Word: brokaws
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Angeles freeways, ending with his surrender in the driveway of his Brentwood home. The courtroom drama that followed has grown increasingly tedious (anybody know what Judge Ito's right profile looks like?). But that evening-long episode of The Fugitive, with play-by-play from Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw and seemingly every local newscaster in Los Angeles, was the daffiest media spectacle of the year...
Under Mark Brokaw's direction, the first act races along as cynical and funny, never dull or heavy. Silver's language is innovative, and his humor refreshing and barbed with commentary. Regarding Harold Pinter's Birthday Party; Arthur: "Who'd you play?" Todd: "The rapist." Arthur: "You were ten!" Todd: "It was private school." Or Arthur fearing implication for his molestation of Emma: Emma: "I had a memory." Arthur: "Don't dwell...
Fresh rumors have the Walt Disney Co. in hot pursuit of NBC, according to news reports that cited anonymous sources. The price tag for the network home of Jay Leno and Tom Brokaw: $5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. NBC owner General Electric is reportedly also talking to Time Warner about a deal for 49 percent of the network. A Disney buyout makes more sense to many analysts: Disney doesn't face the same regulatory hurdles as Time Warner since it doesn't own cable systems...
...their defense, the networks say they never accept advocacy advertising. For NBC's part, the network says the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation bought the air time, but NBC retained all editorial control over the program, which Tom Brokaw hosted...
...NASA thought it had found a way to break through the clouds, it was hit by the last thing the beleaguered agency needs: a fresh scandal. Last Wednesday, while Endeavour was fueling up for its Thursday morning blast-off, two Houston TV stations and nbc Nightly News with Tom Brokaw reported that NASA had been targeted by an FBI sting operation -- code-named Lightning Strike -- that had snared agency employees and contractors...