Word: debut
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...experienced positives and negatives in equal measure. CBS had become the first network to lead the ratings in daytime (with hot soap operas like The Young and the Restless), prime time (with aging but still potent shows like 60 Minutes and Murphy Brown) and late night (with the boffo debut of David Letterman). But its triumphs on the air were clouded by fiascos in the conference rooms. Losing the affiliates to Fox was only part of it. The Eye web had fumbled its rights to N.F.L. games, a CBS staple since 1956, and allowed Fox to pick them...
...Beverly Hills builder, Diller joined abc in 1966. This was a young man in a hurry. Diller was soon developing two important formats: the mini-series (QB VII) and the made-for-TV movie (such as Duel, Steven Spielberg's debut feature). In 1974 he moved to Paramount, where he, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Mancuso and some other sharp people spurred a renaissance of the studio, with such hits as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Flashdance and Terms of Endearment...
...First Nights: 5 Performance Premieres"will examine the debut presentations of fivefamous pieces of music, including Handel's"Messiah" and Beethoven's "Symphony...
Rose Troche has created a small gem of a movie with her feature length film debut, "Go Fish." Billed as a portrait of urban lesbian life in the '90s, the film follows two main characters, Max (played superbly by Guinevere Turner) and Ely (the shy V.S. Brodie) as they fall in love with the help of their group of lesbian friends...
...music they make, not by their skin color, as Mike D should know better than anyone (he admits later in the article that "I can't defend what I've written here"). The Beasties themselves are Larry Bird-like standouts in a black field. The group's major label debut Licensed to Ill (1986) sold 4 million copies. It was a rowdy, all- night keg party of an album, and it served as both a humorous commentary on the excesses of rap as well as an homage to its spirit...