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...famous as any of the U.S. athletes. Network promos for the pay-TV package began running months before the Games began. Early reports of slow sales inspired a torrent of press stories that a financial disaster was looming for NBC and its partner in the venture, Cablevision. David Letterman started making jokes...
...gets a lot of things right. "Saturday Night Live," for instance. "Late Night With David Letterman." Tom Brokaw...
...handful of viewers already know Costas as the best sit-down interviewer on television -- as host of Later with Bob Costas, the one network "talk" show where conversation takes place on a regular basis. Tucked away in the time slot behind David Letterman from Monday to Thursday, the half-hour show is a literate oasis among the infomercial emetics of late-night TV. Three million insomniacs regularly catch Costas with many celebrities who Don't Do TV -- talking acting with Robert Duvall, say, or camera angles with Lawrence Kasdan. Costas can also be a gentle nudge, drawing a controlled performer...
...monitors and a satellite dish. During the concert, the screens will carry a random, computer-triggered mix of prerecorded material, live feeds from the satellite and shots of the onstage performance. Lead singer Bono will make impromptu phone calls that will be broadcast over the speaker system. (Hello? David Letterman?) The recipients could range from the White House to a local pizza parlor. And check out the show's lighting, some of which comes from the headlights on six German Trabant automobiles suspended by giant cranes at heights of up to 40 ft. above the stage...
...picturesque Canadian Rockies. Eight days of screening 130 programs, debating their merits and awarding prizes in 10 categories produced three chief surprises. First, after grueling 11-hour days of virtually nonstop TV viewing, it was still possible to retreat to the hotel room and turn on David Letterman without going bonkers. Second, despite the obvious differences in national and cultural background among the jurors (who came from Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Japan, as well as the U.S.), there was a surprising degree of consensus on which shows were prizeworthy and which were zappable. Third, U.S. viewers are missing...