Viacom writeoff: $100 mil

Grammy voters go eclectic: Babyface leads pack with 12

Hope leaving MGM finance

DE NIRO IN TALKS TO JOIN 'ANALYZE'

ABC'S HARBERT HITS THE ROAD

ORION, LARGO PACT

Bowls kick Alphabet to 1st place

Specktor exits Jersey, nears Fox 2000 post

Griffin, Kelly a 'Click' team

FOX TV STATIONS BUY 'HOME TEAM'

HAMMOND UPPED AT COL TRISTAR

DreamWorks to film 'Schimmel' story

OSCAR WATCH

WB vid push 'Jam'-packed

TV REPS SUBMIT CODE

248 PIX OK'D FOR OSCAR

'Split Screen' to make Slamdance bow

Universal ups Gumpert

GTE TO FOLD INTERACTIVE MEDIA UNIT

POP, Cinram in DVD pact

PARK IN MEDIA LOT

Fox Super Bowl a sellout

'JAG' ups Eye Friday, but NBC takes night

Schools get high-tech infusion

SPINNING A CITYWEB

Sextet firmed as Globe presenters

Soby, Irvine buy 'Carnival' rights

Rahn tapped G.M. of U products' Japan unit

Czech public tests ticket hike

Gregory upped to Beyond G.M. post

U Intl. TV taps Garcia-Ramon

BOUND FOR BRAZIL

BIRTHS

Toonsters ratify pact with producers

CBS EYE ON JOE ORDINARY

An ever-changing U in '96

Calley, 'Jerry,' 'Larry' rally weary Sony

Burton Lane

VH1 PLANS BIG 'ROCK' ROLLOUT

BORTONE UPPED TO VP AT SABAN

WBDTD staffers hiked

Ex-Mr. KFI resurfaces on radio as Mr. KABC

TheaterWeek ends its run

Oscar has boosted careers, even saved lives

Oscar has boosted careers, even saved lives

OSCAR'S YEAR OF THE WOMAN

Cossette promises 'full-out' Grammycast

New Line aims high, scores low

Lion low after rocky '96

Arthouse, haunted house buoy Miramax

USC AWARD TO 'PATIENT'

BVTV ups Whitcomb to publicity VP post

Exec Shuffle

Gas attacks 'Alien' set

D'Works to assist 'Hoop' team's Hawkins bio

People's Choice presenters list grows

U.K.'s Granada ups U.S. profile with Fox's '2020'

PREMIERE DIGITIZED

Intel serves up tastier chip

NATIONAL PLANS 5 ARGENTINA PLEXES

Sadoff steps into NatWest sr. VP shoes

FCC HEARING URGED

WIC avoids attempt to split broadcaster

WebTV innovation improves Internet vid

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

'Pictionary' draws 22% L.A. drawn to Worldvision's 'Pictionary'

'Pictionary' draws 22% L.A. drawn to Worldvision's 'Pictionary'

'Pictionary' draws 22% L.A. drawn to Worldvision's 'Pictionary'

Oscar watch

FXM TAPS 6 SHORT PICS

McCain urges airwaves sale

Thornton, Par near 'Plan' deal

RYSHER PULLS 'JUDD'

Trimark's Rock rolls to veepee

Martin, Schiff ink at Carsey-Werner

7 pix set to vie for 3 Oscar f/x noms

NBC loses AFTRA appeal

Sex & politics open 'Cochran'

CBS WANTS 'HAWAII' RIGHTS

O'BRIEN'S EPIC DEAL

Bregman in MGM/UA pact

Hess ankles WMA, rises at Phoenix

Year in review

Sony & WB set DVD date

'SEINFELD' CAST EYES 9TH YEAR

BAY SET FOR 'ARMAGEDDON'

ALPHABET HAILS HALL

Torn inks to host 'Ghost'

Acad medal to honor Bonner

MTV sends Neagoy to Nickelodeon

MTV sends Neagoy to Nickelodeon

U TV'S 'CHASE' IS HEADED FOR L.A.

