THE BUZZ.Povich-Chung deal fizzles Samuel Beckett used the word "fizzles" to describe eight short prose pieces: For to end yet again, Still, He is barehead, Horn came always, Afar a Bird, I gave up before birth, Closed place, and Old earth. : Talk-show host Maury Povich Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939 in Washington, D.C.) is an American TV talk show personality who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury which has earned him national recognition due to the paternity tests that are often aired. and spouse Connie Chung Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich (Simplified Chinese: 宗毓华; Traditional Chinese: 宗毓華; Pinyin: Zōng Yùhuá , the former CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Current productions Current television shows
Broadcasting sources in Los Angeles confirmed that the show, which was to have been produced and distributed by DreamWorks SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch) SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios) SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code) SKG Smith and Kraus Global starting in the fall of 1998, has been declared dead. It would have been Chung's first ongoing TV gig since losing her co-anchor seat alongside Dan Rather in May 1995. The official line is that Povich asked to be released from the project so he could continue doing his current daily syndicated talk show for Paramount Television. Unofficially, the Povich/Chung/DreamWorks show apparently died because no network station group would agree to buy and air it, effectively freezing it out of the country's biggest TV markets. The Povich/Chung half-hour was to have been the first syndicated show from DreamWorks, the broad-based production/distribution company founded by director Steven Spielberg, film executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and music mogul David Geffen. With the clout of the producers and the name recognition of the stars, the show was touted as all but certain to become a money machine for all concerned. But first-run syndication is a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin , rough-and-tumble business. Recent industry rumblings suggested that the Povich/Chung/DreamWorks show might align itself with King World, the powerful syndicator behind ``The Oprah Winfrey Show,'' ``Jeopardy!'' and ``Wheel of Fortune.'' In exchange for its muscle with stations, industry sources speculated, King World may have insisted on distribution deals for other DreamWorks shows, a demand DreamWorks rejected. Lunden leaving `GMA': ``Good Morning America'' co-anchor Joan Lunden made it official Tuesday. She will leave the early-morning program in September after a 21-year run. Lunden's departure has been anticipated for nearly a year as ``GMA'' has struggled in the ratings behind NBC's ``Today.'' She will remain under contract to 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. as host of her ``Behind Closed Doors'' specials. |
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