NEWS & NOTES : WHILE WRITER PRAISES BERGEN, SHE DUMPS `MURPHY' FOR `SPIN'.Byline: Daily News Wire Services With five Emmys on the shelf, who needs more clutter? Candice Bergen's decision not to enter the '96 competition ``was a really classy move,'' says Sarah Dunn, formerly a staff writer with CBS' ``Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. It starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI .'' ``It didn't surprise me. How many Emmys does one person need? ``I'd like to think I'd do the same thing, but I probably wouldn't, because I'm a much smaller person than that. I would have just kept collecting them.'' Not in L.A., she wouldn't. At least not this season. Dunn, author of ``The Official Slackers Handbook,'' is relocating to 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 to be story editor of ``Spin City,'' the new 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. sitcom starring Michael J. Fox as the deputy mayor of New York. Executive producer is Gary David Goldberg, who made Fox a star on NBC's ``Family Ties'' (1982-89). Dunn, 26, left ``Murphy'' after one season ``because there's a big difference between being on a solid, good show in its eighth season and being on a solid, good show in its first season. It's more appealing to create fresh characters. You can shape an entire series.'' Christiane Amanpour λChristiane Amanpour, CBE, (born January 12, 1958) (Persian: کریستین امانپور) is the chief international correspondent for CNN. , Part II: The unusual time-share deal between CNN's ace international correspondent and CBS News was the creation of ``60 Minutes'' czar Don Hewitt, he said Tuesday. On Monday, neither CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. president Tom Johnson, CBS News chief Andrew Heyward or Amanpour would say who came up with the unprecedented notion. In addition to her new duties as CNN's chief international correspondent, Amanpour, 38, will do five pieces per year for ``60 Minutes.'' She reportedly signed three-year contracts with both CNN and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , at salaries of $1 million-plus and $500,000, respectively. Both pacts begin Sunday. |
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