Peacock renews 'Profiler' drama

RIDING GALLIC FILM WAVE

MPAA RATINGS

'Violet,' 'Drive' tops for Lortel Awards

Showtime taps 2 for VP posts

Holmberg, Dudevoir new New Line VPs

SPORTIN' LIFETIME BOWS

Pacific Title shops Kodak

'Gentleman Agent' exhibit hails Kohner

ATAS history fete date set

ABC Pics, Pudney in pact

Bergman to get special Cannes salute

Profits for Endemol rise another 19%

TF1 REVS UP BUT PROFITS DOWN

'NIRVANA,' 'TRUCE' SET PACE FOR DAVID HONORS

SPE marches into HBO Poland

German distrib Progress is sold

Cine Grande prexys Reeve

EU: Public b'casting needed

CLT shuffle could have big impact on Havas

China mulls Zhang opera nix

Fox 2000 taps Apted for 'Fools' errand

HUNDT DELIVERS PSA

Soffer, Ford boot up for 'Nanobots'

Forster inked for 'Jackie Brown'

TBS unveils firstrun pix, sitcom skeds

Paxson pays $35 mil for Ann Arbor's WBSX

Atlantis ends '96 with upbeat fourth quarter

FISHER TOPS TV AD BUREAU'S RANKS

Evergreen slims its dial

Cinar posts earnings jump

RADIO FORAY IN PLAY

MGM EXEX GO DISTANCE

CBS, NBC tied at the buzzer

Shandling off to UTA

Thomas' plate full, and she'll have 'Pie'

Helmer Herek reups 3-pic Disney pact

Discovery spending spree

Vaughan drawn to 'Force'

CORREX

Portman mulls 'Wars' prequel

WB, BURTON FLIRTIN'

Epic takes on Immortal, eyes music, film synergy

TCI inks broad deal for Disney cablenets

BV's Wayans show to Fox

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

Bergman pacts for pair of pix

Reeve bow a testament to courage

HRTS: Turner talks

SHUE DROPS AT PLAN B AS DEVELOPMENT VP

Eye web, PBS share Tony telecast

CBS feevee outlet taps Raas int'l VP

Scion stamping Televisa with new glasnost style

ITALY'S MEDIASET PACTS WITH NBC

CANAL+ IN SPAIN LIBRARY PACT

Globo team nets soccer for $150 mil

Japanese gov't to provide multimedia biz subsidies

BIRTHS

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

CBS LOVES 'RAYMOND': ORDERS UP YEAR TWO

'Pauly' pulled from Fox slot

Brown & Meyers join 'Arthel & Fred' team

Janssen gets good 'Noose'

Kearney search turns up new VP

Exec Shuffle

Century closer to 1,000 in 2000 goal

BIZ REVISTS H'WOOD

Smith, Pinkett pen U-Imagine pic pick

Kanbar gives $5 mil to NYU film school

RATINGS TAKE RAZZING

BIG TIC TV TACKS ON PROD'N DEAL

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Forlani invited to 'Meet'

CLARIF

Aardman on 'Run'

Streisand, Col TriStar do NBC pic

CORREX

AFI LANDS FITZGERALD

MTV elevates Terkuhle to animation prexy post

Songwriter Nyro dies

Allen Ginsberg

Bob Arthur

Tax man puts pin in TCI stock buyback strategy

WB'S ON CHANNEL 5

'Speed 2' shifted in sked scramble

Gooding ready for Redding

NEW LINE GOES BACK IN TIME

CUSACK NEAR 'GOOD' DEAL

Plugging in the techie's new toys

The subtle art of beta fine-tuning

SOFTWARE WARS

Ads break in new technologies

Hot-property realtors: 'Get it while you can'

A tale of two cities

Tips from the experts

Putting the $ into L.A. sports scene

GOIN' SOUTH

FOR ART'S SAKE

PRAGUE FEST VET RILEY TO KRATKY

Mexico sci-fi fest takes off April 30

TV fund infusion means bigger Telefilm budget

Thompson tops Beeb pix

HONG KONG TACKLES PIRACY

Finnish pubcaster exec to launch prod'n venture

KTLA marks half century

Stephen Parker

Roy Polevoy

Bernice Baum

Harry Wheeler

Sundance gets interactive

Evergreen still growing

FUN, WAL-MART STYLE

Lott of bad news for Chong at FCC

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

Judge upholds TW's counterclaim vs. Fox

Michael surprises VH1 do

MGM products ups Bornhurst to sr. VP

USA hires Carry as veep, ups Marcus

Scripter Tweti shooting 'Birds' docu

Clark sr. VP at Castle Rock

UCLA alums fete Stalmaster

DTS NAMES SLUSSER VICE CHAIRMAN-CEO

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

SHAPIRO'S NEW LINE

'Palisades' preem demos primo

U taps Christensen legal VP

Univision unveils new Spanish-lingo TV block

SELTZER INTO SR. VP SLOT

U bowing online chat site

KID FARE COMES OF AGE

Live, Trimark, October: merger menage a trois?

