ABC'S `FAMILY MATTERS' MOVING TO CBS FOR 1997-98 SEASON : NEWS & NOTES.Byline: Daily News Wire Services In a programming coup, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Entertainment chief Les Moonves has snatched ``Family Matters'' from ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . CBS has ordered 22 episodes of the popular Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . sitcom for next season. (Moonves formerly was top dog at Warner Bros.) In addition, ``Family's'' producers, Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions, will develop other series for CBS. ``Family Matters,'' starring Jaleel White as nerdy Steve Urkel, is the 8 p.m. anchor of ABC's successful ``TGIF'' lineup. In its eighth season, ``Family'' still wins its time slot and averages 15 million viewers each week. Smart money says ``Family'' will stay on Fridays. CBS has struggled on that night, and Moonves is hot for family-oriented shows there. Out of the West: New to the WB Saturday schedule is ``Calamity Jane,'' an animated western series using such historic characters as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok Not to be confused with William "Wild Bill" Hickok, American football player. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Old West. and, of course, the title star. The WB has renewed ``The Animaniacs,'' ``Pinky & Brains,'' ``Batman,'' ``Superman,'' ``The Daffy Duck Show'' and ``Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries.'' Campbell on `SNL': Actress Neve Campbell, currently hot from her big-screen work in ``Scream'' and her ongoing popularity from Fox's ``Party of Five,'' will host this weekend's ``Saturday Night Live'' (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , 11:30 p.m.) Musical guest is forever-hot veteran rocker David Bowie. |
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