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ABC's No. 2 man departs to produce his own shows

ABC's No. In the beginning, network programmer Fred Silverman created the ABC prime time schedule. And it was good. Good enough, at least, to vault ABC to No. 1 in 1976 and keep it there even after Silverman accepted the presidency of NBC. In the corporate sense, Silverman begat Tony Thomopoulos. Thomopoulos, Silverman's loyal sidekick, inherited the top programming spot at ABC. And it was good, at least for a while. Then CBS, thanks to Dallas and The Dukes of Hazzard, ended ABC's brief but heady reign, and ABC was second. At NBC, meanwhile, Silverman designed a schedule aimed at clawing his new network into first place. And it was bad. So Silverman retired, and begat Grant Tinker, the former head of MTM Productions. And it was bound to get better. to produce his own shows David Bianculli Back at loyal sidekick, sidekick of Werner as time, ABC Beginning gone from "pursue a sion production,' inherited by tle was senior ABC, Silverman's former now in charge, needed a his own, and appointed Tom senior vice president, prime Entertainment. For a while. Nov. 1, Werner will be ABC. He has "resigned" to career in independent televiand his title will be Lew Erlicht, whose last tivice president and assist- ant to the president, ABC Entertainment. Even though Erlicht's new title is three words shorter than his old title, he has been assured that his new job is nonetheless a promotion. Buzz Berger, a respected TV producer whose credits include The Defenders, Holocaust and The Missiles of October, doesn't like the fact that network programmers become independent producers. While stressing that his complaint was not specific to ABC's current case of musical chairs, Berger had this to say Monday when told of the switch. "In some cases, I find that very depressing. It downgrades what producers do. Everybody who loses his job at the studio or network goes into independent production, usually with a few 'golden handshake' commitments from the network. "Frankly, most of them don't know what the hell they're doing," Berger continued. "It's as if they think producing is a non-craft activity. "I do know, though, that the same network guys who are not approving the people I want to use on shows, two months later are calling me up to pick my brains as to who to use on their golden handshake programs." National Public Radio station WKSU (89.7-FM) raised what it calls "a record total" of $78,236 during its one-week pledge drive, nearly doubling its 1980 effort. The 96 percent increase was due largely to its "audio auction," WKSU's first foray into over-the-air pledge bartering. Although the auction pre-empted much of the station's regular programming, the event's financial success makes it certain to be repeated. Preview, the subscription TV service broadcast as a scrambled signal on WCLQ-Channel 61, has sewn up exclusive TV rights to a dozen Cleveland Cavalier home basketball games and eight Cleveland Force home soccer games. WJKW-Channel 8 sportscaster Joe Castioglione will compete with his employer's station by providing live playby-play of the Cavaliers contests, beginning with the Dec. 1 match against the Milwaukee Bucks. Former Cavalier Bobby Smith will provide color commentary. Sportscasters for the Force games have not been selected; the first game telecast will be the Dec. 22 contest against the Baltimore Blast. The games will be available to Preview subscribers at no additional charge.
Article from 27 Oct 1981The Akron Beacon Journal(Akron, OH)
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