Exec Shuffle

NBC gets a head start

Frosh strips slip

'Crew' lands at D'Works

ABC's 'Right' places 3rd

Ill Velasco takes leave

China Ent. TV gets reprieve

World Briefs

Pitt joins 'Madness'; faux Oldman exposed

Hungry Sinclair eyes SF group

P.M. 'Springer' at No.1 in L.A. sweeps

Lopez directs career to KCBS

'Seamless' Seagal bow

Prime Time memories

Dead air

House Judiciary OKs copyright extension

Net Ten offers stalled

Mex film fires up

Former Pathe Studios Burn

Springer tops Winfrey for the first time

Fox Kids taps exec for Italian launch

Smith, Malkovich pact with Granada

'Drew' regular on indie pic

Olympics sweep Eye to easy win

CBS pulls 'Four,' sitcoms

Cattaneo, Col link on good 'Prospects'

TV news giant Friendly dies

Cinema Expo's Broccoli nod to Grazer

October inks output deal with Canada's Cineplex

Savage gets 'Message'

Grammys boost discs

Stars don 'Iron Mask' in Gotham

A&E catches 'Titanic' wave

'Titanic' embraced by Producers Guild

Par plans park/studio complex in Oz

AB buys into Gallic RTL9

DGA kudos for Coolidge

Biz bill of health

Schlieff, Burstein expand USA duties

Mutual sets 'Plan' for Minnesota

Hoffman to host TNT's 'WB Story'

Pack of stars for 'Cigarettes'

WNYC taps Heskel

Spielberg Stalker Convicted

Protest over Downey detail

Heat's off in Miami

Japan confronts TV violence

Cablevision finishes deal for N.Y., N.J. TCI systems

Disney stock gets socked

Grey counters Shandling suit

Mouse evicting SBS

Mediakabel gearing up to go digital

Friel boards Fox's 'Dream'

Pirates on the Web

Boris to write, direct 'Creature' feature

CFO Leger ankles Mutual

Out of the Cellar

Fox goes to the Matt

Oprah still at top nationally in Feb. sweeps

'Pathfinder' now on track

Paragon posts $9 mil loss

Business Briefs

On a Clear day you now can see More

Hytner to helm legit 'Night' in Gotham

Arnold to host eddies

Mediaset chief denies Murdoch sale rumors

World Briefs

Aspen comedy fest draws comics, exex

Nagano sweeps CBS to gold

DeVito outfit sets MCA Records pact

Fox to bow hour 'Police' series

Springer tops in L.A.

Weiswasser out, Miller in at Americast

Ferguson set at Horizon

ABC breaks Fox's kids win streak

Affleck bound for 'Glory'

'SNL's' Brooks show scores

Happy Bow in Italy

Packer op's profits soar in first half

Czech targets cable pirates

Twentieth Century Fox ups Panitch

BVHE jumps to Viva for Filipino distrib'n

U finally says yes to Dolby format

White House moons over HBO mini

'Seinfeld' beats N.Y. news

Turner to sell 'ER' time on both TNT and syndie

The 'Capeman' goeth

L.A. Phil sets 1998-99 slate

WB gains another UPN defector

KW exex to be honored

Trib granted extension on waiver

Paxson gets N.Y. TV foothold

TCI Satellite shareholders greenlight going public

ASC hands out awards

Laughing matters

Czech TV station to be probed

Murdoch and Mediaset makes sense to prince

ShoWest must go on

Staples Center taps Roth

Fuqua escapes 'Entrapment'

Exec Shuffle

'Titanic' hangs on to B.O. lead

The Ship Sails On

Sound mixer award given to 'Titanic'

Edwards to launch major building plan

UATC's Hall promoted to CEO

'Love' unites Hewitt, New Line

Perkins set for ABC pilot

Lee keynotes indie nods

AFI goes arthouse

E! 'News Daily' regains original length

MCA Music taps Petersen

Jinks/Cohen hatches 'Carrier'

Mediaset Ireland to handle TV rights

Fox arm nabs 'Giant'

Verdict vs. Stevens thrown out

Stone sets Turner docu

'Summer' battle heats up

Touchstone TV inks Lowell to $8 mil deal

ABC affil threatens to preempt series

Hollywood gives city Hope

Hollywood labor pains

ABC inks deal with Beals

Mandalay in talks with Par

Granada in talks with Lion

Ship's captain crowned

SAG honors 'Monty' cast

'Western' goes to New Yorker

Weissman, Delson are one

Bar fete set for Schulman

Mexican Sat Dance

Shochiku to report 1st loss in 25 years

Touchstone taps 'Tripod' rights

U inks O'Haver to pen, helm 'Archie'

