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...quadrisyllable has Joycean overtones: macneilehrer -- a run-on conjuring up two-headed television journalism, emanating from Washington and New York, dispassionate, in-depth and, in the words of one contributor, "gloriously boring." The word, however, now has an expiration date: in a year PBS's influential, much honored MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour will no longer be the same. Robert MacNeil, who co-anchors the show from New York City, announced last week that he will retire in October 1995, the show's 20th anniversary, leaving Washington-based Jim Lehrer as the sole anchor. MacNeil characterized his decision as "convenient," which was typical...
...salary, probably the largest in the budget, should be a substantial savings. The retirement will also allow the NewsHour to consolidate staff in one location: Washington. "He might not have made his decision as soon if the show was not put in such a bind," says Rosenblatt. WNET, the PBS affiliate that produces the program, "put pressure on the one prize show they had." MacNeil has denied that he is sacrificing himself to ease the show's financial strains, but he does say, "We needed for the good of everybody to make the decision...
MacNeil, who turns 64 next year, hopes to finish work on his second novel, The Voyage (his first was 1992's steamy Burden of Desire), and plan a possible PBS series on the information superhighway. In the past 10 years he has diversified his public personas, including playing host on the PBS documentary series The Story of English and assuming the leadership of the MacDowell Colony, an artist's sanctuary in Peterborough, New Hampshire...
...PBS' new production of The Mother, originally seen on the Philco Television Playhouse in 1954, is something of a revelation. By today's lights, it seems rather dated, obvious and slight. The plot is minimal: despite her children's pleas, a 66-year-old widow insists on looking for work. She manages to get a job as a seamstress but is fired after one day. Depressed and lonely, she spends a night with her daughter and son-in-law. Then she decides to try again. Fade...
Come next October, PBS's venerable MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour will become, simply, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Co-anchor Robert MacNeil announced he would retire next year after 20 years for budgetary as well as personal reasons...