Gregory's 'Times' moves forward

CBS Saturday turns to toons

Reynolds, Meaney set to brave Kelley's 'Alaska'

San Diego affiliate threatens to ax UPN

Indie Colony forms

Back on the beat

Foreign films' Oscar ouster riles distribs

Bowles distrib'n prez for Shooting Gallery

Fiennes frere joins 'Shakespeare' cast

America Online planning German push

Channel 5 tunes in BV

Sogetel sets plans to push newcomers

Lane joins Lion drama 'Sight'

U.S. fare falls as local pix top Italo B.O.

Thornton taps into 'Power and Light'

'60 Minutes' clocks first ratings climb in 6 years

Centropolis takes 'Floor'

Studio Report Card: Miramax

Ewart G. Abner Jr. dies at 74

Syndie 'Sein'-post

Ovitz-Geffen truce?

Sources say ICM close to swiping key agent from rival

Dion dumps Brooks

Boffo Arista Year

Lin shareholders OK sale

Pisano joins MGM's board

TV's digital dilemma: Who's ready to buy?

Spacey dreams of playing Darin

Rogers halves first quarter losses

Kaufman on Forman card

Red Sky has foreign accent

WB gets 'Life' for Cage & Co.

Studio Report Card: Universal

Pic vet Johnson inks Eye web deal

CNN unveils revised programming lineup

USC kudo to 'Confidential'

SNL vet Macdonald slams NBC chief while guesting on 'Letterman'

Americans cable up in '97; Big Four slip

Amazon.com 'store' closed by technical problems

Grazer earns publicists' kudo

'Seven'-11 combo puts Eye on top

Studio Report Card: New Line

Miami preems five

TV newcomer takes reins of Argentina's Multicanal

9 injured at taping of 'Vibe'

ABC, FOX order new series

'Road' leads to Polygram

Ellin to pen, helm Interscope's 'Kid'

Col Records ups Botwin, Ingrassia

Sci-Fi, USA snare MGM pix

That's entertainment on CNBC weekends

'Hearts' bringing Ford, Pollack back together

Fox Int'l ups Bossiere

Arab celebs come to aid of Iraqis

Cablers reap major coin in AT&T deal

Brandmeier, CBS in radio pact

Bart addresses UCLA confab

EchoStar goes local

White House issues call vs. media consolidation

4 exex form 'Squares' core team

PBS, WB ink distrib pact

Zimbert jumps back in Creek

Sony sets new global B.O. record in '97

USA, Grosso-Jacobson bringing Clark to tube

'Springer' hot in syndie cold spell

Oscar Watch

Studio Report Card: MGM

Maltin to teach USC film class

Nicholson eyeing MGM pic 'Julip'

Endemol into Italy

Oscared pair eyeing 'Magic'

'World' moves to Boston

Arnold ups Simon to development VP

DVD hitting jackpot

'Apostle' tops Spirit noms

National Film Service shuttering

AFTRA fills open seats on board

Scribes offer sitcom tips

Besson guides 'Joan'

British spends big to hype digital TV

New Line shuffle continues

Gillespie to helm 'Detox'

MTV has day in court as Cronin feud opens

'Zorro' ending to stay

Pixar getting out of interactive business

Panasonic Taps Lobbyist Fannon

Surprises mark Russia legit nods

WGA brings in mediator

Group designing broad standards for DVD audio

The pic that won't sink

Live Entertainment ups Laycheck, Ellenburg

Lensers to honor documaker Maysles

MovieFone signals busy holiday usage

Balaban buys rights to Fowles' 'Martin'

Box brawl at tech confab

B'way churns while B.O. burns

Hitched

Variety.com launches on the Web

Hollywood Pix snares 'Kiler'

Casey Affleck joins indie pair

Vitale out, Ordesky up at Fine Line

Spanish radio tops in L.A.

People's Choice: 'ER' and 'Seinfeld' -- again

Matsushita bows mini DVD player

Mexico adds cable licenses

Variety bows web site

Studion Report Card: DreamWorks

Winant cooks pack of pilots

AMC, Sony ink pact for 1,700 SDDS units

Seinfeld could use a visit to the ER

Fox to fly high in Feb.

'Herc' hits ABC ayem

Happy B.O. New Year

Treves chairs Channel 4

Rourke tops TNT 'Stand-Up'

Studio up for sale

'Firestorm' heats up L.A.

