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...Every network has new shows to announce, but each takes a different story into the upfronts. ABC, having shot into contention for the top of the ratings with "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," will be in full-on gloat mode. NBC, which went from first to fourth place in one year among the crucial 18-to-49-year-old viewer group, will be in full-on crisis-management mode (to the delight of rivals who have suffered several years of NBC gloating under the self-congratulatory slogan "The Quality Shows" - until they lost "Friends" and gained "Joey" and became "The Desperation...
...year, after health researchers announced that two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, we published a 32-page special report on the problem. Also, TIME president Eileen Naughton, along with sciences editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt, organized a conference in Williamsburg, Va., to address the issue. Co-sponsored by ABC News and supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the summit called together 400 leaders in the medical, corporate and public-policy fields to unravel how Americans got themselves into such a fix and how to get out of it. Last week the American Diabetes Association named Naughton, along with...
...might seem that grouping together 40 of Harvard’s biggest egos in their skivvies (or less, in some cases) would lead to some major drama. However, more ABC Family than E! Entertainment, the Eleganza crew was described in almost disgustingly wholesome terms by everyone involved...
...judges. But has the talent show's softie gone too far? Tabloids are reporting that Abdul allegedly had an affair with former contestant Corey Clark and promised to help him launch a music career before he was booted from the show in 2003. The other networks are circling: ABC's Primetime Live will explore claims of behind-the-scenes misbehavior at Idol, and Fox honchos are worried that ABC may have incriminating video of the couple. Abdul's rep issued a statement last week calling Clark "a liar and opportunist" trying "to generate interest in a book deal." Liar? Opportunist...
...when the foam of Mather Lather causes rashes to develop, it makes sense that the world should be captivated. The Associated Press recently compiled a report on the scandal of Mather Lather, which was distributed to media throughout the world. This story made its way to the Boston Globe, ABC, and, apparently, Atlanta radio. A mere rash, because it happened at Harvard, became newsworthy...