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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DAVID LETTERMAN, after a decade as host of the funniest hour on TV, begins to feel restless in his late-late (12:35 a.m. est) time slot. But when the job he covets -- host of the Tonight show -- becomes available, it goes to Jay Leno. With his NBC contract expiring next spring, Letterman hires a new agent, Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, and starts entertaining offers. Everyone from the Fox Network (which wants to team Letterman in a late-night bloc with Chevy Chase) to major syndicators like Viacom (which offers Letterman additional exposure on its cable networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wooing of David Letterman | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

Tempesta, who acknowledges that the shuttle system is not perfect, says plans are in the works for further improvements. To alleviate the overcrowding problem at lunchtime, he says a second bus was recently added to the 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. time slot on weekdays...

Author: By Javier V. Garcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE HARVARD SHUTTLE SERVICE? | 12/18/1992 | See Source »

...easily manipulated dunce. The inside-TV humor is too familiar, as are the supporting players (Martin Mull, Alison LaPlaca). Even Arnold's performance has the whiff of a recycled Dave Thomas character from SCTV. Still, the show has a fiendish glint in its eye, and with its surefire time slot (following Roseanne on Tuesdays), it may be around long enough to forge a fresh path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Nov. 30, 1992 | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

With 15 seconds remaining in the contest, Harvard's Olympian Ted Drury tossed a pass to Flomenhoft who whistled it home from the slot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icemen Barely Escape Tigers, 6-5, in OT | 11/21/1992 | See Source »

...news hounds, enter the smooth mag reviewers and feature writers. Unfortunately (for the mag, but fortunately for our souls), we gave up all that this weekend in favor of a road trip to Atlantic City, where things are as miserable as ever and old ladies, mesmerized by the blinking slot machines pump in quarters at 4 and 5 a.m. like it's midday and time for a tuna sandwich. Meanwhile, outside Bally's Grand Hotel and Casino the prostitutes parade up and down Pacific Avenue and drug dealers lounge in the shadow of the giant hotel. It was a relatively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekends | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

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