Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/1993

Articles

Ross has Whoopi pic 'On the Side'

 

NBC brings back Cosby

 

Sony 3rd-qtr. net dives 72.1%

 

Zanuck sets animated 'Boop' coup

 

DGA honors Rich, Reynolds

 

WB hikes Kandel to sr. pub VP

 

Oscar watch

 

Checkout doesn't add up for Turner

 

Pulitzer buys 2 more web affils

 

Lin losses shrink for year, quarter

 

Michael Morrison

 

Hitched

 

ATVI bows int'l satcast service

 

Bbrit publisher EMAP buys Screen Int'l

 

Guild puts on the 'Dog'

 

Web programmers look toward fall

 

Marky apologizes for racist acts

 

Par hours regain ground; WB's slip

 

Jackson-Oprah special set for worldwide airing

 

WGAW seeks to halt distrib'n of 'Cliffhanger'

 

HSP kicks off writing contest

 

Births

 

U employees claim harassment

 

First Look, Oz ink4-pic pact

 

Jackson on Grammys

 

Reel Life

 

Industry reacts to Prez's plan

 

Meledandri to join new Fox regime

 

Almodovar preps 'Toenails'

 

DIC to produce gameshow

 

Correction

 

Broadway off for 'Annie Warbucks'

 

Writers pen 4.7% rise in '92 resids

 

Turner earnings drop

 

Kervorkian picks suicide aid over Snyder

 

Minority hiring lags, panel says

 

N.Y. Times taps Lewis as prez, G.M.

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Hope seen in DGA-AMPTP talks

 

20 mil homes view speech

 

Grant in Moscow talks

 

Swiss petition Euro film org

 

Canal+ has Oscars in Spain

 

TV preachers to oppose doctrine

 

Freer upped to exec veepee at TES

 

'Copy' on 6 nights in N.Y.

 

H'w'd Pix ups Halsted

 

Weinstein to GoodTimes

 

Short Takes

 

Prince unveils new North American tour

 

Plowright follows hubby's advice

 

WB, Col TriStar ride o'seas wave

 

First round of 'Boxing' starts today

 

Cassara tapped Par Stations prez

 

Hot pix absent at Berlin fest

 

Lorimar TV, Sony fly high with fall pilots

 

Fine Line makes 'Friends'

 

Brad Turell exits Fox slot

 

Oscar watch

 

'Queen' top multiparter since 'Dove'

 

Clarification

 

Music News

 

Album Spotlight; Henderson on a roll

 

'Tomatoes' pastes rivals in big vid week

 

Births

 

MCA begs to differ Curb Judds

 

Chris-Craft ups Frank to exec VP

 

Robert M. Newgard

 

Noms pull o'seas B.O. to pics

 

Short Takes

 

'X' producer upbeat despite best picture snub

 

Good 'Day' at nat'l B.O.

 

Howard looking at 'The Paper'

 

CBS putting on 'Dog' for spring

 

Trimark fingers Phillips for 'Touch'

 

Fox grabs 'Poor Holly' spec script

 

'Weapon' aims to put J2 back in black

 

Cash-rich Havas sees weak results

 

Editors unreel Eddie noms

 

Pepper memorial

 

Wilder honored at Babelsberg

 

International Briefs

 

CL wasn't banking on such a hostile press

 

Chargeurs eyes stake in Canal Satellite

 

Lighten up, Oscar; it's simply a tapas in a teapot

 

New rules add sellers to AFM '93

 

NBC leads list of DGA TV nods

 

IBM, Lightstorm near facility deal

 

ASC taps Burum, Flinn, others

 

AMPAS in hard 'Place'

 

Chinese pix, U.S. stars tops in Berlin

 

KNBC anchor moves could be just starting

 

U.S. Box Office Report

 

Oscar watch

 

IRTS sesh rings alarm on 1st-run syndie glut

 

Correction

 

Cablevision to pave N.Y.'s tech highway

 

'Aladdin,' 'Muppet' tie for Int'l Angel Awards top prize

 

Daytime gap less between CBS, ABC

 

KLAX increases L.A. ratings lead

 

Indecency law draws lawsuit

 

TCI backs Asian biz channel

 

NMS convention at new venue

 

Indie fare kicks up heels in N.Y., L.A. exclusives

 

Horwits Spelling sr. VP

 

CAC bows arts fund with Wilson backing

 

Museum of Moving Image salutes Pacino

 

Baxter lives through her own 'crime drama'

 

KCOP picks Feldman to follow Frank

 

Cruise set for directing bow

 

'Groundhog' clings to top

 

Emmys moves back to eve of season

 

GRP forms pop label

 

Laybourne upped to vice chair, MTV Nets

 

McCormick standards czar at NBC

 

Oscar dance tryouts Sunday

 

Financial Briefs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Cable, Telcos, Par hot stox

 

NAB activist sentenced

 

Palladium owner fighting city

 

Sheriffs brought into pic dispute at AFM

 

Who's Where

 

Syndication Briefs

 

Atlanta hopes ILM can work magic

 

Court upholds 'Yellow' vid ban

 

Webreck slayer sentanced

 

Spanish RTVE may halve staff by '96

 

FCC recommends HDTV tech alliance

 

EFA gives Felix a makeover

 

U.K.'s ailing GMTV shifts top staffers

 

ABC's Long to SBS

 

Short Takes

 

Castle Hill picks up 'Age' domestically

 

Dish

 

Goodson memorial

 

Vince Lawford

 

Rowland Miller

 

NAB activist sentenced

 

Daily Variety film box office report

 

Globe shrinking, Schulhof warns

 

JVC invests in three pix for Tribeca

 

PGA to 'Game's' Woolley: Bully!

