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...network has given a woman a real shot at the top anchor job since Barbara Walters failed to perform ratings magic for a sluggish ABC reporting staff in the mid-1970s. Waiting in the wings are Diane Sawyer at ABC and Connie Chung at CBS. But the big three networks have been unwilling to alter the competitive lineup of solo anchors that has stood unchanged for almost seven years, although many observers think viewers are yearning for fresh faces...
...Wang was reportedly arrested soon after his brave deed and accused of being a "counterrevolutionary, a traitor and a political hooligan" who attempted to subvert members of the army. Because of the severity of the charges, it was widely feared that he had been executed. In an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters aired two weeks ago, Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin said he could not say what had happened to Wang, but added, "I think ((he was)) never killed...
...ratings, Diane. No, not just ABC vs. CBS vs. NBC. Since January there has been a dramatic and inexplicable falloff in all TV viewing. Overall, almost 4% of the audience seems to have vanished overnight. The drop is even greater for network viewing and for the demographic group that advertisers value most: adults between 18 and 49. Worse, the news comes just when the networks are getting ready to sell commercial spots for the fall season...
...networks aren't happy. If the missing viewers can't be found, they stand to lose hundreds of millions in ad revenue. Alan Wurtzel, ABC's research chief, says, "Just at the time we need more precision, we have a methodology that seems to be providing more volatility...
...Cannes for the world premiere of his new movie, David Lynch decided to leave his shoelace untied. "For good luck," he explained obliquely. As if the man from Twin Peaks needed luck last week. His all-time-odd TV series lured millions of addicted viewers to its season finale. ABC announced that the show would return in the fall. And to complete the hat trick, Lynch copped the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Wild at Heart, the writer-director's latest affront to the cinematic status quo. Flanked by his radiant companion Isabella Rossellini, awash...