Table of Contents
Week of 05/21/1993

Articles

Lucci luck may change this time

 

In eye of holder Emmy Awards merit praise, apathy

 

The Emmy papers

 

Emmy weather

 

Spielberg going 'Up River' without book deal

 

CBS cooks up short orders

 

Disney pacts Esteves in ice

 

At 20, Daytime Emmys hit stride, prime

 

Fox narrows down fall choices

 

Par plans $100 mil promos

 

Miramax nabs 'Visiteurs' for U.S.

 

Showbiz saves Sony

 

ATAS approves videos to lobby Emmy voters

 

Dante joins teen angst teem

 

Capitol exec McCarthy quits

 

Wind Dancer project afoot for Foote

 

Matsushita profits sink sharply in global slump

 

Fox seen annexing 'South Central'

 

Kodak ups Franzwa to veepee

 

Par wins marketing prize for 'Indecent'

 

'Cliffhanger' earns AmFAR $800,000+

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Short Takes

 

Irish 'Eyes' tops Bosnian 'Pain'

 

Int'l B.O. database proposed

 

Wharf a go in Hong Kong

 

TCI, Grupo in pay-TV venture

 

Fine Line draws 'Blood,' buys films' world rights

 

Winston Burdett

 

Gene Howard

 

Irving Paley

 

Leigh Wiener

 

Page Buckey

 

Pickings skimpy at overlong Cannes Festival

 

Stock prices hit another high

 

Markey suggests ratings on TV shows

 

WGAW race heats up

 

Levin shakes TW reins

 

Financial Briefs

 

Andrews Group buys 50% stake in syndicator Genesis

 

U's 'Park,' Col's 'Hero' get PG-13s

 

Births

 

Levine elevated to Fox exec pub director

 

All webs claim wins in day/fringe

 

ITC ups Bardwil-Shackel

 

UCLA plans Festival '93

 

'Sliver' sees B.O. lead

 

Studios say no to PPV bows

 

'Cheers' seals NBC's sweeps win

 

Vestron heir wins $ 100 mil

 

MCA, HBO in pic pact

 

Outlaw nabs WB/Fuji deal

 

HDTV finalists expected to support one standard

 

Solons to TV exex: Curb violence or face censor

 

CBS nabs 13 Daytime Tech Emmys

 

American TV Awards to 'Seinfeld,' 'Fly Away'

 

Davis eyes pirate role

 

Sony buys software company

 

A&M adds to Olin's duties

 

SAT 1deadline moved back

 

International Briefs

 

'Indecent' tops; Cannes fans B.O.

 

E. German TV station seeks old jobless pay

 

Murdoch, Packer have Vietnam in view

 

FCC says no to channel swap

 

Short Takes; 'Target' moved up

 

Financial Briefs

 

BET taking PPV action

 

Liberty is taken with HSN stock

 

MGM says hello to Santa Monica den

 

Grisham's 'Client' gets new scripter

 

Hitched

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Births

 

Showtime preems 'Private Screening'

 

Bonini upped to Sony VP

 

Thomason memo in D.C. spotlight

 

Richard Murphy

 

Dorothy Hughes

 

John Paul Duffy

 

David Lobel

 

Fred Gough

 

Vito Capraro

 

Mary Duncan Sanford

 

Joaquin Garcia Vargas

 

Manuel Alum

 

Computer kibosh condoned

 

Scripter Fasano signs at Morris

 

Indie 'Tollbooth' greenlighted

 

Arrow buys a 'Combo'

 

Anthrax hopes to make noise with 'White' album

 

Like it or not, name invites comparison

 

Ex-musicians union prexy says suit is settled

 

Tirado voted prez of WB office union

 

Orion cuts 'Boxing' deal

 

Hollywood hegemony a bone of Euro contention

 

Actress sues SAG over agent

 

B'casters serve cablers notice: pay retrans fee

 

Sony hands U.S. reins to Schulhof

 

'Piano,' 'Farewell' Cannes duex

 

'Sliver' tops, 'Shots' hot, but no magic

 

Fox adds 8 shows for fall

 

Warren, 'Best' tapped tops at ASCAP gala

 

MCA/U unveils CityWalk park

 

Cinematheque gets Wise

 

Fox goes to the mat for Wilson's blind wrestler

 

Sound future arrives aboard a dinosaur

 

HDTV rivals join forces

 

Polone ankles Hearst to be indie producer

 

Green named senior veepee at 20th Fox

 

Emmy ballot date change

 

ABC Video plans 'Wild' homevid duo

 

TW-U S West deal sends cable biz stocks soaring

 

Financial Briefs

 

Savoy to make debt offering

 

Analyst downgrades TBS stock

 

TW unit, Par call in public debt

 

'Sex' big in S.F. exclusive; Ullmann pic flat in N.Y.

 

ATA winners cheer TV, malign movies

 

'Annie's' downtown turn

 

Cutting-edge talent rises in Underground

 

'Sommersby' on vid in Aug.

