Word: foxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Enter Fox. That three-letter nickname may one day be as familiar to TV viewers as ABC, CBS and NBC. Right now it is short for Fox Broadcasting Co., the most ambitious effort yet to create a full-fledged fourth network. Financed by Australian-born Press Baron Rupert Murdoch (who in 1985 added 20th Century-Fox studios and the Metromedia chain of independent TV stations to his worldwide media holdings), Fox made its first foray into national programming in October with The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. Though Rivers' ratings in the battle against Johnny Carson have been disappointing...
...fledgling network has assembled an impressive roster of Hollywood talent. At the top of Murdoch's entertainment conglomerate is Barry Diller, who was head of Paramount from 1974 to 1984, turning out such hits as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Flashdance. To run its program department, Fox raided NBC for a 29-year-old whiz kid named Garth Ancier. To create shows, it has enlisted such seasoned producers as James L. Brooks (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Ed. Weinberger (Taxi) and Stephen J. Cannell (The A-Team...
What have they come up with? Nothing strikingly different, though a few shows depart slightly from the network cookie cutter. Married . . . with Children, one of the first Fox offerings, has the trappings of a typical sitcom but turns out to be a wicked assault on wholesome family shows. Another entry, The Tracey Ullman Show, stars the bouncy British singer-actress in half an hour of sketches, songs and variety acts, a mix that does not fit into current network pigeonholes...
...delinquent freshmen, Christopher J. Fox '90, said at the time, "One way or another it'll get done." And get done it did. Two weeks later, all 495 freshman blocking groups turned in their house choice forms on time...
...CONCERT itself, which followed the workshop, featured three Harvard performers (including Fox) and then Calhoun after a short break. Although there were a surprising number of songs about car wrecks, the mix was varied, with traditional and original selections and plenty of humor...