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...overpromising at the annual "upfronts," the expensive stage shows at which networks show trailers from their fall debuts and literally put on a song-and-dance for advertisers. At Carnegie Hall, CBS hired the Broadway cast of Chicago to disparage the competition to the tune of All That Jazz: "ABC is out of gas/while NBC eats horse's a__" (a reference to the horse-rectum-eating challenge on Fear Factor). They're called upfronts because they're designed to entice advertisers to pay billions up front for next season's ads, and the deals are lubricated by cocktails and carpaccio...
...returning-show news, The West Wing will be back, but creator Aaron Sorkin is to be replaced by E.R.'s John Wells. Fox's 24 is planning one more lousy day for Jack Bauer, and ABC's The Practice narrowly avoided being disbarred. And the networks aren't totally disavowing reality shows, just those with bad ratings. Fox will bring back Joe Millionaire, even though its original the-prince-is-a-pauper surprise is well known; the network claims to have a "secret plan" for a new twist. Survivor will be back with a tournament-of-champions edition. And ABC...
...moment--woolly liberals taking time from crucial issues like war and peace and prosperity to argue over who could offer the most extravagant pander to a narrow, controversial interest group. Happily for both Kerry and Dean, practically no one was watching. The debate was aired by a smattering of ABC affiliates at 11:30 on Saturday night and by CSPAN the next...
...early 1970s, two people posing as ABC reporters kidnapped the big bass drum belonging to the Harvard Band. With the Dartmouth game just days away, Dartmouth students were the prime suspect...
...Tomorrow: The WB and ABC...