Word: channell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Language or S for Sex. Think about what could happen if the industry ever lost control of the ratings, and someone like the editor in charge of the television listings decided to offer absolutely honest appraisals. The daytime talk shows would be rated PE for Pathetic Exploitation; the shopping channel would carry a UA for Untrammeled Acquisitiveness; and most sitcoms would be rated MT for Mindless Trash...
...Energizer batteries "Woodchuck" The Energizer bunny hasn't died; it's just disappeared. Breathing new life into a campaign that for too long just kept going and going, this TV spot exists as a sly parody of its predecessors. Assuming the tone of a Discovery-channel documentary, the new ad presents a team of researchers who've devoted their lives to finding the tireless rabbit. Alas, all they unearth is a woodchuck...
...million viewers just as the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl are set to begin. Time Warner says Fox is threatening to pull its signal in five cities -- Austin, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee and Detroit -- in retaliation for Time Warner's refusal to carry the Fox news channel in New York. Fox counters in full-page newspaper ads this week that Time Warner is forcing it to stop transmitting because the cable operator won't renegotiate contracts for access to the local stations. Feuding between the two big entertainment powerhouses dates back to Time Warner's decision...
...issue could bring eight of the biggest-selling female writers in the U.S. together under one roof? What subject is so vital that BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD and TAMA JANOWITZ both want to hold forth on it? The future of Diana, Princess of Wales, naturally. Romance Classics, a new TV channel, gathered (clockwise from top left) JACKIE COLLINS, Bradford, ERICA JONG, JOAN RIVERS, NANCY FRIDAY, Janowitz, OLIVIA GOLDSMITH and RONA JAFFE to plot a sequel to the sensational epic that has been Diana's first marriage. Suggestions included Diana's having her own talk show ("A listening show," said Goldsmith...
...traditional pop, which could spell trouble for bands like the Presidents of the United States of America that have thrived on video exposure. "What MTV does is both lead and reflect what's going on out there," says MTV programming director Andy Schuon. Some observers partly blame the channel's haste to introduce new acts for the current industry downturn. "MTV often breaks acts too quickly," says a lawyer for several well-known pop acts. "As a result, bands don't have the fan base they would normally develop by touring--they don't have a chance to build...