Do three major networks have a future
Los Angeles analysis raises concern for ABC NBC and CBS as Nielsen figures show a 10 percent drop in prime time viewers in the first three months of the season. The piece notes anxiety over whether the networks can sustain audience interest amid midseason showcases and shifting viewing habits.
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TV's people meter sparks network scrambling to embrace cable
NBC signals interest in joint projects with Disney Channel as audience shifts to cable and video. Industry voices warn about erosion of traditional viewership, while execs debate the impact and timing of meter accuracy amid rising pay TV and VCR use.
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Home debuts as how-to talk show for women on ABC
ABC debuts a half hour daytime program titled Home in Los Angeles aimed at practical guidance for women. Hosts Robb Weller and Sandy Hill present three topics per show from cooking to health and moving with experts from ordinary life providing actionable steps. The set replicates a Connecticut farm house and the show will document buying, redecorating, remodeling and selling a house.
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New Daily Home Tips Show Hosted by Hill and Weller
Former Good Morning America co host Sandy Hill and Entertainment Tonight's Robb Weller headline a new daily program offering viewer submitted household tips. A separate TV movie stars Alfre Woodard as an advertising executive drawn into an orphaned child's life amidst personal and professional upheaval.
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What Price Victory and Strange Interlude on AMERICAN PLAY HOUSE
Television listings note What Price Victory a TV movie about recruiting young athletes for college sports with George Kennedy as a coach and Mae Davis and Robert Culp as co stars. AMERICAN PLAY HOUSE opens its seventh year with Glenda Jackson in Strange Interlude Part 1 of 3, portraying a manipulator using men for her ends.
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