Moonlighting Tops Emmy Nomination List in 38th Awards
In Pasadena, ABCs Moonlighting leads with 16 nominations for the 38th prime-time Emmys, including best drama series and acting nods for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. Other top nominees include The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls with 15, St Elsewhere and An Early Frost with 14, Cheers with 11, and Amazing Stories plus Death of a Salesman with 10 each. Moonlighting marks the most nominations for a show since Hill Street Blues.
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Cybill Shepherd
Glenn Gordon Caron
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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Miss Shepherd
Allyce Beasley
Whoopi Goldberg
NBC
Cosby Show
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Actors Strike Averted Likely After Long Bargaining
Los Angeles AP report says SAG AFTRA and producers extended talks beyond deadlines with cautious optimism of avoiding a strike. Key issues include residual payments and wage increases from 18 percent to 22 earlier, with unions representing 92 000 actors and a 1980 strike referenced.
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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
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Los Angeles Times
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VCRs May Benefit Network TV Says NBC Study
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Dave Poltrack
CBS
Poltrack
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Nielsen
Barry Kaplan
New Electronic Media
Ted Bates
Kaplan
ABC
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