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1988 Writers Guild Of America Strike
The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike was a strike action taken by members of both the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) against major United States television and film studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The strike, which ran from March 7 to August 7, 1988, affected production on movies and TV shows. At 153 days, it remains the longest strike in the history of the WGA, surpassing the 1960 strike and the 2023 strike by 5 days each. Summary Formal negotiations between the writers guilds and producers began in January 1988. The main disagreements"Writers Strike Chronology," from ''Los Angeles Times'', 8/4/1988 included: * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers Guild Of America
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the name of two American labor unions representing writers in film, television, radio, and online media: * The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is headquartered in New York City and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO national trade union center * The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is headquartered in Los Angeles and is unaffiliated with any larger national trade union. Although both organizations operate independently, they perform some common activities, including negotiating contracts and launching strike actions, as well as maintaining the American database of writing credits, and arbitrating between writers when conflicts arise. Background and founding Both organizations of the Writers Guild of America were established by 1954 after the merging of groups from other writers labor unions. The Authors Guild (AG) was originally founded in 1912 as the Authors' League of America (ALA) to represent book and magazine authors, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Heat Of The Night (TV Series)
In the Heat of the Night may refer to: * ''In the Heat of the Night'' (novel), a 1965 novel by John Ball * ''In the Heat of the Night'' (film), a 1967 film based on the novel * ''In the Heat of the Night'' (TV series), a 1988–1995 television series based on the film Albums * ''In the Heat of the Night'' (Pat Benatar album), 1979 * ''In the Heat of the Night'' (Imagination album), 1982 * ''In the Heat of the Night'' (Jeff Lorber album), 1984 * '' Live – In the Heat of the Night'', a 2000 album by Diamond Head Songs * "In the Heat of the Night" (Ray Charles song), song for the 1967 film performed by Ray Charles, composed by Quincy Jones, and written by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman; covered by Bill Champlin for the TV series. * "In the Heat of the Night" (Imagination song), 1982 * "In the Heat of the Night" (Sandra song), 1985 * "In the Heat of the Night", a song by Diamond Head from '' Borrowed Time'' * "In the Heat of the Night", a song by Krokus from '' Stamped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 United States Network Television Schedule
The 2020–21 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2020 to August 2021. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2019–20 television season. Fox was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 11, 2020, followed by The CW on May 14, CBS on May 19, NBC on June 16, and ABC on June 17, 2020. PBS is not included at all, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included because both network schedules comprise syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the latter). This is the last season that The CW did not program primetime on Saturday evenings (however it does offer network programming on Saturdays in the following season). New series are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the third into the Pentagon (headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt. The attacks killed 2,977 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in history. In response to the attacks, the United States waged the global war on terror over multiple decades to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations, as well as the foreign governments purported to support them. Ringleader Mohamed Atta flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex at 8:46 a.m. Seventeen minutes later at 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001–02 United States Network Television Schedule
The 2001–02 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the primetime hours from September 2001 to August 2002. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2000–01 season. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcasts times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Pax TV, as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns although it also carried a limited schedule of first-run programs. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2002 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported oTimBrooks.net/Ratings From February 8 to 24, 2002, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacGyver (1985 TV Series)
''MacGyver'' is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff and starring Richard Dean Anderson as the title character. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The series follows the adventures of Angus MacGyver, a secret agent armed with remarkable scientific resourcefulness to solve any problem out in the field using any materials at hand. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles during seasons one, two and seven, and in Vancouver during seasons three through six. The show's final episode aired on April 25, 1992, on ABC (the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before the series finale). The series was a ratings success and gained a loyal following. It was popular in the United States and around the world. Two television films, ''Lost T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monday Night Football
''Monday Night Football'' (often abbreviated as ''MNF'') is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from 1970 NFL season, 1970 to 2005 NFL season, 2005, before moving exclusively to sister network ESPN from 2006 NFL season, 2006 to 2019 NFL season, 2019. While still airing on ESPN, ''MNF'' returned to ABC in 2020 NFL season, 2020 beginning with select simulcasts, later expanding to select exclusive telecasts in 2022 NFL season, 2022, and the bulk of games in simulcast with ESPN since 2023 NFL season, 2023. In addition, ESPN2 features the ''Manningcast'' ESPN Megacast, alternate telecast of select games, which was established in 2020, and since 2021 NFL season, 2021, ESPN+ has served as the United States, American streaming home of ''MNF''. During its initial run on ABC, ''MNF'' became one of the List of longest-running American television series, longest-running Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball On ABC
National television broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games have aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC in various formats. The network first aired Saturday ''Major League Baseball Game of the Week'' games between 1953 and 1955, in 1960, and in 1965. ABC then televised MLB games from 1976 to 1989, airing ''Monday Night Baseball'', ''Thursday Night Baseball'', and ''Sunday Afternoon Baseball'' in various years during that period. MLB games aired on ABC again in 1994 and 1995 as part of The Baseball Network, the short-lived Brokered programming, time-brokered package of broadcasts produced by Major League Baseball and split with Major League Baseball on NBC, NBC. After not televising MLB since The Baseball Network folded, and after the ABC Sports division merged with ESPN in 2006, ABC has aired selected games as part of its sister cable network's contract since 2020. The broadcasts since 2020 have been produced by ESPN, and have primarily used the ''ESPN Major League Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 World Series
The 1988 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1988 season. The 85th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored Athletics to win the Series in five games to win their sixth championship. The series is best known for the Game 1 pinch-hit walk-off home run by star Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson, who did not start because of injuries to both legs yet hit the winning homer against Athletics closer Dennis Eckersley. Although Gibson's homer has become an iconic World Series moment, it was World Series MVP Orel Hershiser who capped a dominant 1988 season in which he set the all time scoreless inning streak at 59 innings, recorded five straight shutouts, led the league with 23 wins and 267 innings, and won the Cy Young and Gold Glove awards. Hershiser wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes (6,197 men and 2,194 women). 237 events were held and 27,221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics. The 1988 Seoul Olympics were the second summer Olympic Games held in Asia, after 1964 Summer Olympics, Tokyo 1964, and the first held in South Korea. As the host country, South Korea ranked fourth overall, winning 12 gold medals and 33 medals in the competition. 11,331 media (4,978 print media, written press and 6,353 broadcast media, broadcasters) showed the Games all over the world. These were the last Olympic Games of the Cold War, as well as for the Soviet Union at the Olympics, Soviet Union and East Germany at the Olympics, East Germany, as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Risk (TV Series)
''High Risk'' is an American reality television series hosted by Wayne Rogers that premiered on CBS on October 4, 1988. The series features high-risk stunts and jobs such as United States Border Patrol agents, automobile repossessors, cave explorers, and roller coaster testers. The show was quickly put together to fill time as a result of the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike was a strike action taken by members of both the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) against major United States television and film studios represented by .... The series was canceled after five episodes. Episodes The show aired for four nights, with a different episode each night. Episode 4 showcased the Border Crime prevention Unit, which consisted of five Border Patrol Agents and a Border Patrol Supervisor. It also included five San Diego Police Officers and one San Diego Police Sergeant. The team's objecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
