WB board put Ice-T out in cold

Clapton, lang, Cole at Grammys

Ebersol: PPV football's future

N.Y. MPAA board dumps 'Justice's' L.A. NC-17 dub

PBS offers 'Reverse Angle' on docu series

Group sues to halt indecency rule

Mountain comes to Par

CL asks court to fast-track MGM suits

News Corp. bonds sell out

New Line up in heavy trading

Multimedia sees growth in income, revs for 1992

Prime Ticket mulls interactive plan

Triumph taps Cameron VP, branch admin

Viewing zooms for ayem shows in Inaugural week

Concern org honors Segel

Siegel goes Uptown as VP, G.M.

ERAS Center to benefit from Archerd event

Victory Village among Archerd's favorite charities

Archerd to be honored with charity benefit

Good Morning ... from around the world

The way we were...the first year

Archerd salute benefits cancer research

Army Archerd: Diligent detective

Army Archerd: Five horrible words

The Big Story

Army Archerd: A 'whole' columnist

Army Archerd: The spice of Variety

Army Archerd: 40 Years as Hollywood's town crier

Syndie fever at MCA, Col

Joel gets NARM's top honor

Darby has 'Contact' at Sundance

High cost, badges among few gripes as NATPE wraps

'Clever Cleaver Bros.' look for home at NATPE

DuPont Batons passed to ABC, 'Nightline,' KTTV-LA

Sauter: Riot TV 'godawful'

Graff dips into Euro TV

MIDEM bars 3 from confab

Dutch vote to change pubcasters' structure

Canadian police seize pirated vids

Music web set for Aug. bow

Judging of Int'l Emmys to be held around globe

Redford's 'Racer' lessons led to filmmaking successes

Disney offers 'Aladdin' deals

Kathryn Darling

Kay Swift

DGA, AMPTP still far apart in talks

ABC orders 4 more 'Jackies'

Short Takes

CapCities/ABC sees jump in 4th-qtr.

Jordan not crying over new offers

Tribeca loves 'Cupid' script

Fox buys spec script 'Simon Says'

Pix with twists hot items

Prepare for 'Fire' to shock, Petersen sez

Working publicists earn higher-than-scale pay

Arts on chopping block

PKE preps Atlanta murder telepic

Acad honors Oscar-winning women

Correction

Showbiz a global village

Gramercy taps Ptacek, DDBN for ads

Financial Briefs

MCA ups Brown; King gets 'Happy'

May ready to ease into solo career

'Kung' nabs hot ratings

NBC trying to net Wilder

Sundance prizes split

TW Cable joins DCR

'Sniper' takes shot at 'Aladdin'

Failure of debt swap forces Live bankruptcy

Mormons picket 'Fences'

'Foxfire' pic rights on Chestnut Hill

Army's brigade

Short Takes

International Briefs

Italy altars viewing habits

TVI bows in Portugal

Polygram's visionary deal

'Dracula,' 'Beast' hot at int'l B.O.

Barry prez WIF board

MPEAAdrops Malta piracy complaint

Rhino, Westwood One in concert pact

Publicists Guild cheers Thomasons

Milestone buys rare Hitchcock movies

Hank Werba

Invisible man holds his own in company of wolves

The return of Frank Mancuso

Hoberman exits Ziffren law firm

Par buys 'No Harm' for Redford

Pleskow-Spikings ink Tristar pact

DGA cool to Valenti labeling plan

Blockbuster reports a mega-ending to '92

Big game Bowls over competition

Producer Kemp quits 'Delta'

WGA East, ABC ok contract

Fox TV to acquire Atlanta affil

U.S. Box Office Report

Graff ppv completes placement

Col TriStar distribbing NGS in vid

Webs revive war over fin-syn regs

Turner wins 'Serial' rights for Waters pic

Winter of b.o. discontent

Chasen sr. pub veepee at MGM

Playboy sees rise in operating income

Exec Shuffle

Financial Briefs

TW, Sony coin boosts DCR

'Crying' still on N.Y. roll

Births

Andre Rene Roussimoff

Edward Richley

Glenn Corbett

Jo Ann Javins

Ritchard (Dick) Brown

Betty McGillivray

Preservation of pix studied

CBS pits reality against Wed 'Mysteries'

