Table of Contents
Week of 04/30/1993

Articles

'The Paper' delivers Close

 

Fox goes to mat for 'Mates'

 

Polygram Video ropes 'Posse' as debut rental

 

KCAL leads L.A. Emmy bids

 

BVTV eyes cash/barter for 'Home'

 

Retrans rebuffed

 

U plans live-action 'Gadget'

 

October Films acquires 'Cement'

 

ABC confirms daytime slot

 

Bunnel film buyer at Loews

 

Guilds, CAA talk, travel; so, what's the deal?

 

WHV's 'Unforgiven' vid out July 7

 

Milgrim denies he's in trouble at Capitol

 

Sly, Wilson tout arts plates

 

Frohnmayer sees arts fights ahead

 

Financial Briefs

 

Bid seeks to end AME bankruptcy

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Blanc not charged in copter crash

 

Cartoon Net finds U.K. subs

 

R films in near-sweep of weekly MPAA lineup

 

Hitched

 

Delay of must-carry rules denied

 

Births

 

Walter Hoffman

 

Maurice J. (Bob) Corwin

 

Cy Howard

 

'Magee' package deal wrapped

 

Italo-American org claims NBC guilty of ethnic slurs

 

Opera Assn., L.A. Festival lead local NEA grantees

 

Short Takes

 

WB picks up 'The New Age'

 

Rarity is balking, Kitty is talking, exec is walking

 

Hitched

 

Local schools want more money if Disney expands

 

Prime time clutter down on TV webs, study shows

 

Vanna offers indecent fortune to Bundys

 

KNBC Williams seg set

 

Par's share of B.O. 'Indecent'

 

CAA, guilds unwrap eight-point CL plan

 

Mickey gets a new mini

 

Behind Lippman's ouster at KCBS

 

Orion revamps marketing, homevideo wings

 

Sundance picks fellows

 

Par picks up 'Board' for Baltimore

 

Geniis honor Jaclyn Smith, Lucie Salhany

 

Hollings on tap for booze flap

 

Lomis linked to Lion distrib'n

 

Financial Briefs

 

Behind Carolco-TCI deal

 

Bingaman chosen for antitrust

 

'Proposal' carries on atop B.O.

 

'Affair' nabs 'Nightline' cultist guest

 

Chappell probe confirmed

 

Rap royalty returns with new 'King'

 

Eight-point CAA-guilds plan

 

Audrey Hepburn memorial

 

Top Disney exec new Euro CFO

 

Syndication Briefs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Sommersby' gives boost to int'l B.O.

 

High price for Oz pay-TV

 

Beacon, J&M pact for pix

 

International Briefs

 

Spain aids coin-short pubcaster

 

Warner Bros. top U.S. overseas distrib in '92

 

Short Takes

 

Thailand, India, Brazil set as key U.S. c'right targets

 

Indies question true 'autonomy'

 

This guy, not the director, often has final cut

 

Eszterhas' own story rife with plot twists

 

Burton's off 'Reilly'

 

Fox's 'Lies' gets Arnold

 

Nuell nabs Time TV devel deal

 

Russia passes c'right reform

 

CBS working on new mag show '24 Hours'

 

CBS eyeing Shandling, sources say

 

'Indecent' comfy on top

 

It's curtains for syndie 'Shade' -- temporarily

 

Art imitating art in one-sheets

 

Kovacs, Redding on Leo schedule

 

MTV expands horizon

 

Short Takes

 

Financial Briefs

 

TV, radio revs down in '91, cable up, survey says

 

Showtime rift with Orion

 

IA inks 'Angels' pact

 

'Pickle' lacks crunch in N.Y.; 'Qiu Ju,' 'Sea' strong

 

Studios' resort vid rental suit ends

 

Ex-Temptation sues for royalties

 

S.F. Intl. Fest unspools with happy air of chaos

 

SPE exec VP Schaeffer board prez of Bogart Fund

 

Cable rate cut regs issued

 

MovieFone, L.A. Times ink local promo deal

 

Conan quips, America listens

 

Producer Tisch signs with WMA

 

Bomb found at A&M lot

 

Michael Gordon

 

Anna Mae Frazer

 

Joseph Ferris

 

Multimedia closes file on 'I File' project

 

Fest honors 9 NYU students

 

Spain set for sat bids

 

Tehranian ankles Col Pix for New Line acquisitions

 

Flashcast sues KCBS-TV, McIlvaine

 

Oz tightens pay-TV bid regs

 

Filmgoers get a Dtuch treat

 

Col hails its 'Hero's' welcome

 

Scholastic tackles movie biz

 

PPV NATO's call to arms

 

Dante signs with ICM

 

