Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...television, however, that resentment had dissolved. In the 1950s a new generation of media-savvy ministers--Bishop Fulton Sheen, Billy Graham, Oral Roberts--started directing their crusades at the TV audience. And if the subtext of the awesome Catholic liturgy had always been God's immutable power, the plot of these TV revivals was tailored for the medium of Father Knows Best. In broadcasts from million-dollar sets-cum-cathedrals, TV evangelicals preached not just about the miracle of Jesus but also about the blessing of communications technology. Religion and TV became so indistinguishable that it took a neologism, televangelism...
...that BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD and TAMA JANOWITZ both want to hold forth on it? The future of Diana, Princess of Wales, naturally. Romance Classics, a new TV channel, gathered (clockwise from top left) JACKIE COLLINS, Bradford, ERICA JONG, JOAN RIVERS, NANCY FRIDAY, Janowitz, OLIVIA GOLDSMITH and RONA JAFFE to plot a sequel to the sensational epic that has been Diana's first marriage. Suggestions included Diana's having her own talk show ("A listening show," said Goldsmith, who would also like to see Diana in a follow-up to The First Wives Club--she wrote the book), ruling the Internet...
When she's not wading through this noble sludge, Houston puts on a fine show. Lord knows she has the pipes, leading the choir or crooning a galvanic I Believe in You and Me. The pity is that Marshall believed less in movie glamour and more in plodding plot...
...newspaper to that effect. Sister Claire answers the ad for Rose, the two star-crossed non-lovers meet, and our fairy tale begins to pick up steam. But after some months of electrifying conversation and a mutual exchange of ideas, it becomes crystal clear that the plot can only be headed for that inevitable moment when Babs is going to put her foot down and demand...
...writers who work on longevity-blessed series, the most difficult part of the job is coming up with plot lines that haven't been done before. "The show is always a work in progress," notes Michael Warren, executive producer of Family Matters. "It's a real challenge to keep the writers and actors excited." Warren and others like him also face the frustration of toiling away for series that reap little glory. "We opened up Must-See TV on Tuesday nights," laments Wings' executive producer Mark Reisman. "At the end of this season we will have 175 episodes--that...