NEWS & NOTES : BOOST FROM SINBAD NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT `VIBE' CANCELLATION.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Less than three months after the lights were turned out on ``The Keenen Ivory Wayans Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, comedian, director and writer best known as the host and creator of the FOX sketch comedy series In Living Color Show,'' the plug has been pulled on late-night contender ``Vibe.'' Like the late-night ``Keenen,'' ``Vibe'' has been dogged by low national ratings since its debut in August. Though the show found new life when Sinbad replaced original host Chris Spencer in October, ``Vibe'' couldn't generate enough interest. Originals and reruns of ``Vibe'' will continue airing through Sept. 11. The announcement of ``Vibe's'' cancellation Monday coincided with the debut of late-night contender ``The Magic Hour.'' ``Vibe's'' departure, coupled with the cancellation of ``Keenen,'' now leaves the board clear for ``Magic.'' Remaking finale: The producers of NBC's ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' have decided to remake their already-aired May 18 season finale, which featured the late Phil Hartman in a key guest role. The cliffhanger cliff·hang·er n. 1. A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense. 2. A suspenseful situation occurring at the end of a chapter, scene, or episode. 3. episode was to be continued This article is about the Elton John box set. For the plot device commonly featuring the phrase "To be continued", see Cliffhanger. To Be Continued in the season opener in the fall. No actor has been chosen for the role, and the substitute episode will not be produced until August. It will air in September, before the season premiere. The ``NewsRadio'' comedian, who was shot to death May 28, played an obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. boyfriend who abducts one of the aliens. ``Phil was only in two scenes, but they were pretty big scenes, so you'd expect to see him in September,'' said 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. spokeswoman Pam Morrison. ``The producers felt it wouldn't be respectful to his memory just to do some quick fix and explain him away. They'd rather redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. it. ``It will take just a day to do those scenes over,'' Morrison said, ``but it's going to be a tough one, because how do you replace Phil?'' As for ``NewsRadio,'' producers still are giving thought as to how they will deal with the Hartman tragedy. `Dr. Quinn' still out: Jane Seymour isn't holding out any hope that her series, ``Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is multi-Emmy Award winning western/dramatic television series in the United States, created by Beth Sullivan. It ran on CBS for six seasons, from January 1st, 1993 to May 16th, 1998. ,'' will get a reprieve from CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , which didn't renew the 6-year-old show for the fall. ``It's gone,'' Seymour said backstage during CBS' telecast of the annual Tony Awards. Seymour, a presenter during the show, said a Web site devoted to the program gets 10,000 notes a day from eager fans. As for CBS' offer of doing a two-hour movie to wrap up the series, Seymour said there's ``nothing definite yet.'' `Mad' about New York: NBC's multimillion-dollar series ``Mad About You'' will tape two episodes in Gotham late this summer. The normally Los Angeles-based series, about a New York couple, will do so to accommodate co-star Helen Hunt, who soon is opening in a stage production of ``Twelfth Night'' at New York's Lincoln Center. |
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