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...favor of Ally, the half-hour Mini-Me to Ally McBeal and, incidentally, part of the most Caucasian fall lineup in years. It should not have surprised anyone, then, that N.A.A.C.P. president Kweisi Mfume last week issued a similarly spirited directive to the Big Four networks, ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC: Put some color back in prime time, or we'll boycott, possibly even...
...advocacy group the National Council of La Raza. And the networks' few efforts at Hispanic- or Asian-themed programs (see, or better yet don't, the misused Margaret Cho in All-American Girl) have been feeble and short-lived, feeding the belief that they're untenable. Norman Lear produced ABC's AKA Pablo in 1984, but says "the interest simply hasn't been there" for a Latino program since. Even the networks' critics largely blame not blind Klansmanship but the belief that white viewers are key to the ratings and ad bucks that big broadcasters seek. "They think about...
Some of my colleagues jumped on the news. In his lead story on ABC World News Tonight, Peter Jennings called the report "the very best news [about Alzheimer's] there has been in many years, perhaps ever." The Wall Street Journal ran a more skeptical, enterprising piece, but it too gave top billing to the story. Normally cautious neuroscientists were genuinely enthusiastic, but somehow their sound bites came across as overly optimistic...
...subject of this elegant coffee-table book, remains one of the country's important imagemakers. A legendary postwar graphic designer, Rand drew on the ideas of Cubism and Constructivism but interpreted them playfully in countless print ads and book jackets, and ultimately in the corporate logos for IBM, Westinghouse, ABC and others. The book is a must-have reference for all modernists...
Returning to his native Australia last month, our art critic, Robert Hughes, began shooting a TV series titled Beyond the Fatal Shore for PBS, the BBC and Australia's ABC network. Along the way, Bob planned a series of letters/diaries to a close friend in New York City, chronicling his travels and observations. This account is the only one he completed before being seriously injured in a car crash, reported in our June 14 issue. Happily, Bob was to be released from intensive care this week and is making good progress on his recovery...