Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/1997

Articles

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

 

Reviews

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


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