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...Seinfeld's time slot and how quickly they can clone Ally McBeal. This spring, however, the most intriguing moves are being contemplated at the network news divisions. The result could be a big step on the road to a long dreamed of, but never realized, goal: a network newscast in the lucrative, heavily viewed hours of prime time...
...news-style wrap-up of the day's events with the kind of feature segments and investigative pieces that currently fill the magazine shows. Such a program could even--somewhere down the road, when the Rathers and Brokaws and Jenningses have passed from the scene--replace the traditional evening newscast altogether...
Still, few people these days are home in time to catch the network evening news. These viewers are now being served by cable channels like MSNBC (with Brian Williams' 9 p.m. newscast) and CNN (which is about to introduce a four-night-a-week magazine show, airing at 10 p.m., in conjunction with Time Inc. magazines). Local stations in many markets have done well with newscasts opposite the last hour of network prime-time fare. In Europe and Canada, national TV newscasts have run in prime time for years...
...Bradley's interview with former White House aide Kathleen Willey has propelled "60 Minutes" to what will probably be its highest rating in three years. Metered market results released Monday by Nielsen show the newscast garnering roughly a 19.2 rating, 29 share -- the show's highest overnights since Nov. 13, 1994. Variety reports that "60 Minutes" producer Don Hewitt is after President Clinton to appear on next weekend's show in a rebuttal to Willey's appearance...
...accurate record of the meeting, promised Deputy Prime Minister TARIQ AZIZ. Nothing will be leaked, he said. Aziz then delivered Iraq's bottom line: inspectors would never be allowed in the palaces or most other sensitive facilities. Later that night, Butler flipped on the TV set. The Iraqi newscast was airing the video of his meeting with Aziz. Welcome to Saddam's theater...