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Then, just as quickly, it fell apart. Wondering why Bradley's public schedule had been so light earlier in the week, ABC News correspondent Jackie Judd asked a simple question: Had Bradley experienced any more episodes of heart arrhythmia, the chronic (but not life-threatening) irregular heartbeat he'd made public last December? The answer, of course, was yes. Four times in the past month his heart had "flipped out" of its natural rhythm, as Bradley describes it, then "flipped back in." On its face, this wasn't an earthshaking revelation--the episodes had corrected themselves without medical intervention...
...Native American groups it joined with decided to focus on diversity behind the camera. "We were interested in pipeline development," says N.A.A.C.P. president Kweisi Mfume, "finding a way to influence the process so it affects what we see over the next 24 to 36 months." This month NBC and ABC promised provisions to train, mentor and find jobs for qualified minorities as writers, directors, producers and executives. Mfume says the coalition is nearing agreements with Fox and CBS. The ABC deal emphasizes scholarships, mentoring and training. The NBC pact creates a minority writing position on each show returning...
...since last July, when the N.A.A.C.P. threatened boycotts against ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC for underrepresenting people of color in prime time, many shows have plugged minorities into their lineups. City's true distinction is that Bochco has brought minorities into the front office. Not only is one of the show's three co-creators African American (Emmy Award-winning director Paris Barclay), but so is half the writing staff and 70% of the production crew. "I've been an actor for 30 years, and normally I'm the only black on a set," says Harold Sylvester, who writes...
...started in 1997, when the TV ad market was slower. Congress okayed $1 billion over five years to buy antidrug spots on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the WB. As part of the deal, the networks agreed to donate additional antidrug public service announcements for each minute the government purchased. By 1998, with the economy hot, the nets were having second thoughts. That's when the White House proposed that they could reduce their public service commitments by having their programs denounce drugs and alcohol abuse...
...himself entangled in legal proceedings by his relatives there. Even though the Castro government has formally acquiesced to the father's traveling to the U.S., it is reluctant to allow him to enter a situation over which Havana has no control. And after Juan Gonzalez's emotive outburst on ABC's "Nightline," in which he talked of feeling violent toward the relatives who were keeping his son in Miami, advocates of Elian's return may have calculated that the grandmothers made better p.r. ambassadors...