Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than once in his 23 years as a researcher, producer, vice president and finally president of CBS News, Howard Stringer must have cursed the network's top brass. With one eye on the ratings and another on the bottom line, they have too often canceled a news program before it had a chance to catch on. Now Stringer will have no one to blame but himself. Last week, in a dramatic realignment of CBS management, Chief Executive Laurence Tisch elevated Stringer, 46, to the presidency of the CBS Broadcast Group. Though he has no direct experience in entertainment programming...
...seems. After a long period of turmoil at CBS -- including protests against layoffs and budget cuts, and a spate of embarrassing kiss-and-tell books -- the appointments were greeted with unusual comity. Burke "is the right guy at the right time," said Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Don Hewitt was equally enthusiastic about Stringer's elevation: "Howard will provide a sympathetic ear to talented writers, and that is what show business is all about...
Jesse Luke wasn't at the convention: he was working at Emory University, cleaning up after the folks from CBS who had rented out the dorms. He said he'd continue to back Jackson because he cares about the needy. "He's not just for the poor Blacks, but for poor whites," he said...
...Entertainment Tonight. Bravo, a Philadelphia- based talk show focusing on Hispanic issues, is gearing up for nationwide syndication. The show will be taped, uniquely, in two versions: English and Spanish. By far the most ambitious upcoming project is El Pueblo/L.A., a 14- hour mini-series being planned by CBS for telecast in 1989. The series, produced by Actor Peter Strauss, will chronicle the interplay of cultures that helped shape the city of Los Angeles from 1840 to 1975. A Hispanic Roots? Maybe not. But if El Pueblo/L.A. scores big in the ratings, it could do what Roots did for blacks...
...NEWHART (CBS, Mondays, 9 p.m. EDT). One of the season's best comedy series makes for some of the funniest summer reruns. On the July 11 episode: Larry, Darryl and Darryl as adoptive dads...