Table of Contents
Week of 08/27/1993

Articles

CBS, TCI in retrans maneuvers

 

Ahmanson runs may be phantoms

 

Indie Van Sant cuts deal, will 'Die' for Colpix

 

Republic's battle hymn: push ahead telepic slate

 

CEMA suit's put in Wherehouse

 

Italy braces for 'Park'push

 

U2 signs on for MTV Awards

 

New Jackson charges denied

 

'GMA' back on top; CBS leads in day

 

'Cowboy' ropes Hudson

 

Miramax Films goes wide with 'Fortress'

 

Goldberg seeks to avoid the Basinger syndrome

 

Emmy Watch

 

Financial Briefs

 

Virgin mulling spinoff

 

McMullen inks with HSN

 

Executive Shuffle

 

Short Takes

 

Pat Shields

 

Berlin electronics meet opens

 

Mischer eschews rumors, calls Jackson 'professional'

 

Four nets serving up big slice of prime glib

 

One to watch; Ben Savage

 

Original fare top cable priority

 

Bios, retros highlight new mini, spec lineup

 

Syndie fare draws mixed reviews

 

Handicappers pick years likely hits

 

One to watch; Kelsey Grammer

 

One to watch; Sinbad

 

Summing up new season; ABC

 

One to watch; Brett Butler

 

One to watch; Dean Cain

 

One to watch; Teri Hatcher

 

B.O. highlights

 

Exec Shuffle

 

FCC tunes out Philly stations' foes

 

'Joy' makes the R club

 

Composers' event benefits schools

 

Garden web buds in '94

 

Republic asserts rights, upgrades 'Life'

 

Hitched

 

'Scud Stud' trial set

 

APA's Taylor going indie

 

Abraham, Busey join Dickerson's 'Game

 

Stock's up for Golden Silver firm

 

'Brisco' lassoes 2nd in bow

 

Judge orders Whoopi to court over 'T. Rex'

 

Jackson performs, probe continues

 

'Sexe' stars at Montreal fest

 

AFI probes 'Reality'

 

Paterno out of H'w'd

 

Cablers get good news from FCC

 

Trimark on mark for 4th qtr.

 

Iwerks offers public shares

 

Financial Briefs

 

NBC buys into American Medical TV

 

Sacis sells Italo soccer rights to Chinese pubcaster CCT

 

German court nixes suit vs. SAT 1

 

German webs push fall skeds, U.S. style

 

'Sliver' steamy, 'Shot!' ring out

 

CLT buys 20% of Tele Cinco

 

Hall, Philly sound return sans Oates

 

Short Takes

 

Hiatt's 'Guitar' perfectly good

 

Anon mailers fuel WGAW election conflict

 

August makes B.O. history

 

It's 'The Fugitive' by a mile

 

Yetnikoff's back, and in the pic biz

 

NBC a-Philly dumps 'Grain'

 

MGM, UA appointments spur little interest in conflict issue

 

Allen: Only time will tell if Letterman succeeds

 

Snow's new deal is 'Sky' high

 

B.O. can't escape grip of 'Fugitive'

 

Financial Briefs

 

Executive Shuffle

 

New Line will pay if it jilts TBS

 

Cannon revs trigger 2nd qtr. Explosion

 

Bidders ante up for Oz payTV

 

Oz's Seven Net posts a profit for year

 

CBS' Friday a mixed bag

 

Helmer Miner takes bait for H'wood's 'Tempted'

 

Ailes cure for CNBC, talk web

 

KTLA 'Brown' out has a 'Family' moving in

 

Col ups Toll to sr. legal VP

 

Rockers name that tune

 

Jackson scrubs Singapore show

 

'Phantom' finally forsakes Ahmanson

 

Rigel pacts for 'Robocop' series rights

 

Hurd pacts for 3 years at Par

 

Comedy gala's offstage spotlight on Heidi

 

Horowitz, Feder form new production firm

 

Actor sues Fox over 'Wanted'

 

Coke seeks court OK on bear ads

 

N.Y. fest to open with 'Short Cuts'

 

'Aladdin' cartoon injunction nixed

 

Kiwis go ape for dinos

 

'Ultimate Oz' on tap

 

'Wedding' still getting a good reception

 

WB rolls Puttnam's 'Buttons'

 

Short Takes

 

Births

 

Allyson hits Ingels with suit

 

Italo TV regs irk pay-TV channels

 

Bob Knight

 

Ellis St. Joseph

 

Neva Goldberg

 

Bernie Korban

 

Gloria Manos

 

Rockin' Dopsie Sr.

