Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Town Under Siege This CBS documentary with Ed Bradley was a dramatic, well-argued exercise in muckraking. A little-known loophole exempts oil companies from laws on hazardous-waste disposal, and cbs showed how one poor town suffers as a result. Forget Matt Damon in The Rainmaker--the kid lawyer in this case is twice as appealing...
Some of these, naturally, will be more enjoyable than others. No doubt, lots of people will want to watch Kathie Lee Gifford celebrate Christmas with Kenny Rogers and Enrique Iglesias in a special, We Need a Little Christmas, that airs Dec. 12 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS. But you suspect that if one of those ghosts had used this show to convince Scrooge how wonderful Christmas is, the old man would have been justified in denying Tiny Tim his goose. Yes, many Christmas customs are pagan in origin, but does that justify a special Christmas episode of Melrose Place...
...drama that manages to be intelligent as well as sentimental is a remake of Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory, which CBS will broadcast at 9 p.m. on Dec. 21. Based on the autobiographical story by Capote, it stars Patty Duke and is set in Alabama in the 1930s. Duke plays Sook, a childlike but loving old woman, who lives with her two sisters, her brother and her little cousin Buddy. Sook and Buddy (the adorable Eric Lloyd) are best friends. This relationship offends Sook's bossy, practical sister Jennie (Piper Laurie). They should be separated, Jennie decides, and Buddy...
...Japan's holiest sites, Zenkoji (Bright Light) Temple was built 1,350 years ago and is such an integral part of the region that CBS asked to set up its temporary studio there. The Buddhist priests have granted permission...
...handle history the way Geraldo handles news is the same democracy that forces leaders to compromise consistently as they work toward important goals. Hersh's version of the truth seems to come from a mind as immoral as those he rails against. JIM MURPHY Senior Broadcast Producer, 48 Hours CBS News New York City