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...easily. Their coverage from the Persian Gulf won big audiences and, for the most part, critical acclaim. But it cost a bundle: nearly $50 million at NBC alone, including the loss of revenues from squeamish advertisers. Losses were reportedly in the same range at CBS, though "significantly less" at ABC, according to network executives. At the same time, the war gave a major boost to CNN, which won hordes of potential new devotees with its round-the-clock saturation coverage. Now that the fighting is over, the network news divisions are surveying the damage, reassessing their mission and pondering...
...gulf war has, moreover, reaffirmed the new competitive order in TV news. Though each of the broadcast networks had its scoops (CBS's McKeown's in Kuwait City), its stars (NBC's Pentagon whiz Fred Francis), its high points and its low moments during the war, ABC emerged as the clear and decisive overall winner. What was once a three-way race may be developing into a long- term mismatch...
ANYTHING BUT LOVE (ABC, March 6, 9:30 p.m. EST). Hannah and Marty (Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis) finally end the will-they-or-won't-they tension and spend a night together. It's a welcome new turn for TV's smartest relationship comedy...
...lured educated and motivated young men and women with promises of good pay, first-class training and career advancement. As a consequence, says Anthony Cordesman, professor of national-security studies at Georgetown University (and now something of a minor celebrity as a result of his sophisticated military analysis on ABC television), the Pentagon can boast of "an unprecedented level of professionalism that in every way is superior to the old conscript." This, says Cordesman, has bred "a new civil-military relationship" that permitted Schwarzkopf and his commanders to pursue their goals with a minimum of political interference...
Pine Bluff is...Actually there are no good things to say about Pine Bluff. Rand-McNally named it the worst city in the nation in 1988. ABC News even showed up to film a 20/20 segment. Those who decide to venture into the city anyway should be prepared for the omnipresent stench of the paper mill, the city's only industry...