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DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBLI ION www.americanradiohistory.com http://www.broadcastingcable.com Must Reading from Fast October 6. 1997 TOP OF THE WEEK / 10 105 days to NATPE With less than four months until the NATPE convention, syndicators are already looking to next season after a less than spectacular fall. The majority of new talk shows for fall 1998 have been announced, and more remakes and spin-offs are in the offing. / 10 Report from MIPCOM The biggest deal of the MIPCOM programming marketplace emerged when UK media conglomerate Pearson Plc. tendered an offer to buy All American Communications for $513 million in cash and debt -possibly creating the world's largest international television producer. / 12 Even NBC feels the pinch NBC's 11.6 rating and 19 share during premiere week last month earned the network first place, but even the top network was pinched by the ratings decline that plagued nearly all of the broadcast networks for the week. / 13 FCC candidates (l -r) Gloria Tristani, Michael Powell CBS, affiliates talk digital CBS top brass -including Westinghouse Chairman and Harold Furchtgott -Roth cruised toward conforma- Michael Jordan and radio and stations chief Mel Karmazin -will meet today with heads of tion last week. 12 station groups to discuss digital television and other network- related issues. / 17 SPECIAL REPORT / 34 CABLE / 58 Hispanic TV/Radio Univision remains Getting a handle on HITS Smaller cable operators UNIVISION the powerhouse of Spanish- language are getting a quick refresher course on scale economics as broadcasting, while distant -second they examine the potential of HITS two weeks into its full - Telemundo tries to regain financial footing as scale commercial launch. / 58 it emerges from its 1994 bankruptcy reorganization. / 34 Third-quarter cable ratings up Summer fare and a successful premiere COVER STORY week boosted cable's overall third -quar- 10 advertising Dean Valentine: ter ratings by %. Cable trackers say the premiere week's share Shaping the New UPN was the highest prime time ever. / 59 t PN\\ new chief. Dean Valen- tine. wants UPN to be seen as a The Atlantic Cable Show offered stories and advice from Brian Roberts and network that speaks to Middle Michael Bloomberg.: 60 America, not just to urban view- ers or young men looking for TECHNOLOGY /65 hip_- breasted sitcom stars. / 47 Time Warner launches 24-hour news Time Cover photo by Craig Mathew Warner Cable has launched a 24 -hour cable news channel in Tampa Bay, Fla., employing state -of-the -art server BROADCASTING / 50 technology. / 65 for Viewership slides network Tele / 68 news The three network evening newscasts continue to lose viewers, RealNetworks according to Nielsen numbers. NBC, introduces next which posts the best numbers, defends its generation of streaming Realtletwories approach -which critics call "dumbing RealNetworks releases its new version of streaming down" the news -as a way of making technology, from which it hopes to launch a model for newscasts more relevant to viewers. / 50 online pay -per -view events. / 68 Tom Brokaw's TV.COM logs in Weekly syndicated Broadcast Ratings...53 Closed Circuit 20 Fifth Estater 89 broadcast was is back series T%:WM for a second season tops in 1996-97 Cable Ratings 60 Datebook 88 For the Record 83 with clearances in 135 markets, representing Changing Hands 54 Editorials 94 In Brief 92 more than 80% of the country. / 51 Classified 71 Fates & Fortunes 90 Riding Gain 57 4 October 61997 Broadcasting & Cable www.americanradiohistory.com Li_uud -fiiiii.r.si are appening all over . ri i -1J_1 www.americanradiohistory.com The Nation's frJ N inn mg_ W25 -54 MrlIflTJ A ! 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. www.americanradiohistory.com ew Daytime Strip GTHEAYLE KING I SHOW SO/Het/tint/ Tc) TA About www.gayleking.com www.americanradiohistory.com Broadcasting & Cable Syndicators prep for fall remakes are in development for 1998; game shows are candidates for revival Spin -offs, 1 By Joe Schlosser a talk show. Tf' Guide on TV (the maga- zine is also a News Corp. property). With four months until the Columbia TriStar is reportedly NATPE convention. syndica- deciding which game show or shows it tors are already looking to next should revive for another shot in syndi- season after a less than spectacular fall. cation. Two likely candidates are The The majority of new talk shows for $25.000 Pyramid (which was up to fall 1998 have been announced and $100,000 by the end of its syndicated cleared in the major markets, and King run) and Treasure Hunt. Sources say World has said it will weigh in with a Columbia TriStar also has its eye on new version of Hollywood Squares for The Joker's Wild and Name That Tune. access, but what else can we expect to Company officials had no comment. see in first -run? Warner Bros. is apparently working More remakes and spin -offs are in on a couple of relationship -type game the offing -a younger -skewing Xena shows. Sources say a new version of and Hercules are Love Connection and an original show, two possibilities. Change of Heart. are being discussed. There is some The two would he packaged into an hour action on the format similar to Columbia TriStar's action -hour current Newlywed /Dating Game Hour. front, and game Also reportedly coming out of the Warn- shows could be er Bros. stable is an hour reality -based making a big It looks like talk show with former Hard Copy Pamela Lee will anchor Diane Dimond. Warner Bros. play next season. move from the bay "So far. 1998 to her own show, officials had no comment. is looking very and spinoff 'Team Sale of the Century may also re-enter promising." says Knight Rider' may the game show fray next year. Sources generate its own say Pearson Television wants Robin Petry rep Dick spinoff. Kurlander. "We Leach. the former host of Life styles of the felt 1998 would Rich and Famous. to host a '90s version i be a fairly good of the show. With last week's move by development debacle. Rysher Pearson to acquire All American Televi- year because '97 officials had no sion (see page 12). Sale of the Century was so dreadful. comment. may be just one of a handful of game The list of sho\N s Twentieth Tele- shows Pearson brings to market. By looks pretty well vision apparently acquiring All American. Pearson inherits rounded." has more than its the Goodson library. which includes such On that note. announced project staples as Fancily Feud and Match Game. Columbia TriS- with basketball All American officials confirmed they tar is reportedly star Magic John- will bring Family Feud to NATPE along working on a son in production with Match Game or Password. All weekly action hour with former Bay - for late night. Sources say Twentieth American also will likely bring action watch and action film star Pamela Lee. shot a pilot with comedian Paul hour Kickhoxer and the Kid to New The working title is reportedly Fashion Rodriguez last summer and is currently Orleans in January. Force 2000. although Columbia TriStar deciding whether to bring Rodriguez to Pearson is also said to be developing officials say the project's name has yet NATPE. The speculation has been that a weekly 30- minute show with the to be chosen. Rodriguez will host a late -night variety working title Fame and Fortune. Sources say Rysher Entertainment is show to accompany Johnson's Magic Sources call it a behind- the -scenes looking to convene a 30- minute court Hour.