ABC takes Tyler laffer

CBS sweeps by NBC

'X-Files' tops 'ER' in syndies

'Net school offers film instruction

A&M duo back in biz

Motor City revs up for 'Swedish'

Post-Newsweek ups Frank

Downturn continues for local news

MPAA pledges to keep heat on piracy in Asia

Exec Shuffle

Pioneer org fetes Hall

Legit laffs least

Financial Briefs

NL posts 'Final' trailer online

Hollywood Video bows First label

Lagani new publisher at George mag

Warner wheels in Geary's 'Fortune'

Flextech goes global with Minotaur pickup

No 'Action' for Fox; ABC sked to shift laffers

Sony Japan to sell online

Warner Music ups Robinson

SFX shares plunge on analysts' estimates

Fox O&Os wed to 'Divorce'

Par bags Katz for TV series deal

Going for profits

Tubers talk China

Webb bio promises 'Just the Facts'

Bethel Leslie

Lagardere wants deal for Canal Sat before Jan.

'Early' exit at CBS

Inside moves

Davis booked to helm Sony's 'Travel Agent'

Players

Docs seek coin box

Legit helmer Ockrent dies in New York at 53

Honorees laud femmes

Stars 'Say' yes to Fox

Union rats out Mouse

Jerry Weiss

U Music goes Latino with Eritmo.com

The Argentine divide

O'Hara tunes up at Cartoon Network

Inside Move

NBC gives VP stripes to Smith, Pair

Superhero summit

Oscar taps Seligman

Crown wrestles deal for Goldberg saga

Comedienne Kahn, 57, dead of cancer

Netizens get free Platinum online

'Lowdown' on Woody

Armed robots battle on PPV

'Toy' keeps B.O. in toon

BAM will Weill away spring 2000

CTW ups Nussbaum

MTV telepix on track

Carmike slumps

Financial Briefs

Kilkenny tops Irish board

Live-action 'Tick' clicks

Dugan eyes 'Silverman'

Double duty for Berg with 'Truck,' 'Hostage'

Connery, Wonder among Clintons' guests

Veronica may part from CLT/Ufa pact

Scott set to helm 'Walk'

BBC America taps vet Barron veepee

Lifetime taps NBC's Langer

Shapiro is ESPN's 'Classic' choice

'Affair' has H'wood date

Sony hot for duo's 'White Out' pitch

Financial whiz kid's stock falls

It's 'gimme a break' time with H'w'd headlines

EM.TV wants bigger stake in TFC

Trimark online with Tai Seng

U names sr. VP for pay-per-view

World briefs

Players

Levy, Marcus join team at Stone Stanley

Dave gains on Jay

Lights out for UPN Albuquerque affil

Fight to take flight

Russian vids, pix toon up for holidays

Artisan buys 'Auteurs' by Par TV's Katz

Court TV greenlights bio, Hollywood crime skeins

Euros prize Pedro

Caucus kudos noms unveiled

'Gigolo' goes fishing

Murdoch gains Euro foothold

Project Angel Food drive nets $1 million

Telewest, Flextech in talks

Wall St. Journal adds book line

Exec Shuffle

A&E ups Dolan to docu Veepee

Playboy TV taps Hlade VP

EM.TV eyes global growth, ties to U.S.

World Briefs

C-W ups Coslow to VP

Mouse's Cooke to Getty

Viva the public

Fox Intl. TV ups Yen to veepee, finance

Fox News hits with 'Forum'

Femmes AMA faves

Sans 'Millionaire,' ABC bets on 'Morrie'

USA Films elevates Ostrow to exec veep of production

Dunst, Caan in 'Luckytown'

No Limit for Trimark

USA inks for 7 pix with MGM

Web tunes music to Bronfman's ears

'Billy' fills bill for New Line

Rupe boosts German TV

Canada's Nelvana inks deal with Germany's RTV

Inside Move

'Marie' merry but B'way iced

'Spike & Mike' upload toons online with IFilm

Cleese to co-create laffer for Alphabet

Doug Sahm

Gene Rayburn

New local direction

Rainbow buys into Salon

French exclusive

'Toy' joy, Bond blast

NARAS names lifetime honorees

Pax picking up after Peacock

E! taps Lee as VP of int'l development

'Martin' will make way for news on WCBS

Oshima hiatus over with 'Forbidden' pic

20th doesn't 'Forget' producer Harty

Cohen sells 'Cell'

Charlie Byrd

Euro-centric night

D-Day for Spielberg: Phoenix grabs 'Skull'

