Table of Contents
Week of 06/18/1997

Articles

80/10 rule no guarantee of film success

 

Tator quits KTLA news slot

 

Haimovitz takes KW helm

 

Foes of SAG pact grow more vocal

 

EU reworks pubcaster lingo

 

'MTV Movie Awards' see ratings jump

 

Republicans tighten noose around NEA

 

Fox captures 2nd animals spec

 

Shephard ankling ABC

 

USA Net top among cablers

 

Optus Vision chief ankles

 

PBS to house 'Wimzies' in U.S. this fall

 

Finland Ch. 4 in signing spree

 

World News

 

London calling WMA exex

 

Canal+ Horizons' Tasca quits to focus on politics

 

Call issued to cancel Moscow fest

 

Fast start for Italo B.O.

 

Danes reject U.S. kids nets

 

Taormina returns to summer slot

 

Mexicans protest 'death' of cinema

 

Disney Channel gets 'Muppets'

 

HBO Pix sets 'King' cast

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Gersh taps Wuliger as VP

 

Asian fare on menu

 

Short fiction films focus of tonight's UCLA event

 

With Street's help, TCI gains key stock

 

Stone in for Fager at AMC

 

Paybox boom buoys Sogecable

 

Real Live synergy

 

Corrections

 

Sony sets Metreon on sites

 

Analog cutoff bill blocked

 

'Steel Pier' dismantling

 

NBC Ent. ups McCrory to VP

 

McGinley set in 'Flypaper'

 

NBC hoops it up again

 

Kitt tills Lee's 40 Acres

 

B'casters get reprieve

 

Gosnell tapped APA prexy

 

Benefit rub stalls SAG-AFTRA merger

 

DeBont won't helm 'Zero Hour'

 

'Golddiggaz' scripters ink pic deal with U

 

Report, Internet site inspire 'Babylon 5' calls

 

EC flashes cash at Euro distribs

 

Agoglia ankling NBC

 

BSkyB chief Chisholm hits the trail

 

McElwaine/Hayes up Creek

 

NBC strikes star Gorham from 'Union'

 

Zemeckis, Rapke wrap up DreamWorks deal

 

Stars pick spec, pic noms over series kudos

 

Cannes'd memories

 

Barney's hoofing it to media meet

 

Gay-baiting suit filed

 

NBC taps Marie for 'Union' role

 

Studio teacher rule disputed

 

Thomas eyes 'Affair'; Daniels in 'Martian'

 

Frudenfeld upped at BV

 

PRO TV wins bid for Slovak station

 

PerfecTV eyes summer subs

 

Giffoni sets titles for fest

 

Gallic quota at risk

 

Accion takes sports to Philippines

 

German weblets win bigger share of TV ad coin

 

Donald Horton Kelly

 

Michael O'Herlihy

 

Francine Kuney

 

Aaron (Red) Doff

 

Hal DeWindt

 

Court TV's Cochran to interview Cosby

 

Western stars to get Boots

 

Lifetime, AFI team for fest

 

TV Azteca denies rift rumors

 

BV homevid ups Koch

 

ABN towing New Line

 

Westinghouse revamps industrial spinoff plans

 

Hassanein sues Warner Bros

 

Oz Odyssey sets Bravo supply deal

 

Taffner, Beyond ink pact

 

Nelvana pushes films

 

Variety biz expo on the move in Oz

 

Premiere pay TV topper ankles

 

Sogecable, paybox Lobby for $11 mil pact

 

Fest fracas in Montreal

 

Corrections

 

ESPN and Olbermann part ways

 

Tax debt leads to Circle closing

 

MGM, UA up Relyea

 

KTTV sweeps all in demos

 

'Oprah' shot puts Carlisle in top spot

 

Keenen inks Par TV deal

 

Midler moves to Endeavor

 

Brook eyed for Agoglia post

 

Col TriStar TV may make latenight Salley

 

Cable upfront healthy

 

Fox Searchlight taps DeLoach

 

Sony, Cineplex mull merger

 

Berry faces music, closes EMI, Enclave

 

King World, Streisand talk TV pact

 

BSkyB is falling

 

German 'Conversation' has Berlin auds buzzing

 

Malick toes 'Line' remake

 

Paul cutting bigger piece of 'Pie'

 

Colpix has 'Party' for Kaplan, Elfont

 

Braga inks at Par TV

 

Pacific planning Bakersfield plex

 

Hughes tops Oz pic fund

 

Joel Tappis

 

Richard Jaeckel

 

Jay Ziskin

 

Brook, Petry get new titles at Peacock

 

Univision snags first Edward R. Murrow Award

 

Icahn the Marvel man

 

Reeves eyes 'Matrix'

 

ESPN anchor Olbermann on vacation

 

Gibson finds 'Parker' spot

 

DiCaprio moves into 'Room'

 

IFP fetes thesp Kline, scribe Jhabvala

 

Hollywood Specacular plan unveiled

 

New player pushes to enter Hungary's telecom market

 

B'casters get Gored

 

German paybox Premiere picks pix

 

Phase One buys 'Farm' thriller

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Engineering Emmys awarded

 

Aviv tapped sr. VP at Buena Vista

 

Cisneros TV Group completes buy of Imagen Satelital

 

ABC stages 'Cinderella'

 

Eye web taps Broyles veep

 

Baer, Siegel to top BGE pix division

 

'Batman' brings back old colors

 

Par ups Anderson to sr.VP

 

KCET gets funds for live 'Live'

 

BET on Jazz set for Stuttgart '97

 

Czech fest on satellite

 

H'w'd involved with Hong Kong handover

 

Roseanne lands NBC O&O deals

 

U.S. TV deals boom in U.K.

