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...better. Fox also announced it would be leading off its Wednesdays with a "classic sitcom wheel." The French have another word for that: "le reruns." Sure, they'll be reruns of great Fox sitcoms like "The Simpsons" and "Malcolm in the Middle," but you try telling a roomful of ad execs you're going to start off a big night of programming with leftovers and see what a reception you get. No wonder Fox wanted to be surrounded by armament. To be fair, Fox has used this scheduling ploy before, with some success - after another sitcom had bombed and left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Upfronts: Reruns From UPN and Fox | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...late. Having grabbed the wheel, Ford the rich kid is driving Ford Motor down a radical path. A fiercely principled environmentalist and congenial company man, Ford is fomenting a revolution to transform the family firm--now a worldwide industrial monster with $170 billion in annual sales--into a corporation that cares as much for consumers and the air they breathe as it does for its bottom line. And he's doing it at a time when Ford Motor's image is suffering from allegations that its Explorer models had design flaws that contributed to the failure of their Firestone tires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebel Driving Ford | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Payne have traveled 130 miles from Columbus, Ind., every year since 1991. "We forsake everything else so we can be there," says Margaret. "When you find the best, why go anywhere else?" The free events include a hot-air balloon race and continuous music from players perched on high-wheel 1890s bicycles, Civil War-era bands, musicians performing from a re-created turn-of-the-century bandwagon, and New Orleans-style jazz bands. There is also an all-day band-history conference, which costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: CENTRE COLLEGE/DANVILLE, KY.: The Golden Age of Brass | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...surely deserves the attention of discerning movie watchers. The Hire, an automaton hero at the wheel of his automotive avenger, is a solid yet supple arche- type--a creature out of existentialist literature. He is what he drives. And he always wins. Except when he doesn't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Log On A Drive-In Movie | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...actor on location needs to know if his woman is cheating on him. An incriminating photo has to be smuggled out of a nation in civil war. The planet's bitchiest rock star--yes, Madonna!--needs a speedy comeuppance. Five tough assignments; zero sweat. Because the man at the wheel of each endangered vehicle is a chauffeur for all reasons...the Hire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Log On A Drive-In Movie | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

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