Table of Contents
Week of 09/17/2002

Articles

Fall Primetime Schedule 2002-03

 

Ken Rosene

 

U.K. government OKs BBC3

 

Fired exec sues Vivendi Deutschland

 

DeAplaneta forms feature, TV units

 

Players pay to fight piracy in India

 

German fund cashes up 25 titles

 

Tech-minded IBC stretches creatively

 

Victoria OKs studio

 

ABC rushes to victory with 'MNF'

 

Third 'Tour' for Klensch

 

Bush bags Gilbert meet

 

Manhattan Pics bites on 'Dentists'

 

Telepiu taps Rasini prexy; Rupe nears deal

 

'Minority Report' DVD two years in making

 

MSNBC taps vet journo Sullivan

 

Frog leaps to front

 

Lee makes short debut at New York film fest

 

Ent. Weekly exex shuffle

 

NFL drafts Bornstein for out-of-market deal

 

Cinesite 'Tomb' tied

 

Taipei co. puts exhib on block

 

Labels, AFTRA postpone talks

 

Viv U, Radio Free Virgin pact

 

Fandango expands with Buy.com

 

TDK licenses Kletzky to VP

 

Shot of 'Dr. Phil' cures syndie ills

 

Can the media really be fair in a Coulter climate?

 

'Sopranos' rubs out HBO's ratings records

 

County targets EIDC

 

Coin crunch hits 'Mortara'

 

Exec power turning sour

 

FCC: Anti-choice

 

'Oleander,' 'Frida' to open Mill Valley

 

LL Cool J takes 'SWAT' at pic

 

Latham laffs up comedy crown skein

 

Bonfire of vanities for reality skein

 

Fast Carrier steams ahead

 

20th TV tunes in vid helmer

 

Reyes signs with Morris

 

Nude scene banned by Islamist party

 

Gray finding her 'Public'

 

Pitch buy puts 'Fate' in Disney's hands

 

Olivia Rose Cox

 

Alexandra Carol Graves

 

Scribe finds 'Salvation'

 

Alcon features 'Pemberton'

 

Vet McEwen exits 'Early'

 

Good vibrations for McCartney, Wilson

 

Peterson spurs brouhaha over child actors

 

Mouse tries puck luck with 'Miracles'

 

Showbiz guilt-free about kiddies

 

HBO slate makes history

 

Comcast, AT&T get closer

 

Critical opinion poll

 

Ms Dynamite wins U.K.'s Mercury

 

Starski takes on EFA master class

 

Sogepaq bolsters sales force

 

Spain pay TV merger looms

 

U.K.'s Mill rejigs board

 

ITV hikes program budget 7%

 

Winterbottom pic to preem at London Film

 

ABC's freshman gamble pays off

 

Vid window to wonder

 

Helkon into Winchester

 

Tucker tapped as Crown veep

 

Redirection for 'Judy'

 

'Callar' gets BIFAs' call

 

Cliff Gorman

 

NEA fetes folkie with Heritage Award

 

At sea over piracy

 

Christians rock Top 30

 

Johnson news chief at WNBC

 

Stones to roll live on HBO

 

Grimond exits after Viv U merger fails

 

Rosie ends thorny G + J relationship

 

Inside Move: 9/11 PSA found lacking

 

U.S. rights to duo flow to Wellspring

 

Newmarket to wag tale of 'Whale'

 

Court conjures 'Potter' protection

 

U Pix ups 4 distrib exex to VP posts

 

Real deal streaming to AOL broadband

 

HK film forum fights off irrelevance

 

'Out' scores B'way run; a 'Long' look

 

Fox Kids unit sets ESPNI sales rep

 

F/x power relights senior exec lineup

 

Pollack nabs cheese

 

Bening flees 'Freaky' role

 

Eye sends invitation for 'Greek Wedding'

 

Par hunts down 'Prey' with Heffernan script

 

Winslet focused on 'Mind'

 

Verbinski pic to 'Ring' in H'wood Film Fest

 

PGA to fete 8 on diversity

 

Revolution hitches 'Ride'

 

Viv U makes bank shot

 

Disney preps martial arts 'Snow White'

 

Sanz takes three at Latin Grammys

 

The kid's in the cartoon

 

Nadelman nabs short nod in Perrier contest

 

Intel, McDonald's integrate 'Sims'

 

Bang up time for 'Banger'

 

Champions of H'wood

 

'Feathers' caps bow

 

'Dust Bowl' scribe set

 

NBC Studios VP exits post

 

Filardi gets Lawrence's 'Buck'

 

First day of 'Monsters' vid scares up $85 mil

 

Focus focus on '8 Women'

 

Jim's juiced for 'Lemony'

 

DMOD speeds tunes through prod'n

 

James Gregory

 

13 Blighty film exex visiting L.A. vortex

 

Fest sails on Silver Lake

 

Fox's 'Fastlane' passes competish

 

New chief for Russian net

 

LaWanda Page

 