Lifetime oks femme police show

Buena Vista Television taps Cerio

Aussie plexer moving in on French scene

French helmers denounce attack on crix

ESPN hits homer

HBO, Garofalo near skein

Lawrence Cavanaugh

Deal's child's play

Sundance ch. to show fest

From WMA to IAM

Nets feeling cheery with Yule specs

Retro quizzer rolls at NBC

Hughes picks Foyo as prexy of satcaster Galaxy LatAm

Par to bring 'Sunshine' in

Seven f/x houses will share 'X-Men' duties

Julie Borchard

Jerome G. FitzGibbons

Philip Cohan

Byron F. Meyers

Optus denies sales rumors

French flix up, auds down

Monte Carlo appoints jury

News Corp. gives WebMD injection

Seventh Art picks up 'Friends'

Jockeying at gate

Players

Vet duo starting o'seas megaplex consultancy

U Studios Home Video boosts Hariton to CFO

Schumacher plucks Davis

Affleck evens 'The Score'

Lyne nears Fox thriller

Post Group, Panasonic form high-tech team

CTW readies 4 kids shows

Int'l co-prods nab largest share of Canuck Genies

Stephen J. Finfer

Angela Morton

Leigh M. Haikin

Brian McNeese

Charles Thomas

Alberto Bolet

'Ley' helmer claims sabotage by Imcine

Market turnaround?

Cabler caters to jet setters

World Briefs

Bruckheimer recognized as 'Top Gun' by Video Hall

Sue Mcinerney

Clapton, Raitt lead Hall class

Van Petten to head Producers Guild

CBS, Lion Bonding

WB Int'l TV ups Berger

Animated shocker

'Blair' pair to helm 'Love'

Anderson new Parade leader

Guilds have Spanish eyes

Musicians, ballet co. come to terms

Valerie Green

Lauren Fischer

Nicholas Morgan

Kurt Schneider

Elsie F. Samuelson

USA ups Shapiro to sr. VP

Shaw invests in OpenTV

McAleer tapped VP, creative, for Lifetime

News to revise Vox stake

'Mile' arrives at start line

Scott joins 2 for Times critic spot

Breslin lands title role in Disney 'Kid'

Newman, Walden new 20th TV prexys

Liza eyes tour, extension

Lisa Hackett

Tony Bates

Melissa Polaner

Jessica Stewart, Valerie Barkan,Nicholas Rinaldi

Nancy Ambrose

Kaufman's Tony Clifton legacy lives

Lam gets to next level: GameWorks sr. VP/CFO

MPA ups Rouse to Euro veep

Cisneros TV ups Moody

Entertaindom may go public soon

Scribes swing into ABC, UPN

NBC's Eck adds Pax role

Down a blind 'Ally'

Historic H'w'd lot sold to BA

Till ankles as UPI prexy

Exec Shuffle

Asian TV comeback

CDKnet to link with Asia Pioneer

Inside moves

'Swingers' duo has it 'Made'

'Safe' not safe, but 'Time' is given time

Rosenthal logs on to NL new media

U.K. gameshow revamped for U.S.

Welles bio highlights Humana play fest slate

Mexico serves as the land of Milk & Honey

'Matrix' puts WB Int'l over $1 bil for the year

Kids, nature & cash

White House preps V-chip promotion

Palm Springs fest taps Forman for helmer prize

Disney TV squeeze

No pix made, Fox-Icon shut

Bethea inks Viacom deal

Kudos kickoff

'Cider' presses another preem

USA spurs prod'n on new slate

Warner Village exits plex project on Cinecitta lot

Glamour hits the web

RTL, SAT 1 boost German TV

Cablevision, Adelphi pact

McHoul upped to Fox veep

Tessier calls for digital TV plan

Media Gen'l buys Spartan for $605 mil

Blue Sky for Richardson

'Diamonds' dazzles H'wood old, young

Sony, Spade dig turnaround pic 'Dirt'

Polonsky memorial

Santa and Pete

Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays With Morrie

Dennis Miller: The Millennium Special -- 1,000 Years, 100 Laughs, 10 Really Good Ones

The Journey of Allen Strange: Alien Vacation

Marie Christine

The Dinner Party

The Journey of Allen Strange: Alien Vacation

Dennis Miller: The Millennium Special --- 1,000 Years, 100 Laughs, 10 Really Good Ones

Santa and Pete

Marie Christine

Crashing Heaven

Forever Hollywood

Just Looking

If You Believe

Mr. Allen, Mr. Allen

Primus

Mad About the Boy: A 100th Birthday Celebration of the Timeless Words and Music of Sir Noel Coward

The Lady in Question

Cirque du Soleil: Quidam

In Search of Liberty Bell

Magnetic Fields

Counting Crows

A Season for Miracles

Witness Protection

A Holiday Romance

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

The Swan

Otherwise Engaged

Trudy Blue

Stuart Little

Hefner: Unauthorized

Switching Goals

Brotherhood of Murder

Minnelli on Minnelli