CBS Under Fire From FCC Over Joke On Late, Late Show

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Aug 25, 2000

CBS Television is in hot water with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over an incident that occurred on the LATE LATE SHOW WITH GREG KILBURN. It seems that during the time the show was running footage of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush the words "snipers wanted" appeared on the screen.

CBS has issued several apologies, but the Los Angeles Times recently reported that FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani has sent a letter to CBS President Leslie Moonves demanding that the network take further action. For its part, CBS has promised to respond to the letter and to conduct their own internal investigation.

THE OUTER LIMITS MAY RETURN...AGAIN The Showtime cable network is promoting the end of their updated version of the television classic THE OUTER LIMITS. Prior to the broadcast of the final episode, Showtime is running a marathon of episodes scheduled for early September.

The series may yet make another return from the grave, however. Word has it that the producers of THE OUTER LIMITS are in negotiations with The Sci-Fi Channel to produce original episodes for that network once the series runs its course on Showtime. Stay tuned...

WB Announces New Kids Lineup: The WB network has announced their new Saturday morning line-up to debut on September 9th.

The schedule kicks off (literally) with the new animated series JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURE. It is followed by MEN IN BLACK, BATMAN BEYOND and MAX STEEL. Joining the WB lineup will be STATIC SHOCK and POKEMON: THE JOHTO JOURNEYS.

TOP TEN TV RELATED WEBSITES: Last week I promised you reviews of the top ten television related websites according to PC Data Online. Only 9 sites worked as of August 4th, however.

The sites are for the following shows: OPRAH, STAR TREK (site not working as of August 24th), ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, THE SIMPSONS, BIOGRAPHY, TOM GREEN, NOGGIN, JENNY JONES, BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and DAWSON'S CREEK. You can catch my reviews for these sites on my link page.

RATINGS GAME: Speaking of ratings, here are the top ten rated television programs for the season for adults 18 to 49 years of age:
1) SURVIVOR
2) ER
3) FRIENDS
4) FRASIER
5) MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
6) FRASIER
7) JESSE
8) WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (Sunday edition)
9) BIG BROTHER
10) WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (Thursday edition)

This Week In Television History: August 31, 1974 THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY airs its final episode on ABC. The comedy, which starred Shirley Jones and David Cassidy (real-life step-mom and son) soared to the top of the ratings shortly after its debut in 1970. It spawned several hit records, including "I

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