Lolita Torres

 

S. African watchdog nixes regional nets

 

ABC spells out need for more coin

 

ZDF, TV2 pacting on news footage

 

'Padre' nabs B.O. crown in Mexico

 

Swedish TV prepares Yuletide delivery

 

Mar del Plata fest is in 'Possession'

 

HFS unloads a stake

 

'Brainstorm' sweeps

 

'Deeper' takes prize

 

Kirch coming apart

 

Minetta's with 'Morrie' in fall

 

Tony rules on 'Classics'

 

Rosie breaks in with tuner 'Taboo'

 

Celebs Basque in San Sebastian glow

 

ABC ups McNamara

 

'Week' squeaks by 'Face'

 

DOJ focused on EchoStar/DirecTV

 

SAG health benefits sag

 

AOL TW board meets, Case stays in place

 

SAG logs on with online submissions for kudos

 

Delinksy signs 3-book deal

 

Nix's in mix as Paradigm exec VP

 

VU pays for Marvel play

 

NRG research gurus tracking to sidelines

 

Bill sets drop-dead digital deadline

 

'Fastlane' for Fox

 

Davis OKs pic bill

 

'Rock' duo to rewrite Lion's 'Limits'

 

New wave reshaping Lakeshore

 

DA to EIDC: No public funds for lawyers

 

Roadshow sells S. Korea stake

 

ASC lifetime achievement: Butler did it

 

Palm Pix handed more coin

 

Valetta Press

 

William Phillips

 

William Schwartz

 

Tanjore Viswanathan

 

Wesley Naylor

 

Yiannis Gionakis

 

Rolf Fjelde

 

Dwight Whylie

 

NATPE bets on Vegas as home

 

Michael Chiklis

 

Mike Erwin

 

Chuck Tatham

 

Paul Pender

 

Standout standup sought

 

It's 'Bed'-time for Lions Gate

 

Hoblit digs RKO gig to helm, produce 'Rig'

 

Gere finds a 'Motive' for Splendid pic

 

Scribe nets Spidey gig

 

Lumet 'Set-Up' again

 

Trigger Street bets on the 'House'

 

WB on the 'Spot' with laffer hybrid

 

Political reality skein

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
September 20, 2002

 

Spain's anti-trust org OKs TV merger

 

Columbia goes intl. with contentious pic

 

'Survivor' 5 alive, thriving

 

Moroccan fest touts local production

 

El Deseo, MediaPro pact on TV, films

 

Digital cinemas open up more rev streams for U.S. fare

 

Industry seeks support for art pics

 

Auteurs divided over Mikhalkov's goals

 

Bada bing stings networks

 

Pre-sales add up to rosy ad pic for nets

 

Growing reign in Spain

 

No. 2 web's parent aids with cash

 

Live from Lima, 'Laura' airs under house arrest

 

CBS doctors doc-cop newsmag '48 Hours'

 

B.O. up; 'Tale' ends

 

Sydney skeds set

 

Boyett's first 'Dance'

 

Inside Move: Lagardere takes shot at Viv U's pubs

 

Inside Move: Dingell ships music hearing back to D.C.

 

Seers go from 'Buy! Buy!' to 'bye-bye'

 

Inside Move: Prod'n credit bill lost in Gulf of Mideast heat

 

Inside Move: Fourtou ups the ante in game for Cegetel

 

Stamford hosts 'Adult' tryout

 

Franchise Pix goes 'Ballistic' in H'wood

 

Spanish lesson

 

President rewards quality pix

 

B.O. shows only a few 'Signs' of life abroad

 

Dubbing biz goes modern

 

Almodovar opens Rio fest

 

Caine gets his Oscar run

 

Divine Dragon sets plexes

 

CBS pins its hopes on 'CSI' spinoff

 

Cablers creep up on ad revs

 

It's 'Big' on the continent

 

Steamy 'Bro' puts b'caster on top

 

PBS' fall sked returns to comfort of past

 

Can this merger be saved?

 

Old Turks covet quirky perks

 

Inside Move: Mouse does 'Monsters' mash

 

Inside Move: Col crawling with 'Spidey' scribes

 

Inside Move: Ouster bodes ill for Teuton studio's future

 

Boomers are goners as they hit TV's gray wall

 

H'wood's high on higher concepts

 

Carlotti gives DeAPlaneta muscle

 

Union flap may spur new road show map

 

Kennedy's expansion plans

 

Erratum

 

Stars pull off stunts

 

Let it be knighted

 

Emperor's new groove

 

Biz down; '42nd' 817g

 

'Barbershop' trims B.O. competish

 

Cablevision eyes bird in the hand

 

DGA moves on edited pix

 

Jones returns to Domain

 

Curtain finally at hand on SAG vote

 

Quebecor files Chagnon suit

 

Fox sees Sat. ayem toon swoon

 

Fox, Paul union will rule 'State'

 

Eldard lands 'Sand' lead

 

Inside Move: Warner opens window

 

Hyperion to pound pulp into pix

 

Jaffe in Lion's lair

 

Inside Move: Signpost shifts focus

 

Inside Move: 'CSI: Miami' snares Who

 

BSkyB snares Ch. 5's Airey

 

Singer takes 'Hack' reins

 

'Survivor' thriving in ratings

 

New Line vets on 'Road'

 

Lincoln Center tries on 'Ring'

 

No more time for Kirch

 

Crichton's new tack

 

Canuck union disrupts SAG plans

 

'Signs' shines brightly in Japan, Brazil, Spain

 

Microsoft taste: Rare stake

 

2002 Emmy winners -- Part II

 

Vidgamers to play field on Yahoo!