NEW FACES OF 1997

EL REY OF L.A RADIO

SCOTTI TO EXEC VEEP

Three exex rise at the Bubble Factory

BIRTHS

CanWest moves to hike stake in Aussie network

KCBS paging KW newsmags from KCAL

Wong gets boost at Disney Imagineering

COONEY JOINS ZIDE

O'Neal upped to CBS kidvid veep

Stuart Snyder at Feld Ent.

IFP/West re-elects Boyle

Biz cast set for second Clinton inaugural bash

'ROSIE' TO MOSEY TO H'W'D IN FEB.

SHORT TAKE

APPEALS COURT FAVORS AFTRA

Even Madonna's baby has impersonator

Saban Ent. taps Kranz for top live-action post

Can H'wood learn to go by the book?

DreamWorks snags five distrib'n execs

Daily Variety goes to NATPE

D'Works still virtual studio

DEEP FOCUS

DirecTV to carry Romance Classics

AFI reeling on Internet

Renaissance ups Eick to prez

Renaissance ups Eick to prez

'WHISTLE' STOPPED

Exec Shuffle

SHORT TAKES

Julia Clarke Lynch

Haber, Cossette team for tuner

HITCHED

RTL tops on German airwaves

Lyrick, Oz Star pact

HUNGARY TUNES TUBE

Nick taps Fronhoff

'97 NABA confab marks org's 25th lap

Beeb blocks Mirren spot over IRA angle in 'Son'

Centauro, Unapix pact

Callaways to Langella,Chalfant

'Family,' Duvall set for honors

CABLE JOINS RATINGS GAME

MGM TV bumps Comeau to sr. VP

Ratings raise ire

MPAA RATINGS

Gramercy sees near record '96

Indies' lesson in '96: more may mean less

Aschman Kodak prexy

Affinity Ent. acquires syndicator Tradewinds

LATIN BIRD GOING UP

BEAN-COUNTERS BOTCHED WIC TALLY

FCC unveils captioning rules

Oscar watch

BEACON NABS HORROR PITCH

Goldstone staked with DreamWorks

Rudin, Brown nab 'Ashes'

Fincher set to helm Fox 'Fight Club'

'Orleans' bow elevates CBS

'FARGO' BY A NOSE

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

EISNER: $300 MIL MAN

Clark to host syndie strip

Comcast leads race to buy TW's E! stake

GRUSHOW BACK AT FOX TV

GRUSHOW BACK AT FOX TV

ABC preps midseason

Schumacher on 'Popcorn'

WB dreamin' of Brian Wilson biopic

'Simon' summons Willis, Becker to U

NO BIDNESS LIKE V BIDNESS

'RELIC' UNEARTHS $9.4 MIL

'Wings' folds; 'List' date set

CLT eyeing New Line

NATPE COOL TO NEW PRODUCT

We are DeVoes, we are News CFOs

Celebs spring to Scientology's defense

Beauty is in the eye of the awarder

Preem takes flight in L.A.

TURN OF THE SCREW -- BY TED TURNER

Ephron revives 'Beech' with Fox 2000 talks

NBC duo lead People's Choice nods

Daily Variety at NATPE

ANIMATION EQUATION

Lieb moves to USA Intl.

Irish investors irked over 'Spacetruckers' tax flap

North American b'casters org hits 25

Spain's BRB into live-action

Top Gallic distrib'n exex exit

O'SEAS SESH MIXED

Mo' better green at Sundance

Lyndon new sr. VP at Fox

Indie 'Six Ways to Sunday' under way in New Jersey

LIT PICKS

LITTLE DOG FINDS HOME

Jesse White

William Lancaster

Vince Williams

Josephine F. Marcus

David Lee Morick

Jim Bridges

William Layos

Alice Gobel

Robert Dean Sanderson

Lillian Birnbaum

Norman Philip Wadell

Keith A. Walker

Edward C. Carfagno

Marian Shaw

Alma Kitchell Yoder

Francis Feighan

Francis Feighan

Diane Betty Abramson

Williams joins cast of TNT Wallace biopic

IFP sets scripting confab

GOLDMAN'S BOOKED

GOLDMAN'S BOOKED

Bacall, Dreyfuss feted at Palm Springs fest

Ted in the gumbo at Fox meet

UNI TV PULLING 'PAT BULLARD'

