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...talk-show craze get any crazier? America's Talking, an NBC-owned cable channel starting this fall, has launched a nationwide talent contest. First prize: a contract to be host of your own talk show for a year...
After five months of brawling, it finally seems as though the end is in sight. While he stopped short of declaring outright victory for the home- shopping channel, "Diller will not lose any sleep over this new bid," says analyst Logsdon. If Diller does not alter his own bid (most observers believe he will not) and Viacom fails to sweeten its package by early next week, then it remains for Paramount's shareholders to vote with their shares of stock. Though QVC and its advisers radiated confidence at the end of last week, they were not above taking...
...Channel 4 reporter is discussing with a secret service agent what constitutes the ideal number of pairs of socks on such a cold morning. "I think three is just about right," says the anchor...
...launched in July 1991 by legal journalist and editor Steven Brill, the Courtroom Television Network (of which Time Warner is part owner) has immersed cable viewers in the slow, sometimes tedious, often mesmerizing workings of the American judicial system. With 47 states now allowing cameras in the courtroom, the channel has broadcast such high-profile proceedings as the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, the insanity defense of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and the parole hearings of Charles Manson and his followers. But nothing has brought it quite so much attention as the Menendez case. Says senior vice president Merrill Brown...
...relatively small cable network (currently seen in 14.1 million homes), Court TV has surprisingly strong ratings. In the first Nielsen survey of its viewership in October, the channel ranked No. 4 during the day among cable viewers who receive it. Yet Court TV executives are reluctant to credit the Menendez trial with boosting viewership; they would rather have advertisers and cable systems believe the network's audience is stable and continuous, not simply tuning in for the big trials. There are evidently still some doubts: the channel is not yet making money, though Brill says it is slightly ahead...