 

CBS fitted for sweeps crown

 

Santa Barbara fest to open with 'Desert'

 

MGM books Carlei's 'Flight'

 

Grant-Tribune split official

 

FOX has the next 'Waltz'

 

Oscar watch

 

Matsushita slips in 3rd

 

'MT' taps Baker new host

 

Shaw's out, Moret's in on CNN'S 'Showbiz'

 

A&E saddles up western series

 

Minor victory for Coleman worth $ 1.3 million

 

CRT member says agency should close

 

Sam Rodos

 

Kevin M.A. Casselman

 

Al Rivers

 

Short Takes

 

Oz industry nervous about election

 

U.S.-created interactive TV may debut in U.K.

 

BSKYB considers channel options

 

Changing channels

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Lucas splits company in 2

 

Indecency b'cast curb put on hold

 

Prod'n team set for AFI award

 

Ameritech pushes FCC on cable ban

 

An chance for recognition by Grammy

 

Shulman heads N.Y. label

 

MGM to redeem $ 79 mil bonds

 

Disney exex upbeat about Euro park

 

Arrow targets distrib'n

 

Buzz buys L.A. Style

 

MGM hotel ceremony hits the roof

 

Motown U.K. spinning out Euro, Brit R&B

 

CTAM joins $ 10 mil NCTA campaign

 

House panel sets hearings on CRT

 

Curtain comes down on NBC's 'Out All Night'

 

Fresh gets 'Bizzee' in pic debut

 

Flexible price is key, PPV seminar agrees

 

Ted Haworth

 

Kathryn Ryan

 

Lee Polk

 

Antony di Gesu

 

Sting of the Hill

 

Tony La Rosa Jr.

 

TW backer in Berlin TV station

 

International Briefs

 

'Beauty and the Beast' may take to the boards

 

Funding woes still haunt film offices

 

N.Y. rebuilding pic image

 

It's only a movie until someone gets hurt

 

AFM fest may reel in 10,000

 

Backstage at the Grammys

 

New Summit chief sued by old firm

 

NBC News issues 2nd apology in two weeks

 

Russell resigns as Fox nat'l pub VP

 

ABC sends 'Shirley' home

 

Miller at Writers & Artists

 

Oscar watch

 

Kerkorian CL suit redux

 

Cel posts third qtr. Loss

 

New Romaniafilm topper

 

BBRK buys U.K.'s Ealing

 

Chargeurs, Plus affirm link on DBS

 

Brit Channel 4 severs ITV program purchasing ties

 

Schwenker forms Oak Island Films

 

Playhouse's 'Hallelujah' rolls for PBS

 

Multiple Grammy winners

 

MPAA gives 11 of 17 films R ratings

 

LAPD cleared in celeb case

 

KCBS adds to Sat. news

 

Location News

 

Syndication Briefs

 

Four Points adds movie division

 

Patrick urges more action pix

 

WB claims Goldstein's Territory'

 

AFCI growth curve continues upward in '92

 

Golden State still center of the reel world

 

Clapton creams competition

 

NBC 'Bell' trio off to college

 

Kent at Turner Home Ent.

 

Correction

 

FOX, ABC shuffle skeds

 

CBS will revive 'Bodies'

 

Main Line suit puts Basinger in spotlight

 

Elrod exits Col distrib'n post

 

Cox, telco mull U.K. cable deal

 

Financial Briefs

 

B'buster, CBS to unveil alliance

 

Liberty Media revises HSN common stock bid

 

Short Takes

 

1993 Grammy winners

 

Grammy site in doubt amid fee flap

 

Trademarx

 

No-shows beset Griffith Awards

 

Turner Pix boosts Lazarus

 

Antonioni arrives for 'Passenger'

 

Grammys agree: Clapton is God

 

FCC encourages unity on HDTV

 

FCC indecency regs challenged

 

DGA taps A.D. Sheldon for Frank Capra Award

 

Felix awards, EFA to stay in Berlin

 

Humor museum just for laughs

 

Oz Southern Star rising in theatrical

 

Grammy winners party around town

 

Reviews

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Tnt Screenworks the Heart of Justice

Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer

Hbo Showcase Hostages

Frankie's House, Part 1

Intimate Exchanges

On the Open Road

The Colorado Catechism

The Diva Is Dismissed

Amos & Andrew

Tango

The Bed You Sleep in

Libera

L'Arbre, le Maire et la Mediatheque the Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque

Aelita

Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Travels Ustinov on the Orient Express

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Miracle on I-880

Healing and the Mind Parts 1-3

Abc Monday Night at the Movies Between Love and Hate

Cbs Sunday Movie a Family of Strangers

Cbs Tuesday Movie Judgment Day: The John List Story

Search and Destroy

Sitting Man

Shakespeare for My Father: The Life and Times of an Actor's Daughter

Inner Voices

Suzanne Vega

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Something Within Me

An Ambush of Ghosts

Frameup

La Vida Lactea the Milky Life

The Little Apocalypse

Wittgenstein

Gross Misconduct

Usa World Premiere Movie Trial and Error

Danzig; Monster Magnet

Marie and Bruce

35th Annual Grammy Awards

Abbey Lincoln, You Gotta Pay the Band

Investigative Reports on the Track of Elephants

Babylon 5

Patty Loveless

The Cement Garden


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