Word: disneyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city deputy mayor). Thought to be most vulnerable among the existing ABC regime is programming chief Ted Harbert, who (aside from not finding any new hits lately and letting one get by, NBC's 3rd Rock from the Sun) is said to have alienated his Disney bosses by pushing for a big raise after he was offered...
...Disney touch could become even more apparent by next fall. The network is planning to launch a two-hour Disney family movie on Saturday nights, with Disney chairman Michael Eisner as the probable host. Six of the 29 pilots that ABC is considering for next season come from the Disney studio--a not uncommon bit of corporate synergy now that networks are allowed to own their own programs (and now that studios like Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox own their own networks), but one that has nevertheless raised fears among other Hollywood studios that they will eventually be shut...
...McDermott winds up at ABC, she'll find a company in the throes of corporate culture shock--or at least culture adjustment. Signs of Disneyfication have so far been small but symbolic. A new E-mail system on ABC computers is decorated with Mickey and Minnie icons, and Disney's annual report prompted snickers by referring to Capital Cities/ABC employees, in traditional Disneyese, as "new cast members." At a corporate retreat in Phoenix, Arizona, Eisner and Ovitz joined in the wholesome fun as a group of ABC execs was dragged off to a bowling alley...
Behind the scenes, Eisner has been a visible and involved boss, paying visits to Capital Cities/ABC newspapers and radio stations and playing host (along with Ovitz) to a breakfast meeting with 50 top ABC News executives, producers and correspondents in New York City to reassure them that Disney will not interfere in the network's journalism. While Eisner has focused on programming, ABC sources say, Ovitz has concentrated more on dealmaking and strategic matters like international business and new technology...
...executives insist that their authority has not been usurped by the Disney overlords. "They have been very supportive," says Capital Cities/ABC president Robert Iger, who runs the TV, radio and publishing operations from New York. Iger points out that most of the big moves attributed to Disney--including the recently announced plans to launch a 24-hour cable news channel--were in the works before the merger. He acknowledges, however, that the news channel might not have happened without Disney's deep pockets and aggressiveness: "It would have been a tougher sell with [former Capital Cities/ABC chairman] Tom Murphy...