FCC panelist backs HDTV pass-through for cablers

Team owner tackling legit

Blair going 'full monty'

UA sets laffer for Yeoh

Acad names shortlist for effects Oscar noms

RTL topper sets '99 exit

Studio Report Card: Fox Searchlight

Studio Report Card: PolyGram/Gramercy

Laudadio firm atop next Venice fest

Tune town topper

HBO goes for drama with 'The Sopranos'

Fest springs back

The other Great White

Hankey panky denied

Hooray for Hollywood

Casting couch gets high-tech touch

Studio report card: October

Clarence W. Sheiffele, 76

Locations expo sets dates

Abe Haberman, 88

Births

TBS Intl. ups Barry

Paxson brands its stations

Exclusives winner: 'Oscar'

CBS intercepts NFL

Slamdance mixes 'Yellow'

BV leads Teutonic charge

Scripps to Do-it with cabler

McClain vs. FCC on broadcast regs

Saban brings Boz inhouse

Acad's Bonner Medal set for f/x expert Clark

'Seinfeld,' 'Order' top WGA field

HBO picks up 11 features from Overseas Filmgroup

Elizabeth Frazer, 83

Mickey Feeley dies

Sandy McPeak, dead at 62

Stanford Zucker, 95

The King lives

Studio report card: Indies

Fox computes kidvid midseason makeover

Pollack, Eye fall in

Newcomers can't slow up 'Titanic'

U, Simonds bake pact for 4 years

TenPercenteries

'Kids' gets darndest ratings

ShoWest shows good will to thesp Damon

Ruiz ankles KTLA post

Schwarzenegger ankles ICM

Studio report card: Sony Classics

Vocalist John Gary dead at 65

Frank J. Downey dead at 92

Clyde Wallichs, 80

Viacom Prods. ups Klein to senior veep

Imax rides 'Titanic' wave

Hamsher, Murphy bow Delinquent Records

Branagh nabbed by 'Alien' trio

AFI sees a Silver lining

'Wayans,' 'Vibe' eye soph seshs

Globes adds presenters

Fox Family minus one: Leon ankles

Connery traps Zeta-Jones for next pic

Kermit Goell, 82

Daniel Martin Bresler, dead at 75

Ratings laff riot

MPAA Ratings

Kids' WB adds four skeins

ITV airs new plan to recover ratings

From foes to allies?

World Briefs

A3TV eyes feevee, o'seas biz

Boxing fuels 16% rise in PPV homes

Disney biz door opens for Gates

Merchant Ivory pix feted

Rather in on Olympic bow

Zucker Touchstone's 'Miracles' worker

Inside Moves

'Titanic' conquers Euro B.O.

TV sudser scandal

WB, Telemundo team up on mag

Dimension grabs 'Hook'

CCI spawns Goodspot title firm

'Minutes' scoops nets on Spanish-lingo captioning

Paul joins Gipson, Hoffman, Pancione

Freedom bids $170 mil for 2 Granite stations

Breathed's 'Ranger' at Fox Family

Fox Kids Net gets show of support from exex

Variety ups Cox, Hindes

Figgis giving Col 1st look

U, RKO greenlight 'Doubt' redux

Mouse picks up pigskin

Night for knights who once said nee

Luis Meza

Peter Chan

Telefe, SBT ink int'l TV distrib'n deal

Cinepix Film morphs into Lions Gate Ent.

Lester Kaufman, 64

Top Florida promoter quits

RAI fixes on pix

Judge drops 'Air ' suit

Reprogramming cable

Litto lines up ¼-bil

Taylor to be given SAG's lifetime nod

Daly, Semel to share award

Peacock benches 'Jenny'

Massive HSN cash infusions

Intermedia, Mirage set 2

Martin Sulik

Janos Szasz

Kasi Lemmons

Beatty's 'Bulworth' could stir controversy

Brits packing the hardtops

TV Azteca lands 75% of La Red

Goldwyn gilding 1st release

CNN taps new heads of Int'l, Espanol

Allen 'Home'-bound for one more year

6 NBC O&Os go 'Extra' mile, reup thru 2000

Sony Music ups Yarbrough

Sundance sets exex

Peacock rules ratings roost

Fox Newman Stage bows

Helmers' class of '97 update

Katja Von Garnier

Greg Mottola

TENPERCENTERIES

Oz's Southern Star eyes Euro market; taps Phillips

Bond, boat steer Oz B.O. to record

Bernard Girard, dead at 79

Wolf snags PGA prize

James K. Shimokawa, 89

Cable surges to ratings record

Owen Bradley, 82

Bill Anderson, dead at 86

Vincent upped to 20th Sr. VP

Sony pulls into Salles' 'Station'

'Boxer' kayos preemgoers

Fraser, Hale set for Pentafour's 'Sinbad'

Inside Moves

Weiner joins DDA MediaTek

Surging 'Springer' even with 'Oprah'

WB Int'l TV ups Byles to Sr. VP

CBS hard on news

Alain Berliner

Shane Meadows

Pal Sletaune

Helmers to Watch

Joe Henderson

Firestorm

Hard Rain

Fallen

Star Kid

I Married A Strange Person

Motel Cactus

Scars

In The Name of the Innocent

Little Book of Love

So Long

Dharma Blues

Two for Texas

Prey

The School for Scandal

Little Eyolf

Slava's Snowshow

Mystery School

Morning Glories

Firestorm

Hard Rain - 'Rain' Bogged Down by Leaky Storyline

Fallen

Three Men and a Leg

I Married a Strange Person

Motel Cactus

Little Book of Love

So Long

Open Your Eyes

Three Men and a Leg

The Revengers' Comedies

Dianne Reeves

Neat

Private Lives

Neat