Boffo start for ABC's 'Lost'

France's audiovisual spending up

Oz's first antipiracy case on docket

Oz Labor to defer decision on 4th net

Rupe, Zee play hard ball

More turnover at 'McEnroe'

Wisk to stir up TiVo

EBay joins online music biz fray

Intelsat zooms out of Galaxy

MLB enters download game

Stringer set at Sony BMG

Robert Weide

Dan O'Bannon

Miramax ax lowered

Weekend warriors

Study: Media credibility taking a hit

Zulu 'Yesterday' has Oscar aspirations

KDG pulls cable bid

Constantin picks non-pro for CFO

Budget for French culture on the rise

Berlin Film Fest calls for more

Feevee on the rise in Mexico

Phoenix, BPBS take to the air

Mouse House channel scores new platform

Algeria garners first localized gamer

Stockholm to fete Solondz

Frank serves as 'Lookout' for D'works

Labor deal gets sealed

ABC, Eye have quite some night

Weekend box office preview
September 24, 2004

IFTA taps executive committee, board

Hartnett's home is at CAA

'Shark' rips into Oz B.O.

Thesps set to populate zombie pic

Peacock puts 'Loser' on Tuesday docket

Peacock in political seat

Election collection

Van's the man for BMI honor

Univision gives kudos

Telemundo taps vet Zel

WPIX primetime switches to Sat. sitcoms

Linney in line for 'Exorcism'

Gauthier game for post as GSN program VP

Selling sporting life

Will he be back?

Sony's Lion plan clears up

Studios shifting release dates

Producer pair prep 3

Lion gambles on third Vegas-set project

'Sea' to shining 'Sea'

New Spanish shingle launches

Mackey joins Fortissimo

Blackstone buys Blighty exhib

De Mol snags football rights

CBS rolls on opening Thursday

Deals and kudos in San Sebastian

Lawrence P. Bachmann

Margaret Kelly

Jerry Turner

Hank Schloss

Mowbray Berkeley

Skeeter Davis

Kimberly Pauli

Azteca banks on 6% ad sales hike

Actors' Gang goes to the edge

Las Vegas deals for top tuners

Producers Four: Bumper crop features American originals

Singles go steady

Christmas forever

Disney unlocks its trunk of titles

The witching hour

Webheads go for the jugular

In shaping TV Image, Kerry not in Bush league

Sogecable strikes upscale pix pact

All eyes are on Rather's future

Frog leaps for sydication revenues

Prime minister turns 'Eyes' to TV bio

Marketers vie for pic promo ops

Hitler hit causes stir

Media deaths in Iraq mount

Discovery finds new market for channels

Three's a wow for island biz

War pix tap nation's chip on the shoulder

Dyke's digs at BBC could cost him dearly

NFL scores with auds

Saban bashes pubcasters in primetime

Italy finally falls prey to 'Spidey' spell

Biz drops; 'Lion King' $1.3 mil in Boston

B.O. off; 'Wicked' $1.2 mil

Lange 'Menagerie' headed to B'way

Cash sings again

Leigh-ding the way

Melbourne stage mixes it up in 2005

Strapping on skates

West End 'White' hot

Zulu AIDS features draws award, tix sales

Oz filming gets back in swing

Fest uncovers hot docs

Sales strong for unique nonfiction

Brits take credit where it's due

Inside Move: We the papal

Inside Move: IPO: inherently perplexing offer

Inside Move: Rabbit ears

Catching up with. . .

Merger mavens build fresh fiefdoms

Inside Move: Soldiering on

Inside Move: Leaner Lion

Inside Move: Indecent proposal

Inside Move: That's a wrap

Inside Move: Harvey's housekeeping

Barry Meyer's model-T plan

CBS Sports' 'Quest' to resume

Memory serves

Forbes' 400 richest list boots off Eisner

Redstone inks Chinese partnerships

Senator out of bankruptcy

Bootleg law struck down

Drivers put pact in gear

Tony touts new rules and Honors recipients

'Anthem' rocks vote

'Turtles' tops San Sebastian

'Fear Factor' down 20% in off-net syndie debut

CBS makes case with surging 'CSI'

Wolf lawyers up for 'Trial' spinoff

Rin Tin Tin fetches pic deal

Blackstone changes reels, eyes Cine-U.K.

