Word: silverman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bobby Silverman and the New Art Trio--1369 Club...
...strong performances of Kate Silverman, Kerry Konrad and Lou Ann Maywald, however, that carry U.S.A. through its weaknesses. Kate Silverman, as the bouncy Janey Williams, is consistently credible and fun, perhaps because she makes little effort to act in period. While she fails to make the transition convincing from the child Janey to the adult, she brings considerable depth to both personalities...
...solid sterling is Silverman's reputation that the stock of ABC immediately dropped 1½ points, while RCA, which owns NBC, rose by nearly the same amount. In the offices and hallways of Manhattan's RCA Building, exultation at the Great Silverman Snatch bubbled through every conversation. Said one executive, reflecting on the recent firing of 300 NBCers by the network: "After all this head chopping, they're doing what they should have done in the first place-getting somebody good...
...Silverman's contract with ABC runs through the first week of June, and ABC-TV President Fred Pierce made it clear that ABC would try to keep him until then. That would deprive NBC of his programming cunning during the next 4½ months, when most of the key decisions will be made about next fall's schedule. "The longer ABC can keep Freddie from going to NBC, the better off it is," says Mike Dann, TV consultant and Silverman's longtime mentor. "By June ABC will have set up its plans until 1981, and NBC will...
...personnel lineup last fall and hand out all the pink slips, including many to top executives. When the new crew failed to improve matters, Schlosser's boss, RCA Chief Edgar Griffiths, decided to act. About a month ago, RCA Vice President George Fuchs was dispatched to offer Silverman Schlosser's job. Silverman was given more money than he was getting at ABC-$500,000, v. $350,000-but money was only part of the inducement, and doubtless the smaller part at that. What lured Silverman was having not just an entertainment division but an entire network to call...