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...recently as 1981, only outsiders (and Johnny Carson) were cracking jokes about NBC. An air of frantic desperation hung over the place as then Chairman Fred Silverman threw onto his schedule, and then pulled off, one expensive flop after another. To the savviest TV producers, "it was as if NBC didn't exist," recalls Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties). "We didn't go there with an idea, because we knew it would be crucified." Silverman, who had earned a reputation as a programming wunderkind at CBS and then ABC earlier in the '70s, was also scalded by the boycott...
...Catskill Eagle, his hard-boiled detective, Spenser, vows to rescue a maiden imprisoned in a tower. But the modern world, with its complexities ranging from feminism to the military- industrial complex, has all but nullified the chance for such straightforward valor. The "maiden" is Spenser's estranged girlfriend, Susan Silverman; her supposed captor is Spenser's rival for her love; her disappearance may in fact be voluntary; her guards are also employees of an unscrupulous international arms dealer; the macho Spenser must rely on help from a lesbian journalist and a matronly psychotherapist; and the perilous rescue turns into...
...Farber, Cabot, Classics; Jeffrey J. Kosowsky, Mather, Engineering Sciences; Frederick S. Lee, Leverett, Biochemical Sciences; Kenneth C. Lee, North, Economics; Jonathan M. Levine, Leverett, Government; Alexander J. Rimberg, North, Physics; Jeffrey M. Rosen, Adams. English and American Literature and Language Combination; Hyunjune S. Seung, Mather, Physics; Lewis B. Silverman, Winthrop Biology; Mark S. Weinfeld, Leverett, Biology; Tal-Muyi, Currier, Biochemical Sciences...
...project where you are delayed there's no question that it will cost you something." Robert A. Silverman, director of planning, said Friday...
...Fred Pierce, the aggressive former vice president of TV planning and development who had become president of ABC Television in 1974, engineered a stunning turnaround. His first major move was to hire Silverman away from CBS to head ABC's programming department. Under the guidance of Silverman, "the man with the golden gut," ABC began turning out a rapid parade of hits. Many of them were raucous, youth-oriented comedies (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley); others exploited buxom blonds and sexual humor ( (Three's Company, Charlie's Angels); still others were sentimental puffballs from Producer Aaron Spelling (Love Boat, Fantasy Island...