CANNES-TICIPATION

Murdoch reaches for Sky in D.C.

Sony folds low-budget outfit Triumph Films

MacLaine takes helm

Mip marketeers high on Euro TV

Oscar pack looks to turn

Arab pirates' paradise does an about-face

'Gloaming' gleams at Gotham preem

In Urban's league

'Titanic' plot on collision course with science

Whoopi cushion: Pop top

Unions worried about overtime ruling

ENDEMOL ON MARCH

ENDEMOL ON MARCH

Fox German focus may make Vox more populi

Big year for BBC Worldwide

International Council eyes Internet

GMT, Col TriStar team for Pegasus

Fox Sports Americas sets bilingual hotline

'97 Euro MTV nods set for Netherlands

Arab pirates' paradise does an about-face

European distrib'n criticized

'EMPIRE' STRIKING O'SEAS

'EMPIRE' STRIKING O'SEAS

E3 confab has int'l accent

Baton taps Festinger for Vancouver outlet

OCTOBER SURPRISE

'Amy' helmer Smith reups Miramax first-look deal

Fox hikes Saralegui

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Disney OKs tune for Aykroyd sitcom

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

McCormick to play Mandrell for CBS

A MANIA FOR MARVEL

CINEPIX GETTING BUSY

'Police Academy' pulls double duty in TV bow

Elizondo, Valdez nab Imagen nods

'Fired' tops last of the crop

Hanson & Schwam elevates Winters

Garmezy tops artists rights org

NEW SERIES AWAIT VERDICTS

Imagine TV lures Krantz from CAA

Live confirms talk of sale

Mip makes for strange bedfellows

B.O. highlights

Castle Rocked by huge layoffs

SNAKE TAKES BIG B.O. BITE

'Titanic' mania celebrates that sinking feeling

'Spy' comes in from cold at Beacon, Red Wagon

'Rush Hour' hitches NL ride

Grant vows for 'Groom'; 'Apaches' aims high

DVD panel united on 4 standard formats

Hipp joins 'Midnight'

Showtime breaks into Richmond territory

ATAS HONORS KMEX

Empire,' volcano pic dominate int'l B.O.

Cinema Expo taps Gianopulos, Bert

Gianopulos, Bert set to receive kudos

3rd Taos fest wraps; Marks wins acreage

MIP NOTES

Hendricks bruited as Mipcom Man of Year

SUBS FLYING FOR TPS

Int'l TV viewership shows modest gains

'Patient' wins 3 tech BAFTAs

Nick Latino acquires '7,' 'Bananas'

Fee flap may mean Karlovy festival rating doesn't Vary

CRIX PICK SIDE MIX

Crix Pick Side Mix

Grupo suitor comes courting

Pozil joins French bank

MOUSE WAKES UP TO RADIO

SENATE PLUGGING IN

WB'S FORTE:'MAHALA'

'Phoenix' rises with solid cast

'Friends' switches D.C. slots

Schiff signs on for 'Kiss,' 'Dr. Dolittle'

B'way taxis onto runway with Continental boost

Disney tweaking Sorvino sitcom

Smithee finds more work

Gamers eyed for retread duty

CORRREX

Woods helps CBS mashie competition

Fox finds 2 Apatow projects appetizing

EAST MEETS FRENCH

AGENTS NOT GENTS

Record year for Holly-world

ABC ties

Ramis gets 'Bedazzled'

Rifkin elevated in Morris shuffle

DIC in rights pact for Archie

THAT SINKING FEELING

Friedman joins Morris' independent film wing

Crenna's thyroid surgery successful

Two at the Too

Colors Straight Up

Two at the Too

Tony Bennett

Fired Up

Death of a Salesman

Tony Bennett

Fired Up

That Dog

Mother Knows Best

Leaving L.A.

Gun

That Dog

Mother Knows Best

Leaving L.A.

Gun

Bremen Freedom

That Old Feeling

CBS Eye on People

Death Takes A Holiday

Fired Up

The Hikers

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

Dream

On House

Doctor! Doctor!

King Lear

Double Team

One Foot on the Floor

The Grey Zone

Reinventing Love

Neptune's Rocking Horse

The Adventures of Amy Bock

Bare-Knuckle

The Stand-In

Purgatory County

Cardiff East

Keys to Tulsa

Witch Way Love

Betrayal

The Revenge of the Woman in Black

Gun

Butch Camp

Sexing the Label

David Searching

David

Hollywood Confidential

Prince

Lovelife

Prince

Angel's Share

The Threepenny Opera