'Cat' nicks roadshow

Fortissimo taps Mackey

De Mol kicks off venture with soccer

Notro banner to distribute arthouse pix

Bizzers bid for soccer team

Fox pumped oilman's fortune

Extended 'King' wings to DVD in time for Xmas

New lineup card at Touchstone TV

Diane Farr

Maria Conchita Alonso

Valerie Azlynn

Cablevision exec trio ankle amid SEC probe

Thesp's dressed up

O'seas auds still take to 'Village'

Agnieszka Holland: The future of cinema

Holland broods over state of cinema

Eye's Carr plots new direction

Russert rustles up Sun. auds

Akimbo cuts deals

Life's a beach for TV duo

Par reunites 'Job' crew

Full house deals Vegas poker pic

FX crosses to 'Sunny' side of the street

'Boston' vet scripts plans with 20th TV

Paternal instincts

Comden races to 'Amazing'

Five Windows open to genre remakes

Cantore back to MTV Latam

Thesp loses 'Memory' for Frog net

'Minutes' holds Iraq piece

Shingle to target Latinos

'Huckabees' riffs on preem being

Showbiz antes up

'Machinist' sputters to life

Allen jokes away Spanish kudos

'Bend' turns the corner

U.K. rallies for ace boy

Night 'Out'

AFTRA, Mexican union ally

'Groo' going to movies

Flanders tunes tributes

Fresh angles

Film London helps filmmakers

Free-wheeling director leads new London auteurs

Eastern philosophy

Market force

Sets and the city

Capital line-up

Landmark case

BFI awaits its flagship

Making a splash

The Hollywood effect

West End putting on a song and dance

Hospital's unorthodox prescription

Tastes of the season

Live and kicking

London's hottest venues

Abbey Road changes tack

The perfect pitch

UK Post's challenge

L.A. Roadshow hits London

Off the beaten track

Class act matures

London: What's missing?

Jay giving way to Conan

'Home' sweet for ABC

Lyn Thomas Holl

Publishers: Embargo violates free speech

H'wd in festive mood

Importer case goes on docket

Sony BMG sets vets

Report predicts slowing B.O. growth

ABC wins by keeping it real

Newsies all over presidential debate

Lumina taps sales topper

Disney pumps Hong Kong park

Sowerbutts ankles Channel 4

Carving up cable

Davis family says goodbye and hello

Preeming duo help B'way bounce back

'Shar' spurs o'seas B.O.

Lions Gate locks in docs

FX banking on Bocaccio for projects

NBC's 'Pauley' downgraded

Next action hero for CAA

Authors to read for Kerry

Dimension rings in 'Adrift'

Israel film fest to bow Oct. 14

Star is Fine with critic

Horror scribe digging into Par's 'Sematary'

Tribeca theater taps six

3 ESPN execs expand briefs

ContentFilm in coin pact

Telefonica out of Pearson

Bold finds 'First' partner

Eye laffers held again

Conlon heads to L.A. Opera

'Highlander' makes the Hollywood rounds

Col makes a 'Switch'

MTV loads up with 'Punk'd'

'Freaks' father getting the 'Girl'

'Albert' disc drive

'Inside' finds a leading man

USA unwraps 'Christmas'

Southpaw slate gets 'Rush' job

Par's boarding 'Starship' comedy

'Less' really means more

Fox loves the Ladies

Screening opens up 'Diaries'

True to their scool

U spreads 'Sunshine' for DVD launch

Fox heralds its 'Daughter'

Norton honored in big Way

Hot Docs In Iceland

'CSI: Miami,' football top Monday

Swisscom buys into CT Cinetrade

Cedar's 'Campfire' lights up Ophirs

Food to reheat 'Iron Chef'

