Word: cbs
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...Coolest Electoral Map Gimmick: CBS. All "turnover states" - those that went for the opposite party in 1996 - throb like beating, irradiated hearts. Right now, Kentucky looks like it's going to explode...
...Ahem. Let it be noted that CNN, ABC, CBS and, finally, NBC have moved Florida back into the "too close to call" column. "If you're disgusted with us," said Dan Rather at CBS, "frankly I don't blame you. But everybody in the business virtually has called Florida for Gore based on data that turns out to be suspect...
...nuclear-family comedy is still alive, of course, from Fox's Malcolm in the Middle to CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond, the reliable hit that is keeping in-law jokes safe for another generation. But expect the mutations to continue; in the works is CBS's Say Uncle, about a gay man raising his niece and nephew. Today's family comedy isn't always what traditionalists would call family friendly anymore. But hey, today's family isn't always either...
...didn't know what I'd find at the L.B.J. library when I went there searching for scraps of my mother. She died as a somebody, or someone who had been a somebody, anyway - as the first network newswoman for CBS. To baby-boomer women it must seem absurd that I would describe her that way, but by the time I was old enough to pay attention, women correspondents were everywhere, and her career was in eclipse, with only a few more turns in front of the cameras. She was a veteran of two networks and PBS by then...
...nuclear-family comedy is still alive, of course: there's Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle" and its underrated "'70s Show," as well as CBS's "Everybody Loves Raymond," the reliable hit keeping in-law jokes safe for another generation. But expect the mutations to continue, just as in society. In the works, for instance, is CBS's "Say Uncle," about a gay man raising his niece and nephew. Today's family comedy isn't always what traditionalists would call family- friendly anymore. But hey, today's family isn't always either. With reporting by Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles