Acad's Sci-Tech awards move centerstage

Cable faces unsympathetic D.C. court

Stuff of history

25 films enter PGA Hall of Fame

Sweeps don't add up in L.A.

Terenzio ends 'Affair' stint, ankles post

Elijah Wood is heading up 'North'

AFM '93; AFM gets high marks

'Place' sues Academy

ABC, NBC in Waco wacko race

Jacobson on at Viacom

Singer lands 2-pic deal at Fox

ABC picks Trias to head kidvid unit

The Lion pounces on multimedia

Oscar watch

Par perk irks investor

BET posts gain in 2nd-qtr. net

Financial Briefs

SCI TV creditors OK reorg backed by Perelman cash

Nielsen cements WABC dominance in Gotham

Writers, CBS shake hands on new pact

Hispanics flock to Spanish TV

KABC preps for possible strike

TBS, Prime team on Olympic fest

CBS daytime going strong

Sat. Fox shakes up kidvid arena

ABC gets last laff on last sweeps night

Eden, Knotts star in 'Lovers'

Spain's ESICMA hooks up with Alta loop

Goldwyn picks up 'Banquet' rights

AFM '93

Carvey, Golino go 'Clean'

Arrow nabs Ullmann's 'Sofie' for U.S. release

Skywalkers ankle to Sony

Chrisanthopoulos leaves NTA for ABC

Kalish gets WGAW Cox nod

DGA to honor sports' Coyle

Chicago crix tap 'X' top film

Palladium sues to remove curfew

'Twogether' appeal lost

RIAA seizures up in '92

Exec producer Reilly to ankle 'GMA'

Morrison to play Shrine

Schwartz replaces Freeman

Docu exex sue estate of MLK

Births

AFM '93

Esparza red flags ethnic directors

David A. Lipton

Franco Brusati

Phyllis Ripp

Eddie Constantine

Ishiro Honda

David Gallegly

V.J. Skutt

Samuel Dunford

N.Y., L.A. law firms join forces

Fisher, Buttafuoco meeting sidetracked

Short Takes

Oscar ships 8,000 trailers to theaters

ABC firms 'Home' extension

Reel life

Ivory pleased with spectrum of nommed pix

Minor out as prexy of Giant

Brooks, Light 'Phenom' duo

Clint conquers DGA

Katzenberg plan a hit with agents

NATO/ShoWest's mood sparkles

'Falling Down' rising above B.O. competish

SPE, Arnold take 'Action'

Hardison on tap in NBC/TriStar series

Rand novel a giant project

Cablers' moment of decision

Oscar watch

Feb. B.O. climbs 6%

NARM keynoter urges dialogue on technology

Disney vids hot stock

L.A. mulls last call for Blak:bloo

Technicolor launches TES

Benji has bone to pick with H.P., Vision

Broadcast TV revenues rebound

Giant makes Baer prod'n VP

Short Takes

NARM endorses EAS device

Barbara Sheldon Edwards

Timothy Proser

'Visiteurs' French roll

'Silence' sweeps Canada's Geminis

International Briefs

Lux shelter dis-Harmony

U.S. leads charge at Africa fest

Acad honors technical achievement

AIDS event set for Cannes

Correction

Quello, Beers at 'Big' confab

Staffers sent packing by ABC

WPP's Thompson to handle Orion account

NL completes offering

AFM '93

VR's first stop won't be at home

Metallica sweeps Bammies

Ward joins praisery Clein and White as VP

U ups 3 in marketing wing

Gelfand takes step up at MCA/U

Music News

Album Spotlight

Exec Shuffle

'Carousel' tops U.K.'s Olivier noms

'Place' loses bid for TRO; trial Tues.

Daily Variety video rental report

The future of TV unfolds, but is it all Barry Diller?

NBC sets WTC spec for sweeps

Cool Light bid for award denied by S.C.

Jacko: no shows, 2 cos.

Basinger denies giving pledge to 'Helena'

Big '93 B.O. hopes high at ShoWest

B'buster buys into Spelling

NBC sale tale discounted

Cesars serve as epitaph

Col hits int'l b.o. highs

Marketing helps lift 'Falling'

Fox enrolls Bochner to helm 'P.C.U.'

Marathon results mixed for KCOP

Lewis to direct 'Gordy'

Oscar watch

NBC, Tango pair in 'Jackyl'

FCC may nix Retrans request

NARM sings with product offerings

Correction

Exec Shuffle

QVC's net, revs post year gains

Nat'l Pix Registry noms sought

Dish

Financial Briefs

Spectrum Holobyte raises $ 10.3 mil

Interest rates drop, boost market to new high

Foreign pix top in Gotham, L.A.