 

Seminar to assess digital

 

B'cast-cable repeats' defeat

 

Golden Star 'Go'-es to Yukisada pic

 

2002 Emmy winners -- Part III

 

Backstage at the Emmys

 

Tanya Giles

 

Kirsten Schaffer

 

Keith Hagan

 

Mark Lieber

 

Deborah K. Bradley

 

John Deushane

 

Paul Faulhaber

 

Ivy Mollenkamp

 

New opening for 'Kilborn'

 

Eye bumping 'Baby'

 

54th annual Emmy Awards winners

 

Mel driven by 'Passion'

 

Chiklis' win will have special effects on FX

 

NBC eyes Cablevision's Bravo

 

Kmetko is MIA on E! for Emmys

 

Channing's Emmy wait over

 

Pilots steer on course to victories

 

Cable's tables turned

 

Emmy's red carpet returns

 

Charting the Emmys

 

Emmys' new best 'Friends'

 

'Freak' wins Polish Golden Lions

 

Disney Channel to launch in Scandinavia

 

Pinewood's Grade 'not interested' in ITV

 

Emmys watched by 20 mil. Viewers

 

Johnson back to local Nine

 

U.K. misses mark at prix

 

Alleged Indian mobster linked to pix picked up

 

WE commits to tooner

 

Renacimeinto set to nab classics

 

Univision affil sees 60% increase

 

Spanish TV merger gets OK

 

Uptick for Emmy ratings

 

Argentinian Luppi to helm

 

Spanish duo pact to offer lab services

 

Mirza lensing Indian peace incidents

 

Milburn D. Smith

 

Viv E dumps prexy Messier

 

Coppola polishes 'Legend' for West

 

Woodstock attracts bizzers

 

O'Brien reports to WCBS position

 

Murray picked to play pope

 

DeVito won't do Mamet play

 

Zomba labels Lipari sr. VP

 

Bountiful Broadway

 

Army marches again

 

'Signs' sings o'seas

 

John C. Hammell

 

Ruling drives Paxson action

 

BMW inks for own sat net

 

IATSE seeks early talks

 

Movie filter firm blasts DGA charges

 

ESPN to launch Spanish counterpart

 

Disney huddle kindles questions

 

Robert J. Easter

 

Elliot Bernstein

 

Kaplan tunes in again

 

Bob Borod

 

Alfred Schweitzman

 

Bill Heitz

 

Marjorie Sutton Rothschild

 

Warner, RioPort put 30,000 tracks online

 

U.K. ticket sales slow

 

Screenvision ads to tally

 

Rialto appoints sales director

 

Rigas cable family falls

 

Norman Jolley

 

John S. Wilson

 

O'seas B.O. billionaire club

 

'Dr. Phil' stays healthy

 

Inside Move: NYFF has 'Ten' minus helmer

 

Ames AMPAS' screen site

 

USA spies 'Monk' for 2nd season

 

Cable clarity aids AOL TW debt picture

 

Viv U 'Rings' up new games

 

Palm Pix opening to technology

 

Jungle expands ' '70s' site

 

MTV taps student body with CTN buy

 

Emmy happy returns

 

Par reheats 'King Creole'

 

Bang-up bows in H'w'd

 

Emmy treats nominees to lunch

 

ABC bar-hopping

 

Lit rep Wright faces embezzlement rap

 

Film Office's U.K. soiree

 

Pearlee Toliver

 

Erma Franklin

 

Billy Reed

 

Walter L. Rubens

 

James Mitchell

 

Screaming for 'Retribution'

 

Ramon Garces

 

Cassavetes revs 'Ritchie'

 

Pas deux for Sony, Altman

 

Linklater linked to 'Rock'

 

Engel's slate is broadened

 

Reviews

Falcons

Letters in the Wind

Goldfish Game

Light Drops

Potestad

The Mountain Hawk

Oriume

Expecting

Women Without Wings

Mapmaker

Bay of Love and Sorrows

Mr. Rookie

Lily Festival

Cat's Cradle

Do Over

John Doe

In America

The Secret Lives of Dentists

Sky. Plane. Girl.

A Tale Of A Naughty Girl

Adolphe

On the Run, An Amazing Couple, After Life

The Kite

Whale Rider

What I Like About You

Much Ado About Nothing