FOX RALLIES TROOPS

NEW TOON LAWSUIT

Prism out of Chapter 11 through Lee Video merger

Carsey-Werner hikes Tochterman

Klubeck joins Morgan Creek

Pumpkins file suit

Oscar watch

Vidatron Group buys Sugar Ent

Miller ankles post at SPE

Douglas/Reuther, Reitman may move

Asteroid movies on collision course

Demme, Winfrey in talks for 'Beloved'

'Blue's' Franz sees red over preemption

TV vet Leonard dies

AMC UPS BROWN, SINGLETON

MOUSE ALL-MIGHTY

CLARIFICATION

CORRECTIONS

Awards time brings out true Christmas spirit

Thornton slings 3-pic deal

Lynn Lazaroff

Midia sets dates

Coral Pictures names Paez general manager

Weinthal ankling CTV

CANADA DRYING UP?

Springer to fight Kirch influence over SAT1

RTV subsid gets digital OK

'Angel' righteous; 'King' royal

B.O. thrills to 'Relic,' 'Scream'

'Blue' boy Caruso cops deal for double duty

Jacobson goes to London by the book

Silvers fills director's shoes on 'Visionaries'

HITCHED

IT'S A WOMAN THING

TENPERCENTERIES

Holidays a downer for vet syndie strips

'Mother' of all B.O. exclusives; 'Shine' shines

FCC speeds up digital process

Veteran exec Mackin tapped StoryFirst prez

TV TAKING ON D.C.

Rep. Tauzin armed for Hundt, FCC

SYNDIE-STATION SPLIT

Segal appointed U.S. buyer for BBC

Kodak intros teleprod'n film

FRANKE HITS ON 'FRINGE'

MARVEL TAPS MARDEN FOR NEW DIVISION

Alliance expands its stake in Showcase TV

Alliance expands its stake in Showcase TV

Alliance expands its stake in Showcase TV

Belushi rankled over use of name

SPELLING, KIRCH INK PACT

CORREX

U's 'Jackal' eliminates 'Day'

Aladjem tops talent dept. at Writers & Artists

Nolte set to make 'Enemies'

Henson hikes Mahony, Klion

Sound f/x Oscar taps 7 finalists

'MIGHTY' CASTS STONE

HIGH SEASON O'SEAS

Davidtz puts 'Gingerbread' on her plate

FOX, WORTH PICK 'IF' TEAM

Fox exex soft-shoe critical barrage

Acad cites Lombardi

Carter cashing out Fox chips

TriStar moves to block Reebok's 'Maguire' suit

'King of the Hill'

Robinov exits ICM for WB

Diller: Give pols free ads

Access pilots grounded

Forman opens U's 'Little Black Book'

WB COURTING BK

Forever Plaid

Orleans

Ed Mcbain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Music of the Night

Sharon McNight

Elvis Birthday Bash

Screwed: Al Goldstein's Kingdom Of Porn

South Bank Show: Dusty Springfield, Full Circle

Somebody is Waiting

Eva Peron

Turbulence

Love Etc.

Adrift in Time

Mad About Iris Blond

The Cyclone

Celestina

Calamity Malilk

Small Time

The Good Life

Photos

The Hamlet Sisters

The Lady is Back

Unicorn: The Garden of Fruits

Contenda Island

La Passione

Zero Guilt

Rolling Stones

Movies in the Mind

Cuba Libre

Angels in America: Perestroika

Reading Hebron

Forever Tango

A Streetcar Named Desire

Still the Night

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Music of the Night

Brides of the Moon

Chicago Sons

Kansas City All-Star Band

La Femme Nikita

Sunset Beach

Dusty Springfield: Full Circle

Screwed: Al Goldstein' s Kingdom of Porn

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

Memories

Last Stand at Saber River

Kansas City All-Star Band

La Femme Nikita

Sunset Beach

Country Justice

Golden Child

Victor/Victoria

Country Justice

No Way Home