Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NBC series, Bay City Blues, looks like an all-star...
That received wisdom may now be on the way out: one rookie series appears to have the goods to make it in the majors. Bay City Blues, which premieres Oct. 25 on NBC, is a weekly hourlong show about the fortunes of a minor-league baseball club called the Bay City Bluebirds. Kisses and bases are stolen; suitors and batters strike out; umpires and spouses cry foul. Created by Steven Bochco and Jeffrey Lewis (Hill Street Blues), it is a wry, | funny, poignant and surprisingly grownup show about men who play a boys' game...
...contemptuous of democratic society, an insult to people's intelligence, and another example of the Reagan administration's lack of respect for the press," said Roger Mudd, NBC Washington correspondent...
...third network-linked cable service to collapse in little more than a year. The Entertainment Channel, which was financed in part by NBC's parent corporation, RCA, failed to attract subscribers. CBS Cable, a cultural channel, reached 5 million households but, like SNC, did not attract enough advertisers. Chairman Daniel Ritchie of Westinghouse Broad casting and Cable attributed SNC's woes to aggressive competition. Since SNC's debut, ABC, CBS and NBC have added a to tal of 33 hours a week of late-night and early-morning news shows. Thus, says Ritchie, "the availability of commercial...
...host, several American teams that ordinarily might have difficulty qualifying?soccer, field hockey, team handball?are admitted automatically. The U.S. is also entitled to select "demonstration sports," and has chosen baseball and tennis. With American competitors in such abundance, Wolper thought $200 million would not be unreasonable. Outbidding CBS, NBC and an independent consortium that included Norman Lear, ABC paid $225 million. Including foreign rights, broadcast revenues should exceed $300 million, one-third of which goes to the International Olympic Committee...