 

Howard Goldberg

 

Minnie Gentry

 

Christopher Sergel

 

Ken Jones

 

Donald Kvares

 

Short Takes

 

Cannes fest prize winners

 

'Proposal' irresistible at int'l B.O.

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Guerinot named A&M sr. veep/G.M.

 

Disneyland seeks hiring hearing

 

Bibicoff to assume Axelrod's duties at PEG

 

Carlton TV losses smaller than expected

 

German quint woo RTL-2 with terrestrial tender

 

German nets pledge subsidies

 

New German ad reg irks private webs

 

For sale: State cinemas

 

Ferrara has future vision at Cannes Festival

 

NTIA nominee clears panel

 

Daily Variety Film Box Office Report

 

Danjaq on bond wagon with two script deals

 

Fine Line gets 'Naked' at Cannes for big coin

 

'Jurassic' has exhibs rapt

 

Sellers exits Rich for Fox exec VP gig

 

'Cheers' for NBC sweeps win

 

Brooklyn wins 'Fresh' through union deals

 

Lorimar rises in fall

 

KTTV, KTLA to join the battle for early risers

 

Fox sked a tall order

 

HBO to supply audio in espanol

 

Encore to offer multiplexed channels

 

Hill, Fields partners in indie firm

 

Akalaitis gets Obie respect

 

'Kalifornia' keeps NC-17

 

A Windy City windup for 'With Honors' shoot

 

Grammys back to Gotham for '94

 

Arnold 'Car' breaks down at Columbia

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Goldwyn posts profit

 

Financial Briefs

 

Cash dividend unlikely, Viacom prez Biondi says

 

Deal partners Col Pix TV with CBS' 'Walker'

 

Tommy Boy, Rykodisc top Indie NAIRD kudos

 

CBS, CMA ink six-year deal

 

Exhibs gloat over summer glut

 

Cardillo A&R sr. director

 

Mandel tapped GGP sales topper

 

Zipperman to Interscope

 

Court nixes TW bid

 

Prime time schedule, Fall '93

 

Prime time suppliers scorecard, fall '93

 

Who's Where

 

Marv Johnson

 

Tom Prideaux

 

Edward G. Greer

 

Robert Lapoujade

 

Virgin boosts EMI bottom line

 

Israel announces first commercial TV station

 

CL suit accuses Fiorini of fraud

 

Spain gets a taste of TV debate

 

Sega will rate game content

 

Changing channels

 

Short Takes

 

DIC acquires 'Sandiego' pic rights

 

Daytime Emmy winners

 

CBS threatens retrans suit

 

'Bad' hooks MacDowell

 

USA Network orders 2 sitcoms

 

GoodTimes, Orion team

 

NEA faces hearings sans chair

 

Seagram buys 5.7% stake in TW

 

Hemdale creditors claim conflict

 

Opryland parent makes NBA bid

 

Ticketmaster tests cyber selling in Chi

 

Beacon offers guiding light for ABC

 

Financial Briefs

 

Talkers take big hit in Nielsen syndie ratings

 

Song and dance ends

 

Basinger files Chapter 11

 

Stanfill seen resigning post at MGM

 

NBC's proud as a peacock

 

KNBC Arb king

 

Numbers box

 

Library of Congress goes local

 

Ullman not footing bill in Fox suit

 

Col's 'Hero' rescues a PG-13

 

Fox taps Dudas for PR

 

'Cheers' propels WNBC news to N.Y. Arbitron win

 

Lincoln Center sets lineup for '93-94

 

TV production chart

 

Birth

 

New Screen unveils ad-backed spex arm

 

Winners by network

 

Palladium sued over Marky gig

 

Exec Shuffle

 

UTA ups Joel to agent

 

Copyright suit vs. Goldberg dropped

 

Thomas limns the Bard

 

New ad tag for MTV

 

NBC plans promo with Kellogg's

 

Joseph Pulitzer Jr.

 

John Holland

 

John (Jack) Gould

 

Flextech inks IFE deal

 

Berlin web gets prime locale

 

Klatten ankles SAT 1

 

Brando charges dropped in Tahiti

 

D.C. Report; Cook out of FCC chair race

 

Murdoch writes Reno urging end to fin-syn

 

Pickford tribute marks 100th anni of her birth

 

Archerd elected to Townsend Harris Hall of Fame

 

Lucci unlucky for 14th time

 

Reviews

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Deadly Relations

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

Judith Krantz's Torch Song

Nbc Sunday Night at the Movies in the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0

Sliver

Scam

National Geographic Explorer the Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal

Cheers One for the Road

Cliffhanger

Carnosaur

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

Daughters of the Lone Star State

Mi Vida Loca

Toxic Affair

Raining Stones

Friends

Hsimeng Jensheng the Puppetmaster

The Fluid

Maria Mckee; Marvin Etzioni

The Scent of the Green Papaya

Made in America

Jesus Christ, Superstar

Our Town

Paparazzi!

Ann Times Three

Shirley Dixon and Friends Blues House Party

Pere Ubu


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