Births

Billy Eckstine

Douglas Marland

Cyril Collard

Bruce L. Wendell

Susan Richmond

Fletcher Knebel

Hitched

Baxter inks with PKE

Cronkite to host Holocaust show

Blockbuster deals

Germany's cable net overloaded

Europe toons in on Turner Sat cast

Short Takes

5 boosted at MCA corporate info dpt

NAB PSAs boo booze

Colbert stroke condition serious

Daily Variety film box office report

Daily Variety film box office report

'Gypsy' TV'er ready to work its magic

Showest sweet and sour

Canton urges biz 'tune-up'

Levinson, Johnson in on WB 'Fries'

MTA reportedly is closing due to rift

English returns ACLU award

'Flyer' Evans lands at Fox with deal

USA buys Viacom toons

No 'Place' in Oscar race

Block says Basinger never had 'Boxing' deal

CTG/Taper tops L.A. crix pix with 9

Sony exec boasts top shelf products

CBS on cruise control

Oscar watch

Lear earns laurels from Writers Guild

Valenti defends rating system

Star of Decade nod to Arnold

Technicolor eyes New Ventures

Philips picks Marden to head software div

Analyst touts TBS stock

Exec Shuffle

Jacobson eyes DBS as VEG venue

Congressman prepares pic alteration bill

'Toon' materials set

Gospel labels praying for retail intervention

Polygram faces Landmark suit

Cyrus tops NARM best-seller prizes

Brooks books world tour, TV spec

Demi's mom boosts 'Edition'

'Palms' to air during sweeps

Birth

B'casters may feel heat in kidvid sesh

Davis sues scribe over mag article

New task force to tackle runaway prod'n

New channels vie for German acceptance

Italians tackle vid piracy

Germans will be off to see 'Wizard' again

German court backs 'Motzki'

Writers against credits changes

Praxis opens Site to outside helmers

Wb helps save rain forest w/ set-building switch

Costner, Whoopi People's Choice

Changing channels

Short Takes

Toy T. Caldwell Jr.

Who's Where

Boyz II Men nab 3 awards at Soul Train

San Diego fetes Wilson

NYPD, MPAA crack down on vid piracy

Reiner heading 'North' for AK shoot

Bob Crosby

Jerry Lisker

Terry Frost

Richard Sale

Paul Alley

Schneier forms FSA with ties to Spelling

Hendricks upped to Disney sr. vp

Goldberg sues in flick flap

Davis to exit American Playhouse

IFPW gives special honors

Oscar watch

Par will sing new toon

Correction

MPSE reveals Reel noms

WGAW sets honors for black writers

Clarification

TCI joins French cable cable co-venture

Financial Briefs

FCC panel backs Fox's KTTV cert

28 mil TV viewers watch away from home

AFI medal to Haines

'Donahue' dips, 'Regis' gains

N.Y. IFPers get Kodak discount

Hitched

Hayes still critical

'Simpsons' cleared

Short Takes

UA venues site of Pre-Vue giveaway

Stock new Cinemark prez

Roger Rabbit reels in a G rating

'Whoopi,' 'Jane' shift at KCAL

Leaders gather to reveal CBS' work in N.Y.

NATO/ShoWest's annual food fight

Jakoby to script 'Siege II'

New Line celebrates Lemmon hits

Slawson exits NBC

'B'casters, beware'

A sound war fought at ShoWest

TriStar slate stellar at NATO

TV eyed for Coke bears

Despite hearty TV, Par1st qtr. Weak

Carson: Only strong will survive on latenite scene

The Goodbye Girl

Shadow of the Wolf

Getting by Moving in

Hardcore Tv

American Masters Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

Where I Live Occupant

Cbs Sunday Movie the Disappearance of Nora

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Passport to Murder

Father, Son & Holy Coach

B/C Historia

Great Day in the Morning

Hysterical Blindness

America Undercover Mob Stories

The Whole Shebang

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Silent Cries

Tuhlaajapoika the Prodigal Son

Best of the Best II

American Masters George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic

Mtv's Beavis and Butt-Head Show

Day One

The Painted Desert

A Far Off Place

How'D They Do That?

Sirens p.m. Turn

Beau Jest

Rigoletto

The Hanged Man

The Silent Feminists

Silent Victim

Joey Breaker

Showtime 30-Minute Movie Witness

Contact

Taxi Dancer

Flesh and Blood

Wings

Black 47