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...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...
Turner and Malone are certainly formidable adversaries when they choose to be. But maybe this time Levin can harness the killers as his own hired guns. "Turner and Levin are smart enough to know they need each other," says analyst Logsdon. If Michael Ovitz, the ultrapowerful chief of CAA, could go to work for Disney's Michael Eisner, then surely Ted Turner could take a seat on Gerald Levin's TW board as a buccaneer emeritus, and do his vision thing. "Ted isn't someone who comes in the office every day and sits at his desk," says...
ROBERT IGER ABC boss/rumored heir apparent at Disney is knocked down a rung by Ovitz hiring...