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...Take the other night. A few minutes before George W. Bush's quasi-State of the Union speech (a speech that was given its inflated status by the networks), 51 million viewers were watching "The Mole," "JAG," "Three Sisters" and "Titus" on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. The minute the four networks switched over to the interior of the House for Bush's speech, they lost 15 million viewers. And they continued to lose them during the rest of the speech...
...meeting Bruce Vilanch at union meetings. They also got a very special exemption. If the guild does indeed go on strike May 1, as most people expect, the Millionaire scribes can keep pumping out the trivia anyway. That's because the WGA is betting that by allowing the ABC powerhouse to dominate three (or more) nights a week while the other writer-depleted networks air repeats and increasingly lame reality shows, CBS, NBC and Fox will be forced to negotiate. "It's a favored-nation clause," explains Cheryl Rhoden, assistant executive director of Writers Guild West...
...ABC Broadcaster Mark E. Halperin '87, who attended the last conference in 1996, said even for an esperienced reporter like himself, the conference will offer unique insights...
NOTABLE NATIVE ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, member of the media...
Lowery says that his years as a sports analyst for ABC and ESPN have given him greater understanding about the role media plays in U.S. culture...