Ratings up for '92 NFL on TNT

 

MPEAA names communications exec

 

Nov. sweeps land 'Fly Away' in new timeslot

 

'Trek' is syndie star

 

Will rail station work be H'w'd minefield?

 

ABC reporter beaten at his home

 

Hitched

 

A&E web joins Turner lawsuit

 

MG signs deal with Hearst

 

Kern, Wirth ink deal with Twentieth TV

 

RIAA certs show varied consumer taste

 

Court TV pacts with Continental

 

Domino theory: Good and bad in digital scanner

 

Viacom taps Klinghoffer sr. VP

 

'Nitecap' going down smooth

 

Ten jobs sliced at TPE as 'Star Search' fades

 

Disney relies on 'Hocus Pocus' for Midler starrer

 

Pinning down press releases, finding truth in rumors

 

Wertheim Schroder lowers CBS rating

 

Gloved One tries perfume

 

Binkow new KCAL development, programming VP

 

Orion likely to step out of Chapter 11 today

 

La Jolla gets Sondheim tuner

 

Schwake upped at Morgan Creek

 

Lansing in new Par pic post

 

Ostroff rooted in 'Tree' deal

 

NUMBERS BOX

 

Gramercy taps Mayeda VP

 

Capra joins Fox's KTTV as new G.M.

 

Clinton victory draws hooray from H'wood

 

Cornfeld on MGM pitch

 

Webs win with election

 

Celebrity panelists analyze female roles

 

Birth

 

Glancing at Lansing's resume

 

Viewers vote for KABC on election

 

Medavoy not going into politics

 

Speculation begins on FCC successors

 

Cable policy oversite committee has 12 openings

 

Rereg arguments date set

 

H'w'd players want in on prez's party

 

A relationship made in Heaven, consummated in Hell

 

Memories may fade, but The Voice remains

 

A memory of records, a record of memories

 

Charities--a pledge of a lifetime

 

Miniseries lays bare the legend--and myth

 

Days of crooners and swooners

 

Clan--a world apart

 

Taking aim at the mob connection

 

The agony of cable defeat

 

ABC pulls 'Crossroads,' 'Covington' off Sat. sked

 

MTV preps for pre-inaugural ball

 

Anderson to exit pub post at Paramount

 

News Corp. posts solid 1st qtr.

 

Memorial for Ed Devlin

 

Sinatra's done it his way, for better or worse

 

Ol' Blue Eyes did it all--the good, bad and indifferent

 

Concorde ups di Franco to music prez

 

East West Players, ICCC, BFA win big grants

 

TW sues to overturn Cable Act

 

CBS Chi O&O to drop 'Maury'

 

Election helps boost the nets' ayem shows, newscasts

 

Fox Children's Net pulls 'X-Men'

 

Justice won't defend must-carry cable rules

 

Short Takes

 

NBC ups Rogers to exec VP

 

Elections lure 100 mil viewers

 

NUMBERS BOX

 

Fin-syn put in a spin

 

Bottom Line

 

TriStar nabs Branagh for monster pic

 

Ticketmaster, GCC test L.A. advance tix

 

MGM quiets buyout fears

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Orion emerges from Chapter 11

 

SGE victim of hoax

 

'911,' 'Les' to KCBS

 

1992: A good year for first-time filmmakers

 

Feola named prexy of MCA Home Video

 

Inauguration gets H'w'd sitcom treatment

 

Sheffield, Latt fill 'Edge' void

 

Arthur Co. steps up pilot pace

 

NBC sticks with daytime 'Days'

 

Wattleton talker in limbo

 

Channing reprises B'way role in film 'Six Degrees'

 

California Incorporations

 

Philips posts net loss, revenue loss

 

Lin stock appraisal shifted to 'buy'

 

Strum new MTM sr. VP

 

Cineplex Odeon cuts losses

 

Carolco taps financing source in its receivables

 

Duo say MGM bid submitted

 

Ryman rises again as Fairfax rocks out

 

Kirov to L.A. for holidays

 

Revealing the group Expose

 

Hitched

 

Kleinman to head production at Egg

 

FM expected to tab Jaffe chief

 

27 elected to SAG board

 

'Matlock' helps ABC nab rare Thursday night win

 

Syndication Briefs

 

'Prince' fresh to syndie TV

 

NL to give Freddy new life in '93

 

'Snake' to be first up for Maverick Co.

 

Film quotas push U.S. pix off Spanish screens

 

Spain sends 'Master' to Oscar competish

 

Spain's producers group into action

 

Egypt plans $ 200 mil prod'n center

 

ABC drops network NAB membership

 

'Jade' deal a $2.5 mil gem

 

Pic producer Rosenberg dies

 

'Passenger' lifts off with strong $ 10.6 mil

 

N.Y. market off list after 'Life' ad

 

'Stars' screening tomorrow

 

Gary Abrahams

 

Jack Kelly

 

Henri Temianka

 

Short Takes

 

Disney, Warners prime to pump out the product

 

Simon says Lansing's on her way up

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Cineplex locks out Chi projectionists

 

MGM taps Mayer general counsel

 

Wilson aide blasts fin-syn ruling

 

Calabasas adds film prod'n regs

 

Orion's Wagner goes indie

 

'Lover' hot on coasts; L.A. likes 'Sick' animation

 

O'Brien gets in on the 'Action'

 

Oxfam event targets hunger

 

Musicvideo org honors En Vogue

 

Nair to helm Fugard's 'Tsotsi'

 

Syndication Briefs

 

Lorimar TV ups Jonas to exec VP

 

FRENCH PURSUE PROMISE OF PPV; Cable, TV giants positioned to begin exploiting Gallic market

 

VP leaves CIBY amid reports of studio woes

 

Bergman play set for debut

 

Duo handed new titles at New Line

 

Rosenberg memorial

 

Regina Carrol

 

Keith Keeler Walsh

 

Leroy Lusk

 

Laurel Cronin

 

Richard Gertner

 

Ron Bair

 

Financial Briefs

 

BMG gears to divide into 4 units

 

New digital compression bowed by CLI

 

Italo org joins TriStar group

 

NUMBERS BOX

 

'Boomerang' leading Image nominee

 

'Passenger' carries big B.O.

 

NBC Prods. ups Leavitt to executive VP

 

Ad-hoc biz bloc levels PBS censorship charges

 

Elton John forms AIDS foundation

 

New strips looking good

 

Short Takes

 

Rudin does 'Detective' work; Arnolds find 'Paradise'

 

Lensing in L.A. takes dive in Oct.

 

'Cheers' up for refill

 

TW's Ross at Norris for surgery

 

Sexual views of prez harass AFTRA board

 

LAPD preps for 'X' preem

 

Reviews

Aladdin

Jennifer Eight

Usa World Premiere Movie Mortal Sins

Sinatra--Parts I & II

Masterpiece Theatre in My Defence; a Chip in the Sugar

Texaco Performing Arts Showcase Dylan Thomas-- A Return Journey

Abc Sunday Night Movie Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

Passenger 57

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Traces of Red

Paul Mccartney's Liverpool Oratorio

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Fatal Memories Mon.

Great Performances Common Pursuit

Frontline Monsters Among Us

Tosca

Dandy

Malcolm X

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales a Midsummer Night's Dream


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