Disney inks product venture in India

Col Tristar U.K.high set by 'Dracula'

Helmer Beyer tapped chair of Berlin jury

Distrib shakeout in Canada

Nicholson, Nolte, Mancuso team

ASC to honor screenwriter Kanin

Levine high tech, int'l law rep

Short Takes

Cheetah makes it to fifth anni

Valenta joins KTTV news

NUMBERS BOX

Daily Variety film box office report

Prez sends tribute to 40th anni party, will visit soon

Correction

Sinbad sailing to Disney

Bill Duke gets into the 'Act'

Nolte's in 'Trouble,' with Roberts

Super Bowl kicks NBC to 1st place

FCC'S Marshall folds syn-fin hand

Katzenberg in D.C. for label lobby

Freedman, Greene join on cable MM doc

'Studs' chased from time slot

Pare reflects on 'Shadow'

Par promotes Helton, Miller and Zilli

Live files reorganization plan

CCC seesrecord results

Infinity nets stations

Tribune's 4th-qtr. rally too litlle, too late

TW rating lowered

Knight Ridder shares up 3.9% in '92

Murphy upped to CNN VP

Nelson to settle IRS tax dispute

Trimark sees 15% boost in qtr. Income

Kodak earnings, sales up in qtr.

Mate hiked to sr. veep at HBO arm

Taper fest focuses on new plays

H'w'd arts Council awards'Charlies'

VH-1, MJI radio cut syndie deal

Hitched

Republic, IFE ink ad sales deal

Dan Lindquist

Steve Merritt

Rothman memorial

Pete Manchikes

Edward P. Morgan

Edward Betzer

Music Center Opera sets 93-94 sked

Viewer's Choice launches new services

Arresting nominees take Soul Train

Danforth to leave senate

Cars, candidates drive cable ads up

Cablers must offer home wiring

Births

Court nixes ruling denying satellite protection rights

Murphy joins Swanson agency

Bowles ankles Skouras post

HBO blindsides big three

Reed expected to sell 3.7% stake in BSkyB

Philips moves to pull plug on HDTV

Italo scandal rocks RAI

Nashville Europe cabler set

Changing channels

WNBC, WNET share projects

Priority Records gives Ice-T a shot

USC in Filmmaking biz

ABC lineup takes on a new look

NBC hands the ball to Ohlmeyer

Mazursky, Creek team up for 'Poor'

PGA reveals nominees

Leno lands a lawyer

Academy administrator Edwards dies

Dave woos CBS affils at confab

Fox to issue full 'Abyss'

People's Choice noms out

MGM ups Farkas to VP

Morton, Planet claim wins

Modine back at WMA

Prism taps Mackiewicz for int'l arm

'Live' may go to Lampley

'Milk Money' makes change

Oscar watch

Time Warner offering targets Preferred C

Canal+ '92 revs up 12%

Fadem VEG sr. veepee

TM '92 revs up slightly

GI posts $ 7.2 mil net

Blackwell eyes Jukebox stake

Tech News

Gilula sales VP at CapCities vid wing

Ben Peter Freeman

Farrell (Mike) Strawn

David C. Rockola

Ohlmeyer no stranger to NBC

'Adventure' pairs Primedia, Spelling

Berlin Fest tribute to aid war victims

'Deep Space' still far out in ratings

AFI to cite Bennett winners

Short Takes

MTM Distrib. hikes Dwyer to VP-GSM post

Sci-Fi cabler gets into video

On music

Exec Shuffle

King of the Schnorrers

Rough Crossing

Maggie's Madness

Guy Clark

The Magic Flute

Relatively Speaking

New Guinea: Land of the Unexpected Island Invaders; Other Worlds

Cbs Tuesday Movie Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders

The Cemetery Club

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

The Odd Couple

Private Debts

Public Access

Silent Tongue