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...would be a disaster." NBC has a window from Feb. 1 to March 1 to negotiate a renewal deal with Warner Bros., the studio that produces the show. If the two sides fail to agree, then Warner Bros. can negotiate with the other networks. Leslie Moonves, the president of CBS, developed ER when he was a Warner executive and is particularly eager to land it. Reportedly the studio will ask for $10 million an episode, a huge increase over the nearly $2 million NBC now pays. Of course, Seinfeld's demise only makes Warner Bros.' bargaining position stronger. (Castle Rock...
...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...
...Everybody Loves Raymond In its second season, this CBS sitcom is coming into its own. The star, Ray Romano, is an amusing, hangdog Everyman, and his relatives are funny oddballs rather than the more typical tiresome ones. Family shows have been done over and over, but Raymond can surprise...
...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...