Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/1993

Articles

Overseas report

 

Fox pulls plug on JFK docu

 

Summer B.O. goes European

 

Dis plunks down cash for 'Check'

 

'Howards' ends up on vid June 2

 

Dutch net's profits jump 39% in '92

 

Financial Briefs

 

Henson taps Van Roden prod'n VP

 

Dancer rewards Riback with TV, pic prod'n pact

 

Barrier-breaker Anderson dies at 96

 

Cool J tries to balance popularity, credibility

 

International Briefs

 

Celebrity spokespeople a dead issue in Japan

 

Record U.S. crowd due at MIP-TV market

 

Numbers Box

 

U.S. box office report

 

Public CAA-ICM feud is just tip of the Berg

 

'Indecent' seduces public for $ 25 mil

 

Cannon TV shuts down 'Walker'

 

'Must-carry' upheld; network channels likely to be dumped

 

MGM Grand theme park six weeks ahead of sked

 

Sias tapped Chronicle's prexy-CEO

 

ABC News wooing Rooney

 

High prices, fewer suppliers expected

 

SEG names Huizenga, Berrard

 

MTM Worldwide names McElheney as sales veep

 

ABC streaks, morning and night

 

Summer will be busy with bands across America

 

CABLE TV PRODUCTION CHART

 

FCC won't stay rates freeze

 

'Jungle' roars, 'Hero' flexes B.O. muscles

 

Civility is dead in H'w'd, or so says your local thesp

 

Tartikoff, NBC talk new projects

 

GE chairman squelches longstanding rumors

 

TV Acad seeks vote on bylaw changes

 

CAA & guilds set Round 2

 

Milius to direct MC's 'Northmen'

 

TCI unveils $ 2 bil fiber-optic plan

 

Woodruff leaves PBS for CNN slot

 

MCA arm closer to PSS acquisition

 

'Water' heats up in N.Y.; 'Boy's Life' grand in L.A.

 

Zoo's Green Jello shakes old name

 

Prince nixes two L.A. concerts

 

Welzer SMI Latin prexy

 

Florence Sheets

 

African film biz marks era of unity, productivity

 

Comspan to co-produce White Nights cultural fest

 

Harder EMI tech veep

 

Arbitron delists KWAC over fraud

 

USA Video in on-demand test venture

 

VIDEO RENTAL REPORT

 

Donna Schwartz and Gareth Mills

 

Hill leaves ICM for WMA

 

Westwood One to sell its R&R music trade

 

Canton product at Colpix starting gate

 

April not cruel to Par as 'Proposal' takes top spot

 

Colossal taps Franklin COO

 

Heller joins Propaganda

 

Mendelson ankles CPT comedy slot

 

'Abraham' mini joins TNT slate

 

Financial Briefs

 

Net posts 2nd-qtr. loss, sales dip

 

Music publishing seminar today

 

Salhany, Smith to uncork genius

 

Feigen acquires rights to script 'Witch-Hunt'

 

A&E to make History on cable

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Anthony Sabatino

 

Gassner reups at BMG int'l

 

Telefilm Canada aiming to mitigate latest budget cuts

 

Short Takes

 

DISH: Aykroyd loses (Cone)head

 

Hanks monkeys around with 'League'

 

Dangerfield gets respect from Stone

 

Eye Web posts jumbo numbers in first qtr.