 

'Sylvia' to bark onscreen

 

'Hercules' looks hefty

 

'Wedding' rattles Bat cage

 

Sportschannel stakes sold

 

'Hogan's' Germany's TV hero

 

HK has lovely parting gifts

 

'Cats' laps up success with strut down B'way

 

'Tromeo' triumphs in Rome

 

Amalou opts for 'Plan B'

 

Showtime unveils new look

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Births

 

Par inking Mandel deals

 

Big ad boom seen for Japanese TV by 2005

 

Argentina cabler expanding

 

'Peace' in Hong Kong

 

Screen Works plans 15 U.K. plexes

 

World throngs to 'World'

 

Chan fete set for H.K.

 

Pirates jailed in Costa Rica

 

Gallic MKL partners part ways

 

CGT acquires Imagen

 

Lawrence Payton

 

Vittorio Mussolini

 

Bobby Helms

 

George E. Mather

 

Robert G. Hussong

 

Elizabeth McBride

 

Irwin Pizor

 

Pat Collins

 

Planet H'wood PR boosts 2

 

Jones Ent. plans docu film 'Genius' with A&E

 

Trimark vid unit taps Jones VP

 

Hitched

 

Harvey Ent. wins suit vs. ex-director

 

Court lets Icahn take Marvel

 

EMI stops spinning

 

Kirch Group '96 losses seen deepening in '97

 

Olyphant ready to 'Scream'

 

Two pics in 'Cards' for scribe Taylor

 

Luner, Ashby joining 'Melrose Place' cast

 

Scripps Howard, ABC draw 'Line'

 

Hawn spawn sets pic bow

 

King to helm Disney telefilm

 

H'w'd software hot

 

Murdoch, Packer pact on Australis

 

Corrections

 

Clooney in talks over WB's 'West'

 

Gingrich will block content bills

 

Permut lands Shames novel

 

Cineplex confirms Sony talks

 

Astaire clips OK'd

 

De-lovely De-'Little Things'

 

'Rabbit' redux revving up

 

Kubrick pic in home stretch

 

MSNBC woos Olbermann

 

Fountain of youth comes to cable

 

The rise and demise of David the Didactic

 

Dunaway in a 'Class' by herself

 

Short Takes

 

Tenpercenteries

 

New Line boosts bunch of exex

 

Bell exits Encore for TV Museum VP post

 

BSkyB wins $123 mil digital exit package

 

Ad$ spur News, Liberty to team on sports nets

 

Germany's ProSieben sets its share price

 

Douglas, Davis talking 'Murder'

 

Advance screenings for 'Men in Black'

 

'Ricki Lake' going on celebrity diet

 

Sci-Fi picks up U TV's 'Sliders'

 

KNBC veeps Bauer-Gonzalez

 

Peacock web taps Wallace for VP post

 

Kabak ankles ICM for WMA

 

Par says yes to Noto

 

Fox gets right to 'The Point' pitch

 

4 kids series top PBS lineup

 

Showtime aims at July for 'Gun'

 

Schiff to make 'Impact'

 

Burrows in indie double deal

 

Geffen sets play lineup

 

Katzenberg wins round vs. Disney

 

Walden has dramatic rise at Fox TV

 

Brogliatti in new WB post

 

Reed snaps up Disney trade mags

 

German digital truce

 

Mandel spins solo 'Dream'

 

Tarses teeters at ABC

 

Bulls bite syndies

 

Vibe sponsors black pic fest

 

Universal pinkslips tech support staffers

 

Kramer in for Lucy confab

 

Sitcoms lead syndie sweep

 

Ad spending looking better

 

Cableurope joins digital race

 

Mexico to auction bulk of sat interests

 

Russian TV channels face cutbacks

 

Dunaway's perf first-'Class'

 

Reviews

Decline and Fall

Morphic Resonance

Up the Mountain

Up the Mountain

Mules

Living in Peril

The Four Lives of Marie

The Ruling Class

Fairy Tales

Always

Speed 2: Cruise Control

My Best Friend's Wedding

Crack 6-T

Company

When Cuba Opens Up

HEART AND SOUL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANK LOESSER (In His Own Words)

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Snake Skin Jacket

My Night with Reg

Clean

Life is a Bluff

Thank God He Met Lizzie

A, B, C … Manhattan

Loved

Face/Off

Men In Black

Men in Black

Dobermann

The Garden of Redemption

Shooting Porn

Some Prefer Cake

Violet's Visit

Seeking the Genesis

Jest a Second!

Forever Tango

Cooley High

The Game of Love and Chance

Fab!

Dare Not Speak Its Name

Singer's Boy

The Wandering Whore

The Wandering Whore

Bernadette Peters



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