 

Reva Shwayder-Gothelf

 

Marvin Fisher

 

Nancy Galloway

 

Irma Lazarus

 

Carmine Cincotta

 

Ralph H. Winters

 

Donald Getz

 

Alf Bold

 

Fleiss hearing date changed

 

Duff, Medavoy hope separation will help

 

Crofoot exits as G.M. of KABC-TV

 

Cablers lose in court: Time's up

 

ABC, CBS dead even

 

Dave a fan fave in his Eye opener

 

Cameron delivers 'Spider-Man' script

 

Stations buck system

 

Exhibs hope B.O. won't fizzle

 

Jackson gets clean bill of health

 

Short Takes

 

Ross shifts direction with LAMCO's 'Boheme'

 

Arista pacts to distrib PGA Records product

 

Brooks, feeling used, has warnings for retailers

 

Retooled Acad rules give hairstylists shot at Oscar

 

Tartikoff to offer opinions on TV season

 

Fox's new web is a special FX

 

Emmys to be a Daly event

 

Record windfall for U.K. TV exex

 

Group lowers IFE stake

 

'Bodyguard' album sales hit 9 mil

 

Womean in film committee to make, distrib spots

 

Jacobs gets 'Sinbad' berth

 

Tristar ups Strauss to ad veep slot

 

Woman blames 'MacGyver' for son's death

 

Hitched

 

Yudin joins Viacom Ent. Group as senior vp

 

'Line' bows with big U.K. B.O.

 

Births

 

Two elected to INTV board

 

Col appeals Swedish 'Hero' cuts

 

Richard Jordan

 

Mulch ado about retrans and garden-variety TV

 

Spielberg to capture Venice's Golden Lion

 

Filmmaker's drug bust rocks Japan

 

Sat trio in U.K. debut

 

Culkin cut from 'Rich' deal at WB

 

Stakes raised for Coppola, Hopkins

 

Di Stefano seeks visa

 

Jackson off 'Addams' theme

 

Scripps is the latest to go around webs

 

Murdoch buys Delphi

 

Murdoch's new News Corp.

 

Venice fest hit by American invasion

 

Two dozen out in WB merger

 

Levy leaves Silver

 

Jackson reps claim tape supports singer

 

New allegations tune up Henley/Geffen/MCA suit

 

Raphael inks $ 25 mil, 5-year pact

 

CBS stock rises 7.7%

 

Country Fanfest set for May bow

 

Joel's 'Dreams' bests 'Seattle' on album chart

 

Cineposium sets Hiller

 

'Copy' nears 'Affair' in syndie ratings

 

Thorn Mipcom Man of the Year

 

ABC affils get 2nd 'Blue' peek

 

L.A. launches new film task force

 

Orgs urging FCC to call TCI and TW 'mom and pop'

 

Short Takes

 

TBS, Harvey in comic deal

 

Comcast's SIREN song: $ 250 mil of debentures

 

Kennedy Center musicians strike

 

No joke: Heidi may be in the Hall of Fame

 

Avid editors gaining in popularity

 

'Band Played On' bow a poignant experience

 

Reviews

Nbc Great Escapes Trade Winds

Father Hood

True Romance

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

The Thing Called Love

The Last Party

Son of the Pink Panther

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue

Van Halen; Vince Neil

The Abc Monday Night Movie Missing Persons

And the Band Played on

The Man Without a Face

Here

Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo!

Wilder Napalm

Arthur Miller's the American Clock Mon. Aug. 23, 8 p.m., Tnt

The Trouble with Larry Wed. Aug. 25, 8 p.m., Cbs

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. Fri. Aug. 27, 8 p.m., Fox

The Age of Innocence

Late Show with David Letterman

Roc Sheila in the House

Snowy River: The Mcgregor Saga the Race

The Sex of the Stars

Everly Brothers; Dion

The Mozart Bird

Il Lungo Silenzio the Long Silence

Bad Boy Bubby

Ann & Nancy Wilson; Melissa Etheridge; Rosie O'Donnell; Spinal Tap; Shawn Colvin; Gloria Steinem

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Great Scenes and Music from Classic Films

Clit Notes

Psycho Beach Party

Spin Doctors; Soul Asylum; Screaming Trees

Marooned in Malibu

Sugar Hill

The John Larroquette Show

Ub40; Gin Blossoms



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