NEWS & NOTES: `INTERNATIONAL MAN' OF MTV.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Mike Myers Mike Myers may refer to:
in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Movie Awards, which will be telecast 9 p.m. June 12. The zany Myers, along with his ``Wayne's World'' co-star Dana Carvey, won a 1992 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. Duo. The actual awards will be handed out on June 7 at Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica Airport (IATA: SMO, ICAO: KSMO, FAA LID: SMO), also known as Santa Monica Municipal Airport, is a general aviation airport located in the heart of the residential community of Santa Monica, California, United States. . Getting ready: Sister cable channels USA Network and the Sci-Fi Channel announced plans for the upcoming television season. Sci-Fi will have two six-hour miniseries for the 1997-98 season. Co-produced with the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , ``Invasion Earth'' takes place in Britain during two time periods - World War II and the present. It starts during the war and chronicles the clandestine invasion of Earth and abductions by multidimensional aliens. Sci-Fi also will remake Frank Herbert's best-selling novel, ``Dune,'' into a three-night affair. It will be produced by the same team that produced ABC's ``The Stand'' miniseries. As a head start in July, Sci-Fi will unveil its first-ever original series, ``Mission Genesis,'' about six clones sent to repopulate Earth. USA announced the renewal of steamy drama ``La Femme La Femme is a women-only beach in Marina, Egypt which caters to Muslims who want to swim in comfort away from prying and prurient view of "men and cameras". External links
[1] Nikita,'' which will be moved to Sunday nights. It also will show reruns of ``Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It aired on CBS for eight seasons, from April 21 1993 to May 19 2001, and was broadcast in over 100 countries. ,'' on Mondays beginning Aug. 4, and will have a new daily teen block with ``USA High,'' from the producers of ``Saved by the Bell.'' A lot of minutes: The granddaddy of all newsmagazines, CBS' ``60 Minutes,'' is going where no other program has gone before. With last week's Nielsen numbers, ``60 Minutes'' has been assured of ranking among the top-10 shows for the season, which would be its 20th straight year in that heady grouping. ``It's kind of one of those magic numbers,'' executive producer Don Hewitt said Tuesday. ``We've never chased ratings - they chased us.'' There hasn't been another program in the history of television to put together a streak of top-10 finishes like ``60 Minutes.'' In fact, none has ever come close. Three comedies starring Lucille Ball (``I Love Lucy I Love Lucy is a television situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, also featuring Vivian Vance and William Frawley. The series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS (181 episodes, including the "lost" Christmas episode and original ,'' ``The Lucy Show'' and ``Here's Lucy'') combined for 16 seasons in the top 10, with 10 in succession. CBS' classic western, ``Gunsmoke,'' was in the top 10 for 13 seasons, seven of them in a row. Hewitt maintains that ``60 Minutes'' has succeeded without specifically targeting the sweeps periods - used by stations to set future advertising rates - for particularly juicy stories. |
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