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...have failed to evolve their formula for melodrama is surely one of the factors responsible for their diminished ratings. During the past five years, the number of women ages 18 to 49 who watch daytime dramas has declined 36%. Comparatively, the number in that group who watch prime-time network television has dropped 27%. Certainly women are more time-pressed than they were even a few years ago, and they are spending more of their spare time with cable TV and talk shows. But it could also be that their soap opera needs are being met elsewhere: not just...
...million bounty on his head and applied sanctions against his hosts, but accused superterrorist Osama bin Laden may be outspending Washington. Afghanistan?s rulers on Wednesday pooh-poohed the sanctions announced by President Clinton Tuesday to pressure them into ceasing their support for the Bin Laden network. And Bin Laden could well be in a position to handsomely compensate his hosts for some of their losses. While U.S. trade with Afghanistan amounted to little more than $28 million last year, Bin Laden is reported by the AP to have recently taken delivery of as much as $50 million in donations...
...Saturday-morning sessions of U.C. Irvine's Parent Academy. There they are coached in what classes their kids need to get into college, how to gauge SAT scores and how to apply for financial aid. "These programs help parents have self-esteem, feel proud," says Mel Pelayo, a computer-network administrator who left school in third grade. "I didn't go to college, but I'm not a loser. I can help my kids...
Sure, you love talking chimps. But do you love the creatures enough to watch a full half-hour of them? More than once? Sober? The idea and execution here are adequate: chimps run a network on which they parody current TV shows and make fun of Hollywood. Just in case Ted Turner could resist talking chimps, the creators have the fake network run by a mean, stupid Australian mogul to mock Turner's rival, Rupert Murdoch. The real fear is that TBS's Turner might turn this show into an actual channel. Chimps all day may sound appealing...
...road? Instead of wrestling with a kluge, try plugging in a wireless modem like Sierra Wireless' AirCard 300 for Windows. PC Expo was packed with products like this, all betting heavily on a cable-free future. AirCard's advantage is that it automatically connects to a digital cellular network--or even a LAN--when you boot up, and it has a funky-looking antenna as well. The only catch: cellular can't operate at speeds faster than a tortoise-like 19.2 kbps. For now, the wireless experience is strictly for low-intensity surfers...