Table of Contents
Week of 04/16/1993

Articles

CBS leads noms for Emmy rival

 

Segal pulls 'Gun' for pic bow

 

Sorkin slaps bias suit on Di Bona Prods.

 

Report nearly gets King trial press room closed

 

Producers will throw MGM 'Bone'

 

A&M exex may depart

 

Cablers lose bid to block must-carry

 

Correction

 

Miramax to rerelease a restored '61 'El Cid'

 

Sedona files breach suit against BMG

 

Talks of Conan for 'Late Night' slot

 

New Harmony picks quartet

 

There's a MIP in the air

 

CNN Intl. discovers Africa

 

South Korean trade rep pledges push on piracy

 

Multimedia income up 14.2%

 

Financial Briefs

 

Cable programmer acquires video-game company

 

For shows, RTL goes Dutch

 

CBS king of Saturday ayem hill again

 

'Ghosts' given laserdisc bow

 

More politicians factor jobs into HDTV criteria

 

Warner/Chappell takes Latin plunge

 

ABC shuffles Coast pub staff

 

'Inside' report triggers new GM pickup flap

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Short Takes

 

Helen Slote Levitt

 

Jean Fraser McConchie

 

Film permits steady in L.A.

 

Reel Life: Who is Cuba Gooding Sr. and other riddles of life

 

Helmer goes West to meet 'The Enemy'

 

U.S. box office report

 

U.K. reborn, 'Book' tops

 

Zakarin adding duties

 

CAA urges Credit Lyonnais to resist offers from asset-strippers

 

King coverage ignites debate

 

'Indecent' bares first; 'Joon' spoons $ 3.4 mil

 

'Maverick' puts Donner in saddle

 

Van Sant off of 'Castro St.'

 

Common Cos for Col, NBC Prods.

 

'Crazy,' 'Degrees' top Oliviers

 

Audit to sanction its continuance

 

Lipsky to join Baker/Winokur/Ryder

 

TBS sets sked of original dox

 

NBC commits to eighth year of 'L.A. Law'

 

Fargnoli suit dismissed

 

CBS teams with TF1, Berlusconi

 

Col TriStar in Brit co-venture

 

Buoyed by Brit bounty in U.S., new breed gets bolder

 

Gallic crowds say oui-oui to 'Young,' 'Run'

 

International Briefs

 

Clarification

 

Financial Briefs

 

FCC wants Post details from Murdoch

 

Exec Shuffle

 

HSN seeing light at end of tunnel

 

DAILY VARIETY VIDEO RENTAL REPORT

 

Billy Bakewell

 

Leslie Charteris

 

Album Spotlight

 

Fire temporarily halts 'Cops'

 

CBS/Fox, GLAAD tout 'Cranes' vid

 

Music News; Dawn hopes its fans find 'Bliss'

 

Don't forget to check that list -- at the door

 

WB hopes to deliver Denzel, Whitney for 'Born'

 

'Reading Rainbow' a 'quiet success'

 

Despite success, funding remains tight

 

'Reading Rainbow' honors

 

LeVar Burton: Bridging the gap

 

Twila Liggett: Guiding light

 

Slater booked for Wolper's 'Murder'

 

Dish: Par grabs Baltimore

 

'Time' in at Miramax post-'Game'

 

Webs join a tragedy in progress

 

Fonda signs up for '$ 2 Million Tip' lead

 

Pappas to seek cable consent fee

 

Mip biz still percolates

 

Metro Rail construction gives Wiltern Theater sinking feeling

 

Wachtel made Col TV exec VP

 

Rudin, Jujamcyn tie B'way knot

 

'Indecent' attraction at the B.O.

 

Scolari jumps to Lorimar, CBS

 

Nielsen, Arbitron juries hung

 

Spanish station beats Stern, tops ayem Arb race

 

TW earnings up 12% as pix, music post big numbers

 

Liberty offers to buy HSN stake

 

Cap Cities/ABC reports 1st-qtr. improvement

 

Rim Film and Laemmle pact to screen year of Asian films

 

Savage to slot at Mercury Records

 

Flint upped to EMI veep

 

A&M elevates Gallo

 

Sheehan L.A. crix prez

 

Short Takes; Cablers seek must-carry stay

 

'How'd They Do That?' gets more life on CBS

 

'Home 2' vid bow teams Fox, sponsors

 

'Bodies' rests, 'Life' slows in N.Y., L.A. exclusive runs

 

Dunphy nabs Governors Award

 

Edmund Horman

 

William J. Fox

 

Ronnie Kelly

 

Jimmy McGary

 

Freddy Hernandez

 

Robert E. O'Bradovich

 

Ragnar (Rags) Antonsen

 

Wandra Ramsey

 

Paul Byron

 

Leone Timmins

 

Tommy Shepard

 

Abraham Akiba Emanuel

 

ABC ups duo in specials expansion

 

NAB told digital TV's the future

 

Alcohol warnings in wind, b'casters told

 

Disney on 'Science' team

 

PBS first to interact with TV Answer

 

Is there a doctrine in the house?