The full Monty

Col Tristar TV ups House

Miramax ups Goldstein

'Spin Cycle' goes into overdrive

Bono: 'Ellen' too gay

SFX move rocks music biz

McAndrews new exec VP at ABC Sports

Tognazzi making English debut for HBO

Visa Flap In Canada

Beyond grabs Nine programs

Rush to Judgment

'Confidential' leads BAFTA noms

Disney Telefilms ups exex

MGM, Showtime re-up

Harden set for Fox's CBS pilot

Brokaw to host WWII spec for NBC

Clark, Wind-up wrap pact

Peacock falters on Friday

Buyers eye TNT 'ER' plan

Roadshow takes 'Furies' pitch for Punch project

Media freedom issues hit Hong Kong

Bonton takes stake in Czech film studio

Gellar, Brandy, Leto ink starring pic pacts

Mouse House ups Mehta

Guber's deal duo

Panel probes pic press

Emmis, Sinclair duke it out for USA's SF group

Kinski to make 'Plan' and join 'Sunshine'

Concentrated look

Nielsen flap in Albany

'Mononoke' wins Japan's best pic

Planet H'wood sets Times Square plans

TenPercenteries

Pretlow new 'Vibe' showrunner

LL Cool J dresses up for 'Halloween'

'Love and Death on L.I.' tops exclusives

World Briefs

'Titanic' towers o'seas

TCI's TyC pockets Pramer

CBS affil chief plans to stay on

TNT locks up deal for Houdini biopic

Atlantis bows talent unit

Disney must submit 'Home' documents

CGE grabs Havas, Dauzier out

Castle Rock ups Goodman

Marozas joins ICM in VP post

Inside Move

World Briefs

HIT finds a HOT spot for kids animation

Sony puts Lopez to Work on multi-album contract

NBC back in V-chip war

Schapiro ascends to exec VP of Live

Ticket takers pact

NBC well ahead of pack

Garland tops U's o'seas TV

TenPercentaries

Phoenician pins 'Needles'

Lloyd Bridges, acting patriarch, dead at 85

HBO nabs John-Joel tour dates

Leonie Rysanek, dead at 71

March in like lamb at Broadway B.O.

Sprockets kids fest sets public line up

USA adds originals to Saturday

Pub date moves up on McDougal book

Bertolucci starts telepic

Tide goes all out at Universal music

Anemic Seven profits prompt stock sell-off

Col's $12-mil 'Party'

Van Sant gets chores on Perry's helming bow

BVTV cancels 'Keenen'

Kennedy adds prexy title to George duties

Pittard lands Fox biz

Jane added to cast of MGM's 'Molly'

Todd Duncan dies at 95

Col Tristar TV ups Lebowitz to senior veepee

Richard C. Glouner dies at 66

Spanish-lingo leap

Premium channels hit Chile

Producers Ent. Group in deal to buy MediaWorks

Friedkin set to tell 'Truth'

'Casper' helps Harvey turn quarter profit

Trio of Spirit finalists named

'Dharma,' 'Spin' make ABC's cut

'Lateline' on target

Dog day afternoon

B.O., bills through roof

Allen takes lead in 'Sky'

Three's a crowd

BskyB finance chief Carrington dies

Exec Shuffle

De Souza rings in with 'Casino'

SBS revs up, profit predicted for 1998

Murch takes director chair

Flashpoint, Regent split 6-pack of pix

Peacock strips 'Naked' of slot

Oz signals change in cable rules

De Vito ready to 'Stretch'

Roberts, Smith nab twin b'busters

Reuther's Bel Air sets slate

Pick a Card

Elles

A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America

Hush

Elles

Pick a Card

Hush

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Brandon Teena Story

Hazelwood Jr. High

Finley Quaye

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

A Place Called Chiapas

Hazelwood Jr. High

Silencing Mary

The Brandon Teena Story

Finley Quaye

Comedian Harmonists

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure

That's Life

House Rules

Michael Crawford in Concert

Frank Lloyd Wright

Backstreet

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Didn't Do It for Love

Wait Until Dark

Global Divas

Link Wray

Space Monkeys

Milt Jackson Quartet

Dawn Upshaw; L.A. Philharmonic

Everest

Wide Awake

Global Divas

Link Wray

Milt Jackson Quartet

Space Monkeys

Everest

Wide Awake

I Know You Are But What Am I

Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place

Leaving

The Man in the Iron Mask

I Know You Are, but What Am I

Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place

Leaving

Cure