Revamp to delay start of NBC's 'Prime Story'

 

Peacock harvests sweeps with 'Tomatoes'

 

'Niagara' remake falls to twosome

 

Lee lands deal at CBS

 

Donahue signs NWI prod'n deal

 

Par hitches Gibbons' trailers

 

Pascucci ad-pub VP, Loews Theatres

 

Strand acquires 'Crush' rights

 

WB casts Dougherty as senior VP, talent

 

KABC-TV grounds Chuck

 

NYNEX unit buys cable franchises

 

Wall St. gives thumbs up to FCC's cable rate regs

 

CBS, Tribune Cooking with Prudential

 

Rumored buy by Buffet boosts TW stock 9.8%

 

Letterman fan pays another visit

 

3DO dazzles Wall St.

 

Independents Showcase sets 14 pix to market at Cannes

 

Rate lids don't scare NCTA

 

Consumer 'nightmare' seen

 

Showbiz role sought for GATT

 

Indie film producers org seeks tax lobbying help

 

Zeitgeist adds 4 pix to '93 sked

 

Exec Shuffle

 

NBC tries to sweep its way back into contention

 

Jimmy Bee

 

Mick Ronson

 

Evelyn Colby

 

Ronald Gow

 

Hal Schaffel

 

Hitched

 

ARD freezes jobs

 

Cleveland Fest attendance up

 

Short Takes

 

ESPN ordered to rehire staffer fired in demotion flap

 

'Romeo' resides at 'Seinfeld'

 

Hungary b'cast ban eased

 

Canal Plus reports increase in 1st-qtr. Revenue

 

'Indecent' propitious in debut down under

 

TelePiu adding $ 120 mil to coffers

 

'Marathon' finishes in the money

 

Judge delays ruling on WGAW computer

 

Court to hear suicide-lyric appeal

 

Births

 

Sony to add overhead arch to Overland gate

 

'Dave' delivers message

 

Barter system for Col, MCA TV

 

Wild West: Dueling Earp pix ink stars

 

DirecTv adds Turner stations

 

Scott scoops up 'Pet'

 

'Substitute' hits snag in Canada

 

'Bound' for L.A. May 21

 

'Beauty' stage preem Dec. 2

 

Hefner sponsors bill to revive fairness doctrine

 

LHV taps Steele prod'n veep

 

WMA signs director Tim Hunter

 

Final Emmy deadline Tuesday

 

Rocket no hero to 'Action' flick

 

WGA sees residuals up 5.4% in qtr.

 

QVC, HSN moving into new retailing realms

 

Big cable stock gains taper off on Wall St.

 

NL gets first-qtr. Boost

 

Firms sought as Whittle backers

 

Financial Briefs

 

McMahon sues Star for $ 5 mil

 

Nev. Supreme Court hears Priest case

 

Nielsen, Arbitron report station figures

 

Pre-sweeps week dull in syndication

 

A&M taps Ensenat A&R vice president

 

'Damned' to bow in USA

 

Birth

 

'The Bodyguard' to hit homevid stores July 14

 

FCC offering Rereg 101 for confused cablers

 

N.J. OKs filming in courts

 

Surf's up in Oz for New Line's 'Summer II'

 

Spain's film distrib law draws fire

 

Scandal over Oz license winners

 

Gallic TV in the black

 

Philips blames blah 1st quarter on Europe

 

Joseph N. Curl

 

Louis Savoy

 

Thornton Sargent

 

Sylvia Rose Kostal

 

Hans Sahl

 

Mildred McCluskey

 

Josef Greindl

 

Kodak discount scheme picks helmers

 

Short Takes

 

Taking it to the streets: Lone protester tackles CAA

 

Exec Shuffle

 

AMC sure it can lure out couch potatoes

 

Reviews

Marcel Proust: A Writer's Life

Beverly Hills, 90210 She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Hallmark Hall of Fame Blind Spot

Empty Nest Aunt Verne Knows Best

Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?

Nurses Jumping Jack Flash

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

NBC Monday Night at the Movies Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

Abc Miniseries Murder in the Heartland -- Parts I & II

The Pickle

Dancing

Kiss of the Spider Woman

My Life's in Turnaround

Body Snatchers

Nbc Tuesday Night at the Movies the Return of Ironside

Cbs Tuesday Movie Prophet of Evil: The Ervil Lebaron Story

America Undercover Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War

Angels Inamerica: Millennium Approaches

Leona

Ruby Cairo

Nbc Friday Night at the Movies Visions of Murder

The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor

Mtv Unplugged Rod Stewart

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

My Neighbor Totoro

Shakespeare for My Father

Always ... Patsy Cline

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

Jimmy Scott

The Unseen Hand

Tango Pasion


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