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Friday, 29--The 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul open without a hitch, thanks to tight security and promised political and economic reforms. ABC wins kudos for its "Up Close and Personal" segment on the country's leader Rae Tah Woo, entitled "My Brilliant Korea...
Well, no one ever said starting a fourth network would be easy. The Fox Broadcasting Co., Rupert Murdoch's ambitious effort to compete with ABC, CBS and NBC, has weathered enough tin-pot tragedies in its brief life to fill a month on Another World. Joan Rivers' much publicized attempt to challenge Johnny Carson with her own talk show ended in ignominious cancellation after seven months on the air. Her eventual replacement, The Wilton North Report, failed even more abruptly and abysmally. Fox executives once hoped to have three nights of prime-time programming on the air by now; only...
...observers seem satisfied with Fox's bumpy progress. "I think they're just about where they and we expected them to be at this time," says Jack Otter, a senior vice president of McCann-Erickson advertising. Admits Kellner: "When you're going against companies that have the power of ABC, CBS and NBC, you're taking on a pretty heavy job. It's like climbing Mount Everest." The first small steps up have been encouraging enough for the viewer to hope that the ascent continues...
...taking a clear majority of the popular vote (57%), Bush, according to the ABC News exit poll, carried all age and income groups. But despite that tide, surveys indicated potential weaknesses. Among voters who based their decision on the candidate who can best "get things done," Dole got a plurality. Those who listed their main concern as reducing the federal deficit went for Dole by a 2-to-1 majority. TIME's survey showed that among Democrats Dole continues to enjoy a much higher "favorability" rating than Bush does. Dole is viewed favorably by 48% of registered Democrats and unfavorably...
Secord, appearing on ABC-TV's "Nightline" program called the indictments "crazy. There's going to be no plea. We're going to defend this case successfully, and I think the IC [independent counsel] is going to be looking very silly very soon...