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Enter Fox. That three-letter nickname may one day be as familiar to TV viewers as ABC, CBS and NBC. Right now it is short for Fox Broadcasting Co., the most ambitious effort yet to create a full-fledged fourth network. Financed by Australian-born Press Baron Rupert Murdoch (who in 1985 added 20th Century-Fox studios and the Metromedia chain of independent TV stations to his worldwide media holdings), Fox made its first foray into national programming in October with The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. Though Rivers' ratings in the battle against Johnny Carson have been disappointing...
When America last saw David Addison and Maddie Hayes, things seemed to be coming to a head for the sparring detectives and almost lovers of ABC's Moonlighting. Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) has a dashing new boyfriend (Mark Harmon), but realizes that David (Bruce Willis) is jealous. Will the two finally get together? If the show's fans are holding their breath for an answer, they may turn blue before it arrives. The four-part episode that is supposed to resolve the problem began airing on Feb. 3. Seven weeks and four repeat episodes later, the conclusion is still...
FOUR QUESTIONS to keep in mind when you watch the 59th Annual Academy Awards at 9 p.m. Monday on ABC: Who's gonna win? Who deserves to win? Who doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning? Who would you choose if you could vote for whoever the heck you wanted...
...left with about 80 reporters and correspondents after the cuts, roughly the same number as at NBC and ABC. Still, the reduction of manpower in the field "hurts us badly," says Evening News Executive Producer Tom Bettag. "What you're going to lose is a reporter on the scene when you wish you had a reporter on the scene. You cannot have less original reporting and not have the quality suffer." CBS, like both of its belt-tightening network rivals, will probably depend more often on footage from other sources, such as local stations and syndicated services. Indeed, Rather...
Besieged by budget cuts and competition from cable and local stations, CBS, ABC and NBC are re- examining how they go about keeping Americans informed. The sharpest knife is being wielded at cbs, where more than 200 are being fired. Throughout the turmoil, network executives are most concerned about the quality -- and direction -- of their flagship evening news programs...