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P o r u and
O bserver • O ctober 9, 1996
ENTERTAINMENT
NBC, CBS winners in new TV season
Tw o w eeks into the 1996-97
primetime Nielsen season, the trends
are clear: solid growth for NBC and
CBS, and alarming losses for ABC
and Fox, which are both hoping for
turnarounds from late-premiering
series.
NBC ran away with the Sept. 23-
29 week, winning in households by
3 shares and in adults 18-49 by 6
shares. Excluding weeks o f excep
tional sports and the "Cheers" fi
nale, it was N BC's widest margin of
victory in the 18-49 demographic in
more than seven years, since May
22-28, 1989.
CBS remains well behind ABC in
most key demographics, but is lop
ping off big chunks of A B C s advan
tage. So far this season, CBS is up an
impressive 6% in its target dem o
graphic, adults 25-54, while ABC is
down by 18%. Biggest CBS gains
are coming on Sundays and Wednes-
How to s u c c e e d .
H ow to su c c e e d in b u sin e ss
w ith o u t r e a lly tr y in g is a
P u litzer-w in n in g m usical sta r
ring Ralph M acch io (K arate
Kid) as an early '6 0 s co rp o ra te
clim b er, 7 :3 0 p .m . (S at. & Sun.
m atinees at 2 p in ). C ivic A u
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tinu es until the 1 3th.
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T exas g u ita r rock, 8 p.m ., at
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Steven S eavey, sin g e r R ap h
aela de C ad iz, 8 p.m ., C afe
Sol, 620 SW 9th A v e., 243-
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Dan Perz Duo.
8 p.m . to m id n ig h t, B rasse
rie M o n tm artre, 626 SW Park
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Tho W ho.
F eatu rin g o rig in al m em bers
plus guest stars B illy Idol and
G ary G litte r, 8 p.m , R ose G a r
den A rena, T ic k e tM a ste r, 224-
4400.
Lonnie Brooks comes to Portland ready to belt
our the blues, Wednesday, October 16, at
Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny
miere-week rookies, A BC’s “Spin
C ity ," N B C ’s “ M en B ehaving
Badly" and CB S’ “Cosby." Addi
tional "Cosby" losses on Monday of
this week suggest the sitcom is
headed for a relatively ordinary
rookie season.
Meanwhile, ABC got a sparkling
start Friday from “Sabrina, the Teen
age W itch." NBC’s "Suddenly Su
san” is hanging in as a solid addition
to N BC’s killer Thursday lineup.
NBC is also making news with its
all-rookle Saturday schedule, up 26%
last week among adults 18-49 vs.
year-ago results, to win the night in
that demographic for the second
week in a row. T hat’s something
NBC hadn't managed on a Saturday
with entertainm ent programming
since November 1991.
Both N B C 's “ Pretender" and
CBS’ "Early Edition "enjoyed strong
premieres on that night, while ABC’s
debuting rookies, "Common Law"
and "Relativity,” fizzled. Fox's pre
miering "Love and Marriage” got
The week featured some cooling
for each o f the three hottest pre-
Comedian Chris ‘J{o ensigns recorddeal
S ta n d u p c o m e d ia n C h r is
Rock, a form er “Saturday N ight
L iv e ” cast m em ber, has signed a
c o n tr a c t w ith th e f le d g lin g
Basketball's
Buddy get's
movie
First Shaq, then Michael,
now Buddy the golden re
triever?
Joining the growing ranks
of basketball players turned
actors, the hoops-shooting
pooch — and TV veteran — is
set to star in the upcoming
family adventure, “Air Bud.”
The feature, which starts
shooting in Vancouver on Oct.
29, also stars 12-year-old
Kevin Zegers (" L ife With
M ikey” ), Michel Jeter(C B S ’
'E v e n in g S h a d e ” ), Bill
Cobbs and Cynthia Stevenson
(NBC’s Hope and Gloria” ).
D ream W orks R ecords label.
His deal com es at a tim e when
alb u m s by such c o m e d ia n s as
A d a m S a n d le r , " W e ir d " Al
Y ankovic and Jeff F o xw orthy,
have been hot sellers. M ore than
a dozen d iscs from an asso rtm en t
o f funnym en are set to hit store
sh elv es in the com ing m onths.
“ H e ’s one o f the few c o m e d i
ans to com e along in years who
rates up there with R ichard Pryor,
Bill C osby or L enny Bruce in
term s ol talent and o rig in a lity ,”
D ream W orks execu tiv e M ichael
O stin told D aily V ariety. “ W hen
we saw his HBO sp ecial, it blew
us aw ay. We knew that he w ould
be a perfect fit w ith the la b e l."
Since that HBO special in June,
Rock has gone from playing clubs
and sm aller venues to se llin g out
3,000-seat a m p h ith e a te rs. Rock
has also a p p eared on F o x ’s “ In
L iving C o lo r" for several e p i
sodes and has recen tly done n e t
work TV sp o ts fo r N ike.
The album , w hich is expected
to be released early next year,
will be p roduced by Paul H o u s
ton, w hose c re d its include De La
Soul. Rock is also w riting a book.
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itself into immediate ratings trouble.
M ost other first-y e a r show s
roughly maintained their premiere-
week status, but there were notewor
thy ladeouts for A BC’s "Townies,”
CB S’ "Mr & Mrs. Smith" and, on
Monday of this week, NBC’s "Jeff
Foxworthy.”
The em erging netw orks have
come up with a few developing hits
of their own, particularly W B 's
“Jamie Foxx” and “Steve Harvey”
and U PN’s "Malcolm & Eddie.”
ABC and Fox continued to lose
large segments of their audience last
week, compared to year-ago results.
Fox can take solace in the still-to-
come premieres of "The X-Files”
and "The Simpsons,” as well as 18-
49 growth last week (compared to
the previous week) for seven of its
11 hours of series programming.
ABC still has "NYPD Blue" waiting
in the wings and is hopeful its strong
rookies, “Spin City” and "Sabrina,”
can help reverse across-the-sched-
ule declines.
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