4 4 4 Page 128-Martinsville Bulletin, Wednesday, July. 31, 1996 challenges for the fall season New ABC executive faces many challenges LOS ANGELES (AP) What ABC can expect from its new head of programming and what viewers can expect from ABC are intriguingly. up in the air. Jamie Tarses: who took over as ABC Entertainment president in lune. is the first woman and.
at 32. among the youngest to hold such a job. Her resume includes cultivating hit series like Friends" while an NBC executive. Tarses makes quite a provocative lead character to start with, whiz kidstend to fascinate us. Now: pair her.
with a network stillmetamorphosing into a member of the Disney clan somewhat messily. it's reported and' there's potential for interesting results on and off the air. Meeting with reporters last. week. Tarses generally came across as poised and enthusiastic about her new network home and as already having reorganized the furniture.
Teams have been formed to streamline ABC's handling of prime time shows. an approach: modeled in part on NBC's method of keeping the same people in charge of a show during develop. ment and after it goes on the air. 'she said. And I think that, for some peoTarses was not quite ready, or ple.
that can be off putting." she willing. to go beyond generalities. said. in discussing what she planned for Some viewers have been put off the formerly No. 1.
family friend- by the ribald humor introduced in ly network once known for soft the early evening hour by shows shows like Full House like "Friends." We aren't abandoning the fam- Asked to compare NBC's and ily idea. but I think we're broad- ABC's standards for the so-called ening it." she said. "I think the goal "family hour." Tarses ducked. is to make ABC seem like a fun. and then stumbled.
exciting. inclusive network." have a show about six sin-: "Not being No. 1." Tarses said. gle people that are you the opportunity totake ly 30 years. you're going to be deala lot more chances." ing with adult themes." she said What.
specifically. does she look defensively. for in programs? Speaking of family. just how is "I think one of the things is to Tarses getting along with Ted make them inclusive." she said. Harbert.
the man whose job she adding that a show has to have a took and who was moved upstairs "Voice and a point of view and a to the newly created chairmanship perspective that yeu're not hear- of ABC Entertainment? ing out there in the television land- Harbert. joining Tarses before the: Television Critics AssociaSo what about criticism direct- tion the pair entered the room ed at series like Friends. her tothe pop tune "Happy Together" baby, which seem to deliberatel; said they were. in fact. very hap-: avoid inclusiveness with youthful.
py: together and working as 1 all white team. That is exactly what Iwas talk- He certainly jumped in quickly. ing about in terms of what we hope Tarses bobbled the accomplish at ABC. The shows hour question. smoothly reframing ought to be more inclusive.
That the debate to the issue of chang. programming on NBC is terrific 1119 family viewing habits. but very hip. very A duo, it seems. might work.
But Several talk shows get revised NEW YORK (AP) Tall. beety and Gordon Elliott heaves a sigh of Rivera relict when he talks about repo rent sitioning his successful. syndicated talk show for its third season. The marketplace has changed in our favor." the jolly Australian dio said. after producers of The Gor don Elliott Show announced talk's plans to "relaunch" the show this sive fall.
moving away from in vourtaco issues to humor. celebrities cializing and breaking news. the Elliott's makeover. one of set- blank. eral due this fall.
was announced following the success of The Rosie. O'Donnell Show. which debuted in June with a blend of comedy and celebrity chat and has won the highest ratings since Oprah: Winfrey's first year. "Look at Phil and Oprah. The up)market works." Elliott said.
"If you do go down-market. there's always somebody who's prepared to undercut Ricki Lake and her relationshipdriven Ricki' hit the road this fall. with live remote broadcasts from U.S. cities and shows that are "more pro active and solution orented. her syndicator said.
Maury Povich hopes to fold his topical talk show and. in 1998. ereate an early evening syndicated newsmagazine with his wife. former CBS anchor Connie Chung. Another makeover is slated for Geraldo: Rivera.
who said in Janwary that he would fold Geraldo rechristen it The Geraldo Jenny seem to have turned down Show refocused on cur- the heat. events and his strengths as a Newsmall. Rivera. still remembered for the nose he received in a stubrawl. said he realized the audience was fed up with trash ambush interviews: exces contlict.
even violence. Sure. there are still shows spe in shock. schlock. sex and dysfunctional you fill-in-the but Jerry.
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