 

'Angels' scores Pulitzer

 

Gooding ankles Morris for ICM

 

Finney, Figgis enroll in Scott banner's 'Version'

 

IBM likes Boss software

 

Financial Briefs

 

Westwood One stox dive on 1st-qtr. earnings news

 

Company gets extension on payment sked

 

Cabler plans TV network for computer users

 

'Homefront' wins runoff with 'Commish'

 

Hamlin sr. VP, G.M. of Asylum

 

Taper basks in glory of 2nd Pulitzer

 

ABC ups Lieberman

 

You're a Par vid, Charlie Brown

 

MIP market reflects risks, rewards of TV expansion

 

Writer duo sues manager Kushnick

 

Showbiz matchmaking takes on new meaning

 

Births

 

Big Three Nets push L.A. judge to nix consent agreements

 

MCA in talks to become Euro Disney neighbor

 

Indie duo start up pic fund

 

FCC's Marshall plans L.A. firm

 

No 'Wonder' after May 12

 

Clarification

 

Arnold lobbies on 'Leno'

 

Actors' 1992 earnings up $12 mil from '91

 

Fox picks up pix for Monday night sked

 

Smith upped to new post at WB

 

Ratings champ turns to familiar characters for Saturday ayem

 

Westinghouse income up

 

ABC 2nd, but webs have weak week

 

Theater confab to tackle H'wood redevelopment

 

Widescreen TVs to bow

 

Short Takes

 

Adler memorial

 

William B. Crist

 

Miller heads Showtime push

 

'Revenge' finally is sweet for bilked Canadian firm

 

International Briefs

 

Close in training for 'Sunset' run

 

ABC taps woman for exec post

 

Prelude gets 'Lost' rights

 

Seinfeld, CAA pact, eye pix

 

Savoy taps Saatchi

 

Correction

 

U catches film pitch for half-mil

 

Islet enlivens 'Turnaround'

 

Standard choice's 'economic impact' should be considered

 

Wall Street considers syndicator's $ 24.1 mil 2nd qtr. 'great'

 

TWE, TCI, Sega plan cable channel

 

HSN lawsuits allege fiscal improprieties

 

Short Takes

 

'Nemesis' heads for vid

 

Wallace Stegner

 

ARIAS to Diesel, Matthew

 

Creative music biz accounting in the sober '90s

 

Kidvid orders spread around

 

D.C. Report; Cablers ask for 'must-carry' delay

 

Two U.S. companies bid for spots on Spain's DBS system

 

'Nice Guy,' 'Kleine' top German film nominees

 

Wharf invests in HK cable future

 

France's top web sees 32.3% increase for '92

 

Problems postpone Pulitzer play

 

Bernsen, Brown buy film rights to 'Autumn'

 

Col greenlights 'Ricki'

 

20th TV, CBS near deal for Elliott talker

 

CBS, ABC unveil kidvid fare, Saturday skeds

 

Beverly Hills boutique behind CAA-CL gripe

 

Colpix finds light with 'Blackout'

 

Pantheon to publish Anson book

 

Meza to 'Party' down

 

Financial Briefs

 

Syndie ratings taking spring break

 

Interactive quizcast launched in Germany

 

MCA, Polygram settle dispute

 

Richard Rothenstein

 

Manuel Gonzales

 

Syndication Briefs

 

'Jackie' slot up in air

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Kelly' grabs serious Oz B.O.

 

MGM to appeal 'Man's' PG-13

 

Tech News; Crunching multimedia; generating characters

 

Kaufman pacts with New World

 

NBC, CBS top Sports Emmy winners

 

EMI exec Santisi honored by org

 

Prez enlists aid of trusty thesps

 

Reviews

A League of Their Own

Abc Monday Night Movie Class of '61

Sidekicks

Cbs Schoolbreak Special Crosses on the Lawn

Adrift

Mini-Dragons II Malaysia

Gm Playwrights Theater the Parallax Garden

Van Morrison

Hay Fever

Come; Bettie Seveert; Codeine

Superchunk; Rocket from the Crypt

National Geographic Specials Survivors of the Skeleton Coast

Wide Sargasso Sea

Big Daddy's Barbecue

Dust Devil: The Final Cut

El Amante Bilinge the Bilingual Lover

Spare Me

Reckless Kelly

Incommunicado

Deb & Dan's Show '93

Red Shoes Diaries Just Like That

Dudley

Seinfeld the Smelly Car


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