Table of Contents
Week of 11/05/1993

Articles

H'wood sifting through the ashes

 

Street expects revised QVC bid

 

Miramax exec Rich to MGM/UA

 

Showbiz backs NAFTA, wins Canada muscle

 

NBC focuses on violence

 

Feature fever hits vid's Cabin

 

New 'Today' set: back to its roots

 

The return of 'Smith'

 

Sealey tapped as prexy at Interactive Network

 

Atari intros 64-bit Jaguar home play system

 

New Line taps Harris prod'n VP

 

Russell eyes new H'w'd tack

 

'Nanny' whammy

 

Good quarter for Comcast

 

Advanstar buys Live Time

 

Financial Briefs

 

Col Television moves up Tobin

 

Cineplex on the rise

 

Nielsen to fill Arb overnight void

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Cooke prez of TW arm

 

'Hospital' gets well; ABC wins ayem, CBS daytime

 

Hemdale buys 'Land' rights

 

Sorting interactive wheat from chaff

 

Short Takes

 

Berry career inevitably comes back to the blacklist

 

Agent's plea to young thesps: 'Stop playing around'

 

MGM ain't so grand, unions tell Barbra

 

SAG voters retain Gordon as prexy

 

Willis gets Stoned at B.O.

 

'Nightmare' chills B.O. competish; 'Flesh' 2nd

 

Matoian makes Fox his family

 

Corrections

 

U S West seeks cable OK

 

Westwood One loses control

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Financial Briefs

 

Di Bona pacts with Panacea on interactive

 

Cablevision is buying in Mass.

 

Humanitas prize goes to the movies

 

Miramax pays $ 1 mil for some 'Tom' rights

 

NBC's 'Bell' saved by web

 

Fox ups three in sales unit

 

NBC has strong 'Hart'; ABC slow on Saturday

 

Short Takes

 

Viacom ups bid again

 

Eventful sked at NBC

 

Par casts Aquila as veep

 

Firm folds in Nashville PR shakeup

 

New Line, Virtual World cut deal

 

U2 pay-per-view; Alpert & Moss plan return

 

'Aladdin' tops Annies

 

Docu Awards honor 5 pix

 

Vid dealers' study hits pay-per-view piracy

 

Datebook

 

'Pumpkin,' 'Papaya' submitted for Oscars

 

Mario Cecchi Gori

 

'Piano' a big victor in Oz

 

Valenti: TV reducing violence

 

Prince Edward in TV biz

 

Hollywood filmmakers, start your engines

 

Halmi, CBS find their 'Scarlett'

 

New Line dumps VP trio; West Coast office bare

 

'Pyro' catches a Brand name

 

Kirkpatrick moves off of Par lot

 

'Oprah': Tale of 2 series

 

Wireless cable org draws guidelines for investors

 

Letterman increases clearances

 

Ebersol inks multiyear pact at NBC

 

Haven, Sunbird in CEMA deal

 

A bright 'Day' dawns at the exclusive box office

 

'Nightmare's' still animated

 

Clinton clan to submit telco-cable legislation

 

Brooks urges regulators to scrutinize mergers

 

Schulhof named NARM keynoter

 

Clarification

 

GE chief: No designs on Par

 

Cooper exits Tribune

 

Arquette signs $ 1 mil deal for 'Rangoon' role

 

Producers present first demands in IATSE huddles

 

Fox Lorber, Orion sign video deal

 

CBS pilots Viacom's 'Clarissa'

 

Financial Briefs

 

BellSouth seeks major role at QVC

 

Nostalgia fields new sale offers

 

Goldwyn award winners named

 

Vandalism hits ranch

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Obituaries

 

Births

 

Britain tells b'casters to increase Euro programs

 

Berlin court orders VOX channel off local airwaves

 

South African pic pirates caught

 

Tesh's GTS label adds second artist to roster

 

U.K.'s Tyne Tees TV faces year loss

 

Retro set for von Stroheim

 

CNN commits to H.K.

 

Short Takes

 

Disney eyeing Virginia for theme park site

 

U Studios gives fire fighters free fun

 

Liberte, egalite, sororite

 

WIF grew out of need to level playing field

 

WIF proves safe haven in fight against sexism

 

Getting the message out

 

Aerial duo to Amblin

 

Bridging the gap

 

Key day for Diller's Par bid

 

Fonda back as producer for Turner

 

'Justice' serves NBC in sweeps

 

Culkins seek faithful story

 

PPV orgs attack VSDA piracy study

 

Mother's helper: Donna Lowre

 

Going the distance: Joan Hyler

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Markey expects telco competish bill by '94

 

Telco loses cable waiver

 

Quello flip-flops on telco-cable issue

 

Stern tops KLOS duo

 

Corrections

 

Scott charges ahead with Tyler pic, 3 more

 

UGC DA acquires United

 

Tenpercenter power on the rise

 

2 Live Crew has day in Supreme Court

 

NBC orders more 'Moment of Truth' pix

 

News Corp. revs up

 

Financial Briefs

 

HSN may shop for BET

 

AMC in interactive pic pact

 

'Paula' swept away for sweeps

 

Sony creates new merchandising arm

 

Keaton to help 'Heroes' for H'wood Pix

 

'Harts,' IATSE settle strike, sign agreement

 

Healy exec VP at ABC arm

 

Author agrees to delete passages in Gordy flap

 

'Son of Sam,' Stern rate highly

 

Foster MCA Records publicity VP

 

British admissions up

 

U.K. Equity ends ban

 

French TV giant stays public

 

Int'l Emmy noms set

 

Int'l co-prod for animated Bible

 

CL finds new prexy

 

Hitched

 

Orgs nix Par bid

 

Judge nixes Basinger payment plan

 

Short Takes

 

Kremen at H'wood Records

 

Announcing Mid-Fall TV awards: filling a vacuum

 

Smith, Diller top b'cast talk

 

Thesp asks FCC's help in fighting Stern suit

 

Reviews

Timon of Athens

Zelda

George

A Matter of Justice

Where I Live Big Mon on Campus Sat.

Murder, She Wrote Bloodlines

Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead

Carlito's Way

My Life

Shanley's 'Dogs' Life: Sentimental Mamet; Four Dogs and a Bone

Kika

Return of the Living Dead 3

Veleno

Giovanni Falcone

Blockade

La Ribelle

Cap Tourmente

Ley Lines

This Won't Hurt a Bit! Australian

Exile and the Kingdom

Bread and Roses

The Burning Season

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Fragments; a Concerto Grosso

Dreams from a Summer House

Mrs. Sedgewick's Head

George Abc, Fri. Nov. 5, 8:30 p.m.

The Paula Poundstone Show Abc, Sat. Oct. 30, 9 p.m.

The Summer House

Zelda Tnt, Sun., Nov. 7, 8 p.m.

Columbo It's All in the Game Abc, Sun., Oct 31, 9 p.m.

Bernabe

29 1/2 Dreams: Women Walking Through Walls

What's Wrong with This Picture?

Pearl Jam

Friday Night Mystery Movie Hart to Hart Returns

Nova the Real Jurassic Park

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

The American Experience Eisenhower Part 1: Soldier Part 2: Statesman

National Geographic Special the Power of Water

Northern Lights; The Backflip

Camille

Man of the Moment

Acme Cheese Singles

Tears for Fears; Jellyfish

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

The American Experience Eisenhower Part 1: Soldier Part 2: Statesman



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