NEWS & NOTES : GUMBEL'S RECENT CBS SIGNING MAY HAVE KEPT SAWYER AT ABC.Byline: Daily News Wire Services For ABC's Diane Sawyer  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , there's no place like home. As expected, Sawyer will remain at the alphabet network, 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. announced Monday. She'll continue to co-anchor ``PrimeTime Live'' with Sam Donaldson Samuel Andrew Donaldson (born March 11, 1934 in El Paso, Texas) is a reporter and news anchor for ABC News, anchoring the Sunday edition of World News Tonight from its inception in January 1979 through the 1990s. , contribute to ``Turning Point,'' and appear on other ABC broadcasts and special projects. The Lady Di sweepstakes reached fever pitch recently, when a ``window'' in Sawyer's five-year, $35 million contract - up in spring '99 - allowed her to entertain other offers. Tired of competing with Barbara Walters at ABC, Sawyer was said to be ready to jump to CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . That changed last month, however, when NBC's Bryant Gumbel, also a hot commodity on the open market, signed with CBS News. According to ABC insiders, Sawyer didn't want to share the limelight with yet another superstar at her alma mater. A `20/20' world?: In other ABC tidbits TidBITS is an award-winning electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics. Internet publication TidBITS has been published weekly since April 16, 1990, which makes it one of the longest running Internet publications. , buzz is that management is considering consolidating ``PrimeTime Live'' and ``20/20'' into a single ``20/20'' franchise. Officially, ABC has no comment. Unofficially, plans are being discussed about pooling resources and bookers for the competing newsmags, sources say. The resulting shows would both run under the banner of ``20/20,'' currently anchored by Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs. The primary motivation for joining forces would be ``to curb excessive competition'' between ``PrimeTime's'' Sawyer and ``20/20's'' Walters, says an ABC executive, speaking on condition of anonymity. The plan has progressed beyond the stage of ``latrine la·trine n. A communal toilet of a type often used in a camp or barracks. [From French latrines, privies, from Old French, from Latin l gossip,'' the exec adds. The veteran ``20/20'' (10 p.m. Fridays), ABC's oldest newsmagazine, launched in June 1978 and ranks 11th among 154 series this season. ``PrimeTime'' (10 p.m. Wednesdays), launched in February 1989, is 23rd. Game show memories: Answer: In a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of minute. Question: Would NBC's Jack Ford like another ``Jeopardy!'' shot? In the early '70s, Ford's $5,000 in winnings from three ``Jeopardy!'' appearances helped finance his last year at Fordham Law School. Ford went on to become a big-time trial lawyer, TV legal analyst, and co-anchor of NBC's weekend ``Today,'' but they all pale in comparison to his ``Jeopardy!'' gig in the eyes of his kids, Ashley, 15, and Colin, 10. ``Of all the things I've ever done on TV, all the interesting people I've interviewed, my kids still think the coolest thing I ever did is `Jeopardy!' '' says Ford, 46. ``I would love to do it again. ``I've always been blessed with a good memory. Back then, I had that gunslinger Gunslinger A high-strung portfolio manager who, looking for high returns, invests in very high-risk stock. Notes: Stay away from these guys, or they could end up shooting you in the foot! mentality. But the reality is, I'm not as quick as I used to be.'' (Join the club, Jack.) One Trump follows another: Shocker shock·er n. One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel. Noun 1. shocker - a shockingly bad person bad person - a person who does harm to others 2. of shockers, Marla Maples Trump will co-host the ``1997 Miss Universe Pageant.'' Surely we jest. In reality, since Maples Trump's hubby, Donald Trump, owns the pageant along with CBS, there was really never any question she wouldn't host. She also co-hosted the '96 version. |
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