E!'s 'Dr.' makes a return

Montreal fest reveals lineup, ignores rival

Mouse rebels beat a retreat

Solon calls for hearing on TV news

News Corp.'s atop Sky Italia

Rooms with a view

BSkyB seeks a Brit boost via DVR tech

Emmis sees bounce in 2nd-qtr. revenue

'Murder' they wrote

A mixed bag for biz

Tube takes a bath

PGA wants credit only where credit is due

Dopey times give scribes cause to be grumpy

Francoise Sagan

Frederick F. Kunkel

Plainly, 'Jane' troubled

Fox News beats all rivals

Basic cable up, networks steady in Q3

Deal lets Euro Disney avoid bankruptcy

MTV cues Eng for sr. VP

Shepard picks 'Number' role

'Ugly Betty' getting ABC makeover

Navy Yard sails with Brooks

Lions Gate to raise coin to trim debt

Rush joins Crowe in 'Eucalyptus' grove

New Par czar pumps up pix

Pair planning Better Life for cable

Lions Gate gets 'Love'

Film fest bookends preems

A brotherly feeling

Muller's first edition affirms Venice job

Germany gets into AXN

19 lures BBC series chief

'Apprentice' clone fired

Schoolteacher loses docu suit

'Outfoxed' goes down to Gaul

Thrush plays gay mom in laff skein

Anytime is good for Zimbulis

Head of the 'Class'

Vitti ready to dine with D'Works 'Schmucks'

U.S. publisher settles suit over 'Wimoweh' coin

Courting trouble

Alphabet plays 'Baby' sitter on classic chiller

Col crowns 'King's' woman

Cosby book graduates to laffer skein

A misfire for 'Canon'

A rear view of Oscar

Alonso tops Venezuela pic

Cinecitta buys rival Roma Studios

BET laffer awards a family affair

Spanish gov't doubles subsidy fund

Nordic Doc Prize Shared

Returnees shine on Tuesday

ARD TV will pull journos out of Iraq

Avila buys America for $17 mill

'Father,' 'Rocket' take docu prize

Omnilab buys toon shop Ambience

Athayde ankles SBT

Celestial movies launch in hotels

MGM Channel will bow on Auna

Bavaria set for global 'Surprise'

Hindi-, Tamil-lingo Hungama bows

Tamil bizzers go on one-day strike

Fox onboard for cruise of Latin 'Sea'

Kirch to appeal U.S. dismissal of case

Liberty, Zone build Latam reality

High hopes for Popkomm relaunch

Teuton feed to fund Fox

Foxtel fills up on U.S. tube fare

Tim Choate

'Shanghai Story' rules Roosters

Frog hops with McG, Braxton

2929 distrib to count on Askin

Presidential debates delay theater opening

Biz's political pulse racing

'Idiot' looks sharp

HBO's 'Rome' skein expands its empire

Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Bates and Jane Alexander

Eye has it for week

Lippin ups Mesger to sr. VP

Vincent Cassel

Donnie Wahlberg

WMG incubator adds head

Warners pump pix

WB, Columbus sail with 'Enchanted'

BevHills firm adds two legal eagles

Wright buys major stake in Portman

Healing black Eye

New yakker Banks on youth appeal

NBC flushes 'Men's Room'

WB's 'Baby' bids for kudos

Green library to Echo Bridge

'Kinsey' kicking off Chi fest

Frog leaps for more 'Jack & Bobby'

Iger: Deal with Pixar is unlikely

Try another day

Wellspring crowns 'Kings'

Stewart prison stint to be Cupcake walk

Sean Black

Steven Menkin

Angela Bradley

Andrew Darrow

Eric Sherman

Raul de Quesada

Noel Gladstone

Chris Circosta

Robert Schneiger

Frank DeRose

Phil Blume

Harden in heartwarmer

Starry fish 'Tale'

Legit crowd plays at charades

Scribe tribe toasts Gore tome on D.C.

'Law' of the land

Tuner parts opening sea

Back on the prowl

Standup guy Riggle wiggles onto 'SNL'

'Aeon' no longer in flux

Connick's 'Elf' goes from tune to toon

This Is That, Svensk sign output deal

Back-to-back helming

WB going to 'Pieces' with soph helmer

Touchstone is home for 'House' guy

CGI 'Opus' blooms at Dimension

Legit pair spritzing 'Hairspray' pic

Clubhouse

Hustle

Take Me Out

The Last Shot

First Daughter

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels