Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/1994

Articles

The invisible CEOs

 

Titan taps Block as VP media

 

Combined to sell WGBO-TV to Univision network

 

Imagine taps Rosenberg VP

 

Turner Co. gives Acad pic scripts

 

Fiedler adds Sony Corp. title

 

'Prancer' waltzes; 'Lake' swells in ratings

 

Fox tackled by Stringer

 

Tartikoff taps Anderson

 

Damato joins Brillstein/Grey

 

Beresford to helm 'Voice'

 

Datebook

 

Writers Guild salutes start Jan. 19

 

Registry noms sought

 

Audio Society skeds sound awards

 

PBS exex commit to info, education

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Info-access for kids

 

Kopelson Prods. ups Panitch

 

US West adds 4 regions to test

 

Par-related stox slip

 

CBS ups Franks to sr. veep

 

Brick resigns as Gotham film commish

 

NFL, bowl games score big in daytime ratings

 

'Exposure' suit goes to trial

 

'Philadelphia,' 'Naked' enjoying limited success

 

ColPix takes Talen's 'Two Brides'

 

'Roseanne' talks set

 

'Picture Bride' jilts Sundance

 

Philips nabs film rights

 

Obituaries

 

'Doubtfire' aims to dust 'Fugitive'

 

Births

 

NFL benefits kick in: Fox gains 2 Calif. affils

 

Simmons, GoodTimes seal a deal

 

Consumer confidence boosts electronics sales

 

Turner exec Beckham to retire

 

Boy details claims in Jackson suit

 

Indie sales dip in '93 to $ 1.2 bil

 

NBC extends Notre Dame deal

 

ICM veteran Greenspan to try prod'n

 

Cannell Distrib to syndie Independent's 'Peepers'

 

Gallen on line for ESPN

 

Miss the boat to Sundance and you're up a creek

 

B'way, H'w'd stars raise Cup to soccer

 

London TV race intensifies

 

U.K. ad org asks limits on TV sales

 

Motown ups 3 exex in competitive move

 

Record deal is prize in Fox contest

 

Legality of closed PBS meetings challenged

 

Mark Locher, veteran SAG spokesman, dies

 

Gunn memorial

 

David Johnson

 

Edward McCauley

 

NATPE award to Gustavo Cisneros

 

Road scholars mixed

 

Atlantic names Goldberg prexy

 

Dinos are 'Wedding' bridesmaid

 

(Your name here) talker

 

TW Cable wins co-op judgment

 

Purvis exits CapCities/ABC

 

The nuts and bolts of movie rating

 

IRA b'cast ban lifted

 

BV finds Italo pirate used U.S. 'Aladdin' copy

 

'Blue Man Group' losers pay lawsuit

 

N.Y. gov't to fund B'way upgrade

 

Jet R. Fore Jr.

 

Short Takes

 

Par board to meet on Viacom's revised bid

 

Cable chip bloc awaits webs' vote

 

Skating figures in ABC win

 

Suits in Delaware fight Viacom/B'buster deal

 

Chemical backs QVC deal

 

Correction

 

N.Y. on commish search

 

Rogers & Cowan sues Woodward

 

Deal takes Oz b'casters into China

 

Japan politico laments film decline

 

CD feel me, touch me, heal me

 

Henry Stern

 

Alexander donations

 

Dawson faces another 'Feud'

 

Krieger Fox Sports exec VP

 

Berlin fest sets sked

 

Oscar watch

 

Diversity is key challenge

 

Davidovich slides into 'Ty'

 

Births

 

Ratings still rankle Hollywood

 

Hepburn graces 'Affair' set

 

Evered to script, helm 'Drift'

 

Romanian TV topper resigns

 

Jay Blackton

 

Gregory Osborne

 

Coke pours up bowl previews

 

Plotting infopike route

 

CBS affils nix grid idea

 

MCA/U plans big push for 'Dinosaur's Story'

 

J2's branching out

 

Financial Briefs

 

Sony Music taps trio of chairmen, ups 2 exex

 

Court to hear cable arguments

 

Exec Shuffle

 

TBS taps Kopple for 'Women' seg

 

Scent of interactive coin lures H'wood to CES

 

CBS gives 3 primetime hours to violence docu

 

Jackon no tune thief

 

Douglas, Davis make 'Cutthroat' deal

 

Eurimages protests 'Blue' move

 

Seagal on the pulpit may be too much for WB

 

Louise Soelberg

 

Disney subject of rag union protest

 

MGM, Kurosawa settle 'Seven'

 

Lion pounces on Milchan

 

Must-carry grilled by Supreme Court

 

Possible contradiction in 'Batman' trial vs. WB

 

Bell Atlantic, Oracle in interactive project

 

Corbett memorial

 

Star beams into more places

 

Ross emerges from 'Darkness' into 'Snow'

 

Fox swaps slots for 'Wanted,' 'Front Page'

 

MTV rocks against violence

 

CBS taps veterans for pilots

 

Gordon leaves Largo

 

Arnolds to get say in any 'Roseanne' negotiations

 

CAA, Bienstock pact

 

Hayman to fashion Awards

 

Financial Briefs

 

Canadian actors unions continuing merger talks

 

Channel 4 to do own U.S. sales

 

Obituaries

 

Carey album back at No. 1

 

ABC to reach Mideast, N. Africa

 

Nom recount has Grammys singing different total tune

 

WB markets 'Babylon 5' via computers

 

Prager talkshow on tap

 

Judge takes wind out of Sayles suit

 

Par board's sticking with QVC

 

Talkers hit by cross-guesting

 

Strand to distribute acclaimed shorts

 

Miramax buys U.S. rights to 'Two Bits'

 

MCA Records' sales hit high of $ 450 mil

 

Shopping to go online in L.A.

 

Ardolino memorial

 

Obituaries

 

'Backbeat,' 'Mom' pick up Rs

 

Prez exits Col TriStar HV

 

Hyler film board head

 

Col TV inks Rudner

 

Dallas picks 'Schindler's'

 

'Party' on, fans declare

 

Frank gets U to film around him

 

'Batman' plaintiffs say contract shows intent

 

Hopper, Douglas, Dunne join 'Search'

 

Wilson attacks GATT

 

Intl. Family pulls back in pursuit of Nostalgia

 

Disney settles 'Kid' lawsuit

 

Castle Hill buys 'Bodies'

 

Abady booted from Play House

 

Ruddy/Morgan ups its annual project sked

 

FCC offers six cable seminars

 

Indies: FCC wrong on finsyn

 

PGA honors Neufeld, Rehme

 

Obituaries

 

Fox makes lot a fixer-upper

 

Milchan's reps deny 'Degrees' allegations

 

Neeson made senior veepee for Fox Intl.

 

Reuther set to move

 

'Banquet,' 'Ruby' top IFP noms

 

Correction

 

Dawn of the TV shopping mall

 

Finkelstein tapped Polygram exec veep

 

Sutherland, Thal on line for 'Puppet'

 

Promo nod to 'List'

 

Vid dealers up Karpel for interim

 

Cutting in at Sundance fest

 

Goldfine to Trimark

 

Quigley EMI senior VP

 

CBS scores big in latenight, daytime

 

Neville selected to host WB 'News'

 

NAB finds TV Marti wanting amid huge budget deficits

 

Rank profits double

 

Letterman show reaches overseas

 

Elstree gets reprieve

 

CBS to air Kerrigan special

 

Film editors org honors Scorsese

 

H'w'd falls for 'Guy'

 

Barton links with Davi & Lehman

 

Bricault joins William Morris

 

Trio to host music nods

 

Breathtaking! The feel-good column of the year!

 

Syndie shows ring in new year with big numbers

 

Stringer defends slow lane to info highway

 

October buys 'Smoking' pair

 

Turner to christen Kodak vaults

 

Street awaits Redstone's next move

 

Vidmark embarks on new sell-through market plan

 

Word gets prexy post at CST arm

 

All American, Crescent ally

 

Woods' phone time in car equals a new logo for ICM

 

Sylbert, Hawn hire Bernzweig

 

Allen tells U.K. TV he's not hooked on pix

 

Guild hosts screenings

 

ITC establishes division for worldwide licensing

 

Euro Disney prospects begin looking sunnier

 

Short Takes

 

Dibie wins Camera prexy

 

No mind-meld for Nimoy and new 'Trek' team

 

Reviews

Reviews; a Russian Classic with Unger Pains; Legit; Broadway; The Government Inspector

The George Carlin Show

Aux Petits Bonheurs

Per Amore, Solo Per Amore

Byzantine Blue

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb

Heonggong Ya Fungkwong

Pariserhjulet

Les Gens Normaux N'Ont Rien D'Exceptionnel

The Rez Sisters

Roleplay

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride and Madness

To Play the King

Secret Sins of the Father

Terror in the Night

Luther Vandross; Oleta Adams; Louis Dix

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Murder Between Friends

Monty Here Comes the Son

Terror in the Night

Aces Wild

Happy Birthday Tina Marie

America's Funniest Home Videos

Mystery! Unnatural Causes -- Parts I & II

National Geographic Television Special Island of the Giant Bears

Sheryl Crow

All in the Timing

Masterpiece Theatre to Play the King

Out of Darkness

L.A. Philharmonic the Damnation of Faust

House Party 3

The George Carlin Show Unexpected Things Happen to George

Crazy Words, Crazy Tunes

Les Miserables

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride and Madness

Rhinoskin: The Making of a Movie Star

Lookin' Italian

Trial Story Flames of Racism: A Hate Crime in Florida



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