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Ass ieli f e Thursday • January26
'Boywatch'
spinoff, Ricki
Lake wannabees
hot topics at
TV convention
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lights,
cameras, checkbooks. The an
nual supermarket of syndicat
ed TV programs has opened
for business.
Hot programs for sale at the
National Association of Televi
sion Program Executives con
vention include a “Baywatch”
spinoff, a newly hatched crop of
young talk show hosts and
“Home Improvement” and “Sein
feld” reruns.
“It’s a bazaar for programs,”
said Lou Dennig of Blair Televi
sion, which advises TV station
clients on programming pur
chases. And the three-day
NATPE convention opening
Tuesday is one wild bazaar.
Megawatt displays, schmooze
sessions with stars, nearly 500
exhibitors and an expected
14,000 attendees are turning the
Sands Hotel convention center
into Hollywood.
David Hasselhoff, star and
producer of “Baywatch” and the
upcoming “Baywatch Nights,”
posed patiently for souvenir pho
tos. Pinup hero Fabio, promoting
a celebrity shopping channel he’s
invested in, did the same and
shook hands with an eager con
ventioneer: “My wife will be
thrilled,” the man said.
Tori Spelling, the “Beverly
Hills, 90210” star on hand to
present an NATPE lifetime
achievement award to producer-
dad Aaron, is briefly transfixed
by a display of “Baywatch Bar
bie” dolls and toys.
A plastic display case kept
her from getting a hands-on
examination. “I’m outta here,”
she chirped.
At today’s session, media
magnate Rupert Murdoch was
to accept an NATPE award. A
panel of independent produc
ers was slated to discuss the
changing economics of the syn
dication market.
Broadcast syndication
amounts to a $3.5 billion busi
ness domestically, Bruce Jo
hansen, president of NATPE
International, told the opening
session.
International broadcasters
also come in search of shows.
The offerings include pro
grams created specifically for
syndication and so-called “off-
network” shows such as “Home
Improvement” and “Seinfeld,”
which will start airing in daily
reruns this fall.
A bevy of “Ricki
wannabees” were in evidence,
the result of talk show host
Ricki Lake’s cultivation of
younger viewers. Looking for
TV homes were Tempestt
Bledsoe, once a “Cosby” kid,
and Carnie Wilson, daughter
of Beach Boy Brian Wilson.
The fledgling networks — Vi
acom’s United Paramount Net
work and WB from Warner
Bros., both launched this month
— were a key topic at a NATPE
panel Tuesday that brought to
gether their programming chiefs
along with CBS, ABC, NBC and
Fox executives.
A Flock of Seagulls performing tonigh
ursc
Mike Score, is lead singer and founder of A Flock of Seagulls
performing tonight at 3rd Floor Cantina. A Flock of Seagulls
best known for the early-'80s hit "I Ran." The group won
Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
the song “D.N.A.”
//
'Life' on support from die-hard fa
NEW YORK (AP) — You’ve
seen it all before.
A certain TV series ignites
passion in millions. But not
enough millions. Its Nielsen
ratings are low. It faces oblivion.
Its fans scream bloody murder.
Sometimes, their SOS (Save
Our Show!) is heeded by the
network bosses. Much more
often, it falls on deaf ears, and
the show disappears.
The fate of “My So-Called
Life,” which goes on so-called
“hiatus” after tonight’s so-called
“season conclusion” (at 8 p.m.
EST on ABC), won’t be decided
for as much as three months.
Maybe it will be back next
fall. Then, viewers can resume
their odyssey
through the minds
and hearts of Angela
Chase, a 15-year-old
girl living near
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unique “Matlock” takes over
time slot.
Maybe. But don’t think
disciples of “My So-Called
are just sitting back and wall
for ABC to render its verdict.
For starters, they kf
mounted a letter-writ
campaign.
“Never say die!” ech
through cyberspace. Sf
proclaimed “So-Called Fansi
wielding the same high-te
tools in the defense of “My:
Called Life” that they embrai
to share their devotion to;|
show from the moment
premiered last August.
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that surround her. ^ r.
— Steve Jo/
Then, the
audience can rejoin
this show’s brilliant
cast, including Claire
Danes, who, playing Angela,
earned herself the Golden Globe
for best actress in a dramatic TV
series last weekend.
Maybe “My So-Called Life”
will return in a more hospitable
berth than this season’s, up
against NBC’s hit sitcoms “Mad
About You” and “Friends.”
Maybe then its ratings will be
better than its current season-to-
date ranking of 119th out of 142
shows.
Or maybe this unique and
deeply affecting drama will call
it a so-called day with episode
No. 19, after which the
“My So Called Life
MSCL,” wrote Steve Joyner,i
year-old author who lives in
Francisco, in a lengthy e-r®
missive he posted in Decemte
“It touches us in ways we ne'3
thought television could.”
The “pamphlet” by
computer-age Thomas Pa 1 ;
called for a pressure group 1
dubbed Operation “Life” Suppo f
Since then, this cyber-gr 011
has published a newslett
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raised several thousand dolla[ iunder
to buy imploring ads in
industry publications, ar
helped organize a flood ofe-m
onto ABC’s hard disks.
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DANCE ARTS
SOCIETY
PRESENTS
GENERAL MEETING
READ 268 7 PM
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1995
*Bring Student ID to enter READ Building*
*Dues of $35 will be accepted at this time*
*Jazz class immediately following meeting*
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