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Article: Crime Scene Investigation: L.A.(