ABC'S TARSES KEPT UNDER WRAPS, TV CRITICS DISCOVER.Byline: KEITH MARDER 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. opened its portion of the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer summer press tour Monday, but beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. entertainment president Jamie Tarses Jamie Tarses (born 1964) was head of ABC's entertainment division from 1996 to 1999, the first woman and one of the youngest people to hold such a post in an American broadcast network. She is the daughter of television writer Jay Tarses. was not made available to the press contingent. The ``Jamie Watch,'' it seems, will continue for a couple of more days. Tarses, who has been the subject of published reports recently indicating that she's on the way out, is scheduled to meet the press Wednesday morning. Tarses, who has been in her current position for a little more than a year, was at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington during ABC's presentation but stayed behind the scenes. An Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. photographer was not allowed to take a picture of Tarses when she moved through the halls Monday. He was told to wait until Wednesday to get his pictures. An ABC spokesman said that there are no plans to change the schedule. Speculation is that Tarses, the highest-ranking female executive among the big three networks, is trying to work out a buyout of the four remaining years of her contract while ABC is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a loophole to fire her. Tarses, who reportedly makes $2 million a year, is said to be seeking a $4 million settlement while ABC is rumored to be offering about $1 million. Live from the ER: The Sept. 25 season premiere In television, a season première refers to the first episode of a new television season for a series that has been renewed. In North America, a given show's season première often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns. of NBC's juggernaut drama ``ER'' will be broadcast live on the East Coast, the network announced. The West Coast will see the same broadcast, potential gaffes and all, three hours later when the show airs at Pacific time. The episode will be designed to make the show as easy to produce as possible. ``It's going to be a logistical nightmare,'' said executive producer John Wells John Wells may be: People:
Wells said that his decision to go live was not for the purposes of publicity. ``One of the reasons we took some time deciding to do it,'' he said, ``is that we were looking for a creative reason to do it. Otherwise it's just a gimmick, frankly.'' The creative reason he found involves the story line of Dr. Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards), who was a victim of an act of violence last season, and his inability to deal with it. ``I think, through the context of how it will work,'' Wells said, ``(It) will actually make it very clear when you see it that it was really the best way to do it. The argument can be made that it does not have to necessarily be live. It could also have been shot, but I think it'll have a certain immediacy shot live that will add to that - to the rawness of what's happened to Greene.'' Wells is showing a lot of guts making this move, not only for the obvious reasons but for the confidence he is showing. No backup episode will be ready to air in case of a blackout, earthquake or any other kind of emergency. ``I think we will be performing a bit without a net,'' he said. There will be some cutaway scenes if necessary, possibly one each act, that would include a couple of characters and a camera crew in case of a technical glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. . Viewers on the West Coast will see all the flubs. ``Our intent is not to do any re-editing on it,'' Wells said. ``We won't have that much time, and you know, one of the problems if you go in and try to pull stuff apart, it is a little bit like a sweater. ... I have a feeling we'll all be sort of standing outside the stage screaming and hopping up and down afterward, rather than trying to repair anything.'' PBS' big night: The Public Broadcasting System was the big winner at the 13th annual Television Critics' Association Awards, which were presented Sunday night at the organization's annual affair at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington. PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, came away with four of the 11 awards. Cop shows finished with three of the awards. Drew Carey hosted the presentation. ``Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' won the Career Achievement Award, and ``Wishbone'' and ``Bill Nye the Science Guy'' tied for Best Children's Programming. Nye's show appears on PBS and is also syndicated across the country. Gritty drama ``EZ Streets,'' which was lavished with critical acclaim but canceled by CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. for lack of viewership, won Program of the Year. Another quality police hour, NBC's ``Homicide,'' won Best Drama, and its star, Andre Braugher, was named Best Individual Performance in a Drama. HBO's ``The Larry Sanders Show'' was named top comedy, and David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Screen Actors Guild, Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his co-starring role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier alongside Kelsey Grammer. of NBC's ``Frasier'' was singled out for Best Individual Performance in a comedy. Showtime movie ``Bastard Out of Carolina,'' directed by Anjelica Huston, was named Best Movie, Miniseries or Special. Other winners included ``Sportscenter'' on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network for Best Sports Programming, and the nationally syndicated newsmagazine ``American Journal'' for Best News and Information. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: One creative reason cited for doing the season premiere of ``ER'' live involves the story line of Dr. Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards). |
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