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...Nash is right about the audience. This past November, the last time Fox ran four weeks of shockumentaries against NBC's Thursday-night lineup, it beat the peacock network in males 18 to 49 and adults 18 to 34. John Miller, NBC's executive vice president of advertising, promotion and event programming, admits that he went to Nash after losing those nights. "The Fox specials are edgier than what we're going to do, but they did very well going up against our Thursday nights," he says. Moreover, an hour of shocks costs only $500,000, about a third...
...CROWLEY'S SET DESIGNS Paul Simon's Broadway effort, The Capeman, may have been a turkey, but it was dressed like a peacock. Even bad plays look good when designed by Crowley. Good plays, like The Judas Kiss and Twelfth Night, positively shimmer. Crowley knows how to stun and to enchant. He understands that showmanship need not be showy and that one of the things that draws us to the stage is the way a good set mirrors and enhances a play, yet never overpowers...
Rubalcaba opens his set with a moderately-placed reading of Gary Peacock's "Vignette," and, when the remainder of the trio kicks in, we get to appreciate Haden's tasteful and supportive, but never cliched, accompaniment style. His use of unison double-stops on the opening cut is particularly striking, and his unerrant intonation and rhythmic sense carry throughout the performance. Unlike some of the younger bassists in jazz today, Haden does not rely upon technically impressive devices such as quadruple-timing or playing at the extreme high registers of his instrument to carry his solos. This...
...There was no chance of making money in this deal," said Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, after the announcements. "I'll guess [it's] a loss of $150 million to $175 million a year. We simply don't believe in being associated with that kind of loss." The Peacock will have to console itself with other sports, such as the Olympic Games. Not to be outdone in the spending department, the company renewed its top-rated show, ER, for three years at an astonishing $13 million an episode, up from almost $2 million...
...Wins 'ER' But Loses the NFL The Peacock wouldn't pay the NFL piper for Monday Night Football, but did manage to pony up $13 mil to keep 'ER' operating happily for three more years. Is the number one network ripe for a fall...