 

Quello hopes fin-syn stays free of input from Clinton, Congress

 

WB ups Frankel to sr. VP post

 

Chaplin script to be auctioned in Switzerland

 

Mip gala symbolic of matured market event

 

Gallic weblet's CEO calls for end to regulations 'nightmare'

 

German distrib for sale

 

Gallic bookends for Cannes fest

 

First National readies 'Happily' for summer

 

Bennett to help bow Holocaust Museum

 

TC eyeing Turner, Carolco

 

Liberty's CNN interest grows

 

CBS, ABC in winner's circle as season ends

 

Gunman opens fire at MCA

 

Future OK, b'casters told

 

Italian vote shakes up film industry

 

Frank introduces pic labeling bill

 

Midem chief hails b'cast event

 

Mayor's budget makes arts community uneasy

 

McCartt at Artists Agency after break with Barrett

 

Lucas takes an Avid interest in digital firm

 

Exec Shuffle

 

1st-qtr. spot cable ads soar 26%

 

Infinity registers public offering

 

Blockbuster sets first-quarter record

 

Webs hit record low in last week of season

 

Forsdick named veepee at Par TV

 

E! to add TCI homes

 

'Hard' judgment goes against Manley

 

Winterland hikes Fish

 

Gerston VP, Lightstorm Publishing

 

Hitched

 

EIC issuing inhalant PSA

 

Shooting just latest in string of troubles at U

 

'Mario' track set for release

 

Short Takes

 

French pubcaster blasts critics

 

Euros swap TV series formats

 

'Jake' makes his way to overseas markets

 

France 3 to start prod'n of 52-minute programs

 

Showtime pacts 'Red Shoe' deals

 

Duggan stresses HDTV quality

 

Brand identity called vital to ad agencies

 

Births

 

Broadcasters eye tax breaks from Congress

 

Silicon Studio boosts post-prod'n muscle

 

Oz's 'Neighbours' on the move

 

JE cuts RTL deal

 

Switzerland's Tell-TV needs booster shot

 

RTL renews Gottschalk talker

 

Jenkins to leave 416-screen subsid for second time

 

'Platter,' 'Frankie' to make int'l bows at critics week

 

Changing Channels: Attn. 18-49 demo: 'tis a baffled web you weave

 

Stephen White

 

Richard E. Sherwood

 

John Evan Miller

 

Olmos sued over 'Me' story

 

Gorbachev, Joel team up for charity

 

U employees confront real-life drama

 

Sarafian signed to direct Interscope's 'Terminal'

 

Burton pic in turnaround as Col chairman balks

 

Female films mark Cannes fest slate

 

ICM turns up heat on CAA

 

NBC signs more 'Seinfeld'

 

ATAS empowers executive panel

 

Marvel's plan: Toys are must

 

MCA comes to grips with shooting

 

'Geraldo' guest put under arrest

 

Longview gets 'Tony' film rights

 

ASCAP honors composers in film, TV

 

Lang to write 'Blues' music

 

H'wood cleaning up its act ecologically

 

Broido's $300 mil suit vs. Spelling may go to trial

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Sony christens digital studio Imageworks

 

DirecTv, Sony Pix pact

 

Financial Briefs

 

TRADEMARX: Where Buck goes, a scoop is sure to follow

 

Location News: Ecological 'Raging Earth' finds Malaysia good 'n' green

 

Waits' publisher sues for blurb interference

 

Seminars on AIDS in workplace set

 

Quello eyes station regs

 

Births

 

Study: Viewers would pay more for Big 3

 

Disney lineup, 'Jurassic' and 'Hero' to vie for screens

 

Trial begins over U's 'Problem' child

 

'Heavy Blow' captures top New Line student prize

 

New play about Texas values last in writer's trilogy

 

'Civil War' fought again on PBS

 

ET's numbers are alien as syndie ratings sink

 

Repeat of controversial 'Seinfeld' seg a sellout

 

Lightbourn upped at Fox

 

1993 Cannes Jury

 

Cannes fest lineup

 

Short Takes

 

Bernie Wayne

 

Cantinflas

 

Fox ups Ciccone

 

MTV plays up politics at upfront blurb pitch

 

WB tops MTV movie bids; Nabs 20 nominations in 12 categories; Col runner-up

 

Montreal jazz lineup

 

WB taps Boyer director West Coast publicity

 

Chambers sweeps up rights to 'Broom Hilda'

 

Reviews

Jake's Women

One Shoe Off

The Fire Next Time -- Parts I & II

Abc Sunday Night Movie Woman Who Loved Elvis

Boiling Point

Father and Son: Dangerous Relations

Letters to the Earth

Dinosaurs If You Were a Tree

Tnt Original Films the Sea Wolf

Concerts for the Environment; 1993 Earth Day Concerts

Prince and the New Power Generation

The Much Ado Musical

Three Men on a Horse

Old Times

The Dark Half

Myron

The Longest Hatred

Mcdonald's Family Theatre the Magic Paintbrush

Kraft General Foods Premier Movie Call of the Wild

Deep in a Dream of You; Memory Tricks

Neva's Tale

Look Back in Anger


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