Politicos use talk shows, and vice versa

'Dr. Quinn' is good medicine for CBS

Bolton, R.E.M. multiplatinum

Johanna Denise Kirby

Elliot Fields

Zelnick re-ups as Fox prexy

'Hard Copy' climbs as 'Life' expires

'92's pix: Putting it in gross terms

Rock Hall of Fame dinner open to public

French TV prod'n outfit SFP shaping up

Nuell ankles 'E.T.' for greener TV pastures

Post-arrest Bridges quits youth center

FCC open to suggestions for fin-syn--the sequel

Financial Briefs

Web-wide hiring freeze chills ABC

Pula to top NL theatrical marketing

Benson to voice 'Exosquad' lead for MCA TV

'Alone' at home atop Euro B.O.

Sequels are B.O. winners

'Roses' wilt, 'Crue' is motley at benefit concert

Eazy-E lashes back at rapper critics

NSFC honors Clint, Thompson

Xmas surge sweet music

'Aladdin' magic bumps off 'Men'

CBS still on top in daytime

Disney's Eisner keynoter for b'cast exex confab

Births

ZZ Top sues Mitsubishi over car ad

Euro exhibs upbeat on first-qtr. '93 prospects

Col picks up 'Mariachi' for Feb. release

Oscar watch

All American paying off CL

SPC confirms 2 pickups

Constance Carpenter

Peter Brocco

Shubert goes 'Crazy' June 1

PTAR revisions may be raised at FCC meeting

Short Takes

Auld lang syne for MGM Grand's flight into sunset

Hollywood picked as theme for video software confab

NBC confirms 'Seinfeld' move, other web shifts

Russell L. Lewis

James A. Goode

Ontario film, TV prod'n up 29% in booming '92

Davis 'Says' helmer Coolidge would be cool

TriStar signs Bergman, Lobell for '$2 Million Tip'

Hart ankles Geffen for Gramercy

Filmauro's Midas touch

TriStar gets 'Weekend' rights

N.Y. mayor boosts city film office

Exec Shuffle

Cablers cautiously await rereg

'Oil' afire among exclusive pix in Gotham, L.A.

Births

Arthur M. Gameral

Oz sets pay-TV content rules

Burchill exits Lifetime to buy interest in Petry

KNBC wooing Hoffman as N.D.

Blockbuster Ent. president ankles

ABC nabs CTV's 'Shirley' for vacated 'Home'

John Dorr

Blackfriars Theater wipes out debt

Short Takes

Propaganda inks Proyas

CBS News adds Douglass as reporter

Kellner joins flock of Fox-trotters

ATAS may alter Emmy rules

10 books up for Gleason Awards

ABC, CBS score with Fisher pix

Cannon launches new financing

Financial Briefs

Hitched

Stephen Harvey

Stephen Albert

Boycotters Streisand, Minnelli holiday in Idaho

New Year's B.O. up 6% from '92

Tartikoff makes quick return to showbiz

Freedman 20th TV pub VP

Gold, platinum off in 1992 but multiplatinum ahead

New leads for 'Route 66' series

Oscar watch

Proffer tops Coast ops at Cherry Lane

Lifetime prez confirms move, buys stake in Petry

Survey says Boyz II Men, U2, Carey to top Grammys

Sikes may table PTAR issue at FCC meet

Video Briefs

Weapon under question in death of Brazil soap star

Send out the clones: Sci-fi shows to add diversity

Salhany to take FBC reins

Par puts 'Cop III' off 8 wks.

Granite deb swap offer completed

ARC buys out Daniels stake

Kermit, Harris on list for kids' inaugural show

Gay Men's Chorus tryouts

Vivienne Segal

Stanley E. Hubbard

Trio will head Elektra's revamped marketing arm

Bension new MCA recreation chair

Fox Inc. expands board to 7 members

Paige tapped Boxing Writers Assn. prez

TCI to carry Calif. Channel

Indies shoot for 'A' list

'Heart and Souls' rolls for U in L.A.

Kohl blasts b'casters

Obst moving shingle from Sony to Fox lot

Hoffman gets lucrative deal as KNBC news VP

Home Shopping Net redeems notes

Disney meet expected upbeat due to '92 stock climb

Turnover at Fox gives Wall Street the willies

Valerie Wellington

Anna Wimschneider

Clyde M. Reed Jr.

B.O. year: First among sequels

Jacobson joins ABC's golf unit

Dardis joins APA as motion pic lit veep

Showtime's deal includes rights, AIDS donation

Ackley upped at CapCities/ABC Video

Harris RCS co-prod'ns topper

Spanish KLAX tops radio Arbs

Stars come out for Clinton fete

NFL, 'Quinn' save CBS

SCA ready for prime deal

Bush aides aim for TV prod'n biz

Ashot Abramyan

Thomas Geoffrey Fowler

Gertrude Reisenbach Rose

Ungar joins CATA

Clausen SPE's risk management VP

Lensing to start on Torn's 'Call'

Misa retires from WB after 63 yrs.

