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...anyone seeking a risk-free vacation should never venture south of Disney World. Down here, you could get impaled on a shark's tooth while snorkeling, punched out by flying fish while Jet Skiing or gouged by watery margarita vendors on famous Duval Street. The chance of a little friendly fire--and the military assures us it will be the chummiest fire available--can only add zest to your missile-launch viewing...
...YORK CITY: Mired firmly in third place during the 1996-97 televison season, ABC execs needed to do something to shake things up. Their solution? Frequent flyer miles. The Disney network announced it will give out miles on American Airlines to anyone who will watch their shows. The catch is that there's homework involved: You have to fill out questionaires to prove you watched shows like 'Ellen' and didn't just hear the highlights at the office. ABC did not say how many miles you could get through the program, or whether you would get more credit for watching...
...boyfriend, former Letterman executive producer Robert Morton, and giving one of them, Over the Top (a sitcom starring Tim Curry), a choice Tuesday-night time period. Worse, from the standpoint of Hollywood's dealmakers, she is perceived as having been stripped of real power by her bosses, Iger and Disney chairman Michael Eisner...
Most insiders think Tarses' job is safe for now, if only because Disney and ABC can ill afford the embarrassment of another high-profile executive shake-up. Last December, Michael Ovitz, the former superagent who spearheaded the effort to hire Tarses, resigned after a troubled 14-month tenure as Eisner's No. 2 executive. The news division is currently going through a rocky transition, as longtime president Roone Arledge has been promoted and his successor, David Westin, is weathering a messy scandal over his affair with the network's top public relations executive, Sherrie Rollins...
Tarses scoffs at the rumors that Geraldine Laybourne, the former head of Nickelodeon who runs Disney's cable networks, might take over her job. "Gerry and I spoke on the phone and both commented on the ludicrousness of it," says Tarses. "She has a job that she loves very much and works very hard at. She has no interest in coming over here. No one approached her, and she never approached anyone." Iger also flatly denies that any overtures were made to Laybourne. A more likely scenario, say close ABC watchers, would be for Eisner to persuade Marcy Carsey...