Word: ovitz
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Eisner told a meeting of ABC affiliates that the poor February showing was "unacceptable" and vowed it "would never happen again." To insiders, that was code language for "Heads are going to roll." Eisner and Ovitz are "evaluating the team that's in place every day," says a well-placed ABC executive, who adds that the current development season, which will determine next fall's schedule, is key. Eisner has been reading some pilot scripts himself (his favorite: Spin, a DreamWorks sitcom starring Michael J. Fox as a big-city deputy mayor). Thought to be most vulnerable among the existing...
Chairman Eisner and his No. 2 executive, former Creative Artists Agency chief and legendary dealmaker Michael Ovitz, have so far kept a low public profile and declined all interviews. But their hands have been evident in a number of major moves since the merger. One of Ovitz's former colleagues at CAA, Michael Rosenfeld, has been hired as an entertainment-division senior vice president, and more personnel shake-ups are expected, particularly after a disappointing season in which ABC fell to a weak No. 2 in the ratings--and third in the important February sweeps, the same month the merger...
...meeting stopped short of a session of Name That TV Theme. Even so, the rare assemblage of media moguls--among them Fox chief Rupert Murdoch, Atlanta cable baron Ted Turner and Walt Disney president Michael Ovitz--gave Clinton good reason to be pleased. They announced plans to develop a ratings system that would label shows high in sex, violence or other adult material. Their action was spurred by the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which will require new TV sets to have the V chip, a device that enables parents to block out objectionable shows. Though network executives have long opposed government...
...Carson's retirement and egged on by Leno's aggressive manager, Helen Kushnick (Kathy Bates), promised the job to Jay without comprehending how it would upset Dave. Letterman, who felt he was entitled to the Tonight post but was unwilling to fight for it, hired a new agent, Michael Ovitz (Treat Williams), who orchestrated the bidding war that had NBC, at the last minute, desperately trying to win back Letterman with a promise of the Tonight job after...
...MICHAEL OVITZ...