Miniseries Decline Sparks Shift in TV Strategy
New York reports a waning miniseries craze as roots of audience loyalty fade. Networks struggle with heavy promoted lavish productions and shifting formats as NBC CBS and ABC retool with multi night events and new long form dramas.
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Cable TV reshapes viewing with more made for TV movies
Television critic Fred Rothenberg notes CBS schedules a three night made for TV movie block this week as writers strike delays push back series. NBC shows baseball playoffs while cable TV nears 30 percent of homes diluting audience share and threatening miniseries appeal.
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Deceptive distribution drives slam in club lead
South opens with a strong distributional hand and control assets and, after North supports second suit, leaps to a small slam. West leads queen of clubs and dummy appears, leaving declarer with a sharp hand evaluation and strategic play.
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Unlucky slam defeat in bridge game analysis
Charles H. Goren and Omar Sharif analyze a bridge hand where the declarer misses a grand slam after a 5-1 spade break and 3-1 trump split. They show how guarding spades and trumps, with an ace and king of spades first, could allow the slam to succeed.
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Cryptoquote Saturday Adage A Wise Old Saying
It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another. An old adage from 1981 King Features Syndicate reflects mischief and hypocrisy in a playful riddle-like quote.
Chiropractor ripoff complaint prompts advice
A reader recounts a painful back issue and an expensive Multi visit plan from a chiropractor after a half hour X rays. The advice suggests filing complaints with the Michigan State Chiropractic Association in Lansing and notes unethical practitioners exist in every field.
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Dear Abby letter about a widow and school clothes gift
A widow whose husband died of cancer after 17 years asks why coworkers gave money to her sister in law to buy her four sons school clothes. Abby says the coworkers meant kindness and advises thanking them rather than returning the money.
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