NEWS & NOTES : SURGING `48 HOURS' KNOCKS OFF MONDAY'S SAGGING `DATELINE'.Byline: Daily News Wire Services CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. News' ``48 Hours,'' which a season ago was fighting for renewal, is tearing up the ratings pea patch, of late. On Monday night, the 10-year-old newsmagazine beat ``Dateline NBC'' for the first time, pulling an 8.4 rating (percentage of the nation's 98 million TV homes) and a 15 share (percentage of sets in use that tuned in during the time period). At the same time, Monday's ``Dateline NBC'' was its lowest-rated edition ever, earning a 7.8 rating/14 share, and the loss was its first to regularly scheduled programming since ABC's ``Monday Night Football'' ended its season. Monday's ``48 Hours'' also was the night's highest-rated newsmag, outperforming ABC's ``20/20,'' which averaged an 8.3 rating/14 share. Last week, the Thursday-night ``48 Hours'' came within one-tenth of a rating point of beating a repeat of NBC's ``ER,'' TV's top-rated drama. Hewitt playing Hepburn: Jennifer Love Hewitt, well-known to younger TV viewers and moviegoers for her roles in ``Party of Five'' and ``I Know What You Did Last Summer,'' has been picked to star in an 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. movie about Audrey Hepburn, an actress more familiar to an older set of viewers and film fans. The film's script will be written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman Marsha Norman (b. September 21, 1947[1]) is an American playwright, screenwriter, television writer and novelist. She won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. (``Getting Out,'' ``'Night, Mother''). Hewitt, 19, is a ``lifelong fan of Hepburn's work,'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an ABC news
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. release. The elegant Hepburn, who died in 1993 at age 63, starred in such films as ``Sabrina,'' ``Breakfast at Tiffany's,'' ``Roman Holiday,'' ``Funny Face,'' ``Charade,'' ``My Fair Lady,'' ``Wait Until Dark,'' ``Two for the Road'' and ``Robin and Marian.'' ABC's loss, Rivera's gain: CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. has tapped Bret Marcus, executive producer of ABC's offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. overnight show ``World News Now,'' to create, launch and head its new 7:30 p.m. Geraldo Rivera showcase, ``Upfront Tonight,'' which debuts next month. Rivera will continue as host of ``Rivera Live'' nightly. |
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