Births

Bush names former press sec'y Prosperi to PBS board

CBC appeals ban on mini to top court

Aussies prepping own Lollapalooza-style tour

Italo politics making showbiz fret

Beatty, Bening having 'Affair' at WB

Palm Springs Fest kicks off with 'Human Heart' preem

H'w'd has new allies on D.C. c'right panel

Triton Pix confirms buying out Kadokawa's interest

Ronnie Welsh

WB to open 25-30 new stores

'Cemetery' assigned a PG-13

Stars shine at Archerd fete

Caravan to produce 'Musketeers'

WGAW director draws fire

New EC dicey for showbiz trade

Ethics breach alleged in Fox land fight

'Deep Space 9' posts stellar ratings

Oscar watch

C-SPAN says audience up 80% since '88

L.A. Comedy Week set

Worldvision buys 'Lovers' for vid

H'wood braces for a youthquake of talent in '93

Webs halfway home

Brooks still to record for Liberty

Touchstone revives 'Other'

Arcara files countersuit in 'Crowded Room' flap

Buggy departs ITC for 'other interests'

Diller dabbles in expansion plans

KLSX-FM to check ARB findings on KLAX-FM

ABC News expected to up Friedman

Chips down in TVS bid

Financial Briefs

Picketers protest PBS 'censorship' of 2 docus

Exec Shuffle

CPB to spend $ 1.3 mil on shows

Nureyev dies in Paris after battle with AIDS

Miramax, CBS team on 'Boys'

3DO bows long-awaited multimedia player

WGAW to rethink credit changes

Cancer silences jazz great Gillespie at 75

Prime SportsChannel merger complete

Burkett joins Geffen

Laughs taps new Euro head

IRS billing cabler Dolan for $ 233 mil

PBS donations keep on coming

Hughes bill proposes retrans consent repeal

S.F. conference Jan. 16

New Line gets $ 125 mil credit line

Koppelman takes top spot at EMI

CORRECTION

Short Takes

Cinematographers to honor Freddie Young

Conservative choices intrinsic in Grammy noms

The Baby of Macon

Salt on Our Skin

The Sandlot

Another Stakeout

Alive

Blood in Blood Out

Blue

Bodies, Rest & Motion

Body of Evidence

Boxing Helena

Brain Smasher... - A Love Story

Cb4

The Cement Garden

Children of the Corn II - The Final Sacrifice

The Crush

Dangerous Game

The Dark Half

Dave

Dazed and Confused

Dennis the Menace

Desperate Remedies

Detour

Dirty Weekend

Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story

Dust Devil - The Final Cut

Falling Down

The Firm

Fortress

Frauds

Geronimo - An American Legend

Gettysburg

Groundhog Day

Grumpy Old Men

Guilty As Sin

Hear No Evil

Heaven & Earth

Hercules Returns

Hexed

Homeward Bound

Hot Shots! Part Deux

The House of the Spirits

Indecent Proposal

In the Line of Fire

In the Name of the Father

It's All True

Judgment Night

Jurassic Park

Kalifornia

Last Action Hero

Leon the Pig Farmer

Life with Mikey

Little Buddha

Lost in Yonkers

Mad Dog and Glory

Made in America

Manhattan Murder Mystery

The Man Without a Face

Map of the Human Heart

Matinee

M. Butterfly

The Meteor Man

Mi Vida Loca

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mr. Wonderful

Much Ado About Nothing

Mui Du Du Xanh

The Music of Chance

My Boyfriend's Back

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

The Night We Never Met

The November Men

Nowhere to Run

Orlando

Paper Hearts

Passenger 57

The Pickle

Point of No Return

Public Access

Raining Stones

Reckless Kelly

Red Rock West

Return of the Living Dead III

Rich in Love

Rising Sun

Robin Hood - Men in Tights

Ruby Cairo

Ruby in Paradise

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Shadow of the Wolf

Shelf Life

Short Cuts

Sidekicks

Silent Tongue

The Silent Touch

Sleepless in Seattle

Sliver

Sniper

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Sommersby

Son of the Pink Panther

Splitting Heirs

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Turtles Are Back . . . in Time

The Temp

The Thing Called Love

This Boy's Life - A True Story

The Trial

True Romance

Untamed Heart

The Vanishing

The War Room

Weekend at Bernie's II

What's Love Got to Do with It

Wide Sargasso Sea

Xi Yan

The Young Americans

The Adventures of Huck Finn