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So fade in to Sunday, Feb. 11, 1979, the evening of the most widely publicized programming matchup in TV history. On CBS: a rare telecast of Gone With the Wind. On NBC: the TV debut of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. On ABC: a much hyped TV movie...
Now cut to fall of 1988 and, in network television, nothing adds up. The three networks are still scrapping with one another for ratings supremacy, but the days when they dominated the airwaves so thoroughly are just a Wonder Years memory. Only a few theatrical movies comparable to One Flew...
On Aug. 16, 1977, when Presley's death was announced, a Hollywood mourner observed, "Good career move." Never was cynicism more prophetic. The singer's estate is valued today at $50 million, ten times what it was when he was alive. A new movie, Heartbreak Hotel, imagines a '70s teenager...
For some the light holds hope for the King's return. Once the province of supermarket tabloids, reports of Elvis' resurrection now nestle in bookstores. Following on the heels of Moody's book, Gail Brewer-Giorgio's best-selling Is Elvis Alive? (Tudor; 1988) offers evidence to stoke the stories...
He' s been heard from beyond, seen at Burger King, revered at Graceland. Eleven years after Elvis' death, his cult is becoming a religion.