Table of Contents
Week of 11/11/1992

Articles

Birnbaum sticks with Roth

 

'Ricki,' 'You' join talk war

 

MGM may hire new ad agency

 

Byrne leads Variety charge

 

ITV on the prowl for Yank sitcoms

 

ABC wins 5 nights in a row

 

Robinson goes to 'War'

 

Studios rolling out big guns to market Yule pix

 

Henson Video line debuts Jan. 29 with eight titles

 

MCA Music sues pirates

 

Matsushita puts end to taxing issue

 

Markey gives life to 'Heart'

 

'Rifleman' star Connors dies at 71

 

Peisinger named prez of new vid publishing co.

 

Leslie's First Intl. Theaters buys Ranch Mart 4 in K.C.

 

Political ad spending soars

 

Financial wells dry for indies

 

Fox ups two, adds two in affiliate promo dept.

 

Justice to seek cable case delay

 

Eagle Awards at stake amid Nosotros dispute

 

Sentence wraps 'Fantasia' case

 

Arrest warrant issued for rapper Dr. Dre

 

Axl Rose convicted of assault

 

Image Awards set for Jan. 16

 

Sturdivant ready for Krueger

 

Gossett, Alonso Int'l Emmy hosts

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Short Takes

 

VH-1, pubcaster team on show

 

Prince's ex-manager sues law firm for $5 mil

 

Don't skip school to see 'X' sez Lee

 

AFTRA rips proposal to relax TV ownership regs

 

John H. Davis

 

Keith (Red) Mitchell

 

'Il Ladro Di Bambini' Italy's Oscar contender

 

U.K.'s Standard honors 'Angels,' 'Spider'

 

Older-skewing shows creep back onto skeds

 

Taylor cancels sked, on verge of pneumonia

 

'Boheme' tops Felix noms

 

KNBC's Douglass exits L.A. for D.C.

 

Stillerman upped to MTV prod'n VP

 

Now it can be told: Geraldo special is a go

 

Russia sends Mikhalkov's 'Eden' to Oscar competish

 

'Bash' dashed over anti-gay policy

 

Jacobson succeeds Birnbaum

 

ABC moves up Daytime Emmys

 

TBS posts gains in third qtr.

 

'Donahue,' 'Cosby' lose while other syndies gain

 

4th Oscarcast for Cates

 

Comics throw zingers during HRTS luncheon

 

Gabor, Lamas join celebs in H'w'd Christmas Parade

 

Rawson to head L.A. operation for Sullivan

 

'Busted' loses KTTV slot

 

2 firms buy rights to story of sergeant's double life

 

'Sinatra' carries high ratings tune

 

Exec Shuffle

 

NBC brings the news to PC's

 

Michael blasts Sony takeover

 

Financial Briefs

 

Goldwyn losses shrink

 

Expected HSN dip sparks market tumble

 

Court rejects Wildmon's 'Damned' appeal

 

Skouras picks up 'Watch It,' 'Joey Breaker' for U.S.

 

Trial set for actor vs. L.A.

 

Film library helps Hollywood check out its past

 

Post-Newsweek takes Hoffa spec

 

City late on rent at permit office

 

Raoul Andre

 

Jerome Andrews

 

Jose Luis Saenz de Heredia

 

Theodore Thomas

 

Guy Pastor

 

Yale Fischman

 

Thomas Andrews

 

Kurfirst forms Wasteland Records

 

Syndication Briefs

 

ShoWest to fete Herring

 

Merlin's magic may animate DBE

 

CBC blasts WWII docu 'Valour'

 

Yorkshire-Tyne Tees TV pares staff

 

BBC head Checkland to ankle 2 months early

 

Reel pacts for Italian pix on vid

 

Hitched

 

'Mohicans' U.K. B.O. big

 

Writer's block pales next to earthquake-proofing

 

Short Takes

 

Barrymore takes 'Control' of Fisher role

 

New Regency ups Platnick to exec VP

 

'Damage' appeals don't sway MPAA

 

IFE ups TVS bid after Michaels rumor

 

NBC firms 'ET' team's new show

 

Goldwyn buys Branagh short

 

Nostalgia aids in launch of start-up Americana

 

TCI posts big gains in 3rd qtr.

 

IRS takes showbiz crash course

 

Justice seeks delay in cable challenge

 

Republic Pix reports record 3rd-qtr. profit

 

Cablevision revs up, but losses deeper

 

Video Briefs

 

Chi union, Cineplex in lockout impasse

 

'Indecency' regs ripped by groups

 

FCC to ask Chi court for stay on fin-syn rules changes

 

Cronkite heads list of Silver Circle inductees

 

Final report issued on Fox lot expansion plan

 

'Gentleman,' 'Alive' rated R

 

Nichols options 1st novel 'Plan'

 

Record losses at Deutsche Telekom

 

Top DGA honor to Lumet

 

Connors services

 

Charles (Honi) Coles

 

Scott McPherson

 

Tom Talbert

 

Short Takes

 

Garden cuts 34 staffers

 

Syndication Briefs

 

Ellen Baron

 

Par in 'Money' as DDLC riled

 

Toon in for 'Aladdin'

 

ABC leads sweeps at halftime

 

For E!, time is NOW to address women's issues

 

Hitched

 

Century complaint claims fraud by CL

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Par's Pound relocating to U.K. offices

 

Viacom, Quinta ink co-prod deal

 

BSkyB flies 'Eagle' as 1st original prod'n

 

Court puts stamp on Bluth sale

 

C&W injects $ 20 mil into cabler BCE

 

Murdoch cited by NCCJ org

 

ITVS seeks series on AIDS

 

First-hand second sight: Amazing predictions for 2001

 

Births

 

Lansing wants movies that make sense -- and dollars

 

'Dracula' sucks up $32 million

 

Plug pulled on 'People's'

 

Cox puts 2 top Fox affils on the market

 

WB, Hughes crack deal for 'Peanuts'

 

Pierce names trio of sr. AFI exex

 

Carolco pulls back from brink

 

ASC honors Wexler with lifetime award

 

MGM out, Sony in at Filmland

 

Mooney reupped as prexy of NCTA

 

Variety now available via Baseline

 

Offering raises $8 mil for Kushner-Locke Co.

 

Projectionists call for mediator in Chi lockout

 

Financial Briefs

 

Ad firms jockey for Savoy

 

'Breathless' anticipation: Will it be G force?

 

Album Spotlight; Healey hopes to 'Feel' success

 

CBS turning to 'Miracles,' 'Poets' to span 'Bridge' slot

 

Births

 

Rysher gets on firstrun's 'Wavelength'

 

Fox nixes Seagal-helmed 'Honor'

 

'Today' election winner in ratings

 

'Wuornos' airing challenged

 

E! will cover noms for Cable Ace Awards

 

MacLaine to reprise Aurora

 

Large turnout at Rosenberg tribute

 

Oscar race rules out Sweden's 'Best' pic

 

'Sister' acting up, 'Mohicans' slower

 

International Briefs

 

Short Takes

 

Moral of story: H'w'd has old-fashioned values

 

Par holds its own changing of the guard

 

Plitt co. sues Lear's act III

 

Financial Briefs

 

MGM's 3rd-qtr. losses expand to $ 79.8 mil

 

IFP Spirit deadline set

 

Par rubbing Genie into vid outlets

 

'Aladdin' rides magic carpet to B.O. stratosphere

 

'Angels' flies as legit looks lively

 

Tune UHF to cell phones, study urges

 

David Oliver

 

William Martin

 

Dora Antonowsky

 

Sean Rowley

 

Bill Hudnut

 

David Lewis

 

Don Merritt

 

Newsweek to launch interactive magazine

 

Orion, McDonald's dance with 'wolves' deal

 

Five know value of plug Nicholl

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Alone 2' doves roost in theaters

 

INI lines up interactive supporters

 

Levinson chairing N.Y. Fest TV nods

 

CNN Int'l plans to expand London programs

 

Philips denies restructure talk

 

ShoWest to salute Roth

 

Showtime skeds 14-16 original films for 1993

 

NEA vulnerable amid transition

 

RIAA wary of radio via satellite

 

Jay Itzkowitz new Fox veep

 

White tapped NBC Prods. VP

 

CNN's Crier moves to ABC for '20/20'

 

Trio given new titles at MPEAA

 

Fortson back at Rivera ING after Genesis

 

King World Prods. stock upgraded to 'buy'

 

Rep urges boycott of Colorado over bias law

 

Cencom signs Cartoon Net

 

Vorce announces staff sign-on, boosts at APA

 

SMPTE to study DBS

 

Births

 

Harmony script entries sought

 

EC tough cop with TV rule

 

Short Takes

 

De Laurentiis wont take 'Milk' sale lying down

 

NUMBERS BOX

 

Virgin, Blockbuster join for expansion

 

P-H prepping TV pix, series

 

'Jacksons' keeps ABC on a ratings roll

 

'Bet's' off for WCBS access slot

 

NBC halts production on 'Heroes'

 

'Dracula' capers to $ 30.5 mil

 

Inaugural ball to be 'more inclusive'

 

Reviews

The American Experience Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Law and Order Self Defense

Bruce Springsteen Plugged

Homefront the Traveling Lemo All-Stars

The Death of Klinghoffer

Solitary Confinement

Our Country's Good

Texts for Nothing

A Few Good Men

Love Potion No. 9

The Show-Off

Bobby Gaylor; Dan Reddington

The Jacksons-- An American Dream

Sisters Crash

Masterpiece Theatre the Secret Agent

On Scene: Emergency Response L.A. Gang Life Special

Giving Care, Taking Care

When No One Would Listen

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen

Nbc Night at the Movies a Child Lost Forever

Reasonable Doubts Try to Be Nice-- What Does It Get You?

The New Europeans

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

Sugar; Throwing Muses

Ozzy Osbourne; Black Sabbath

John Gorka

Oil City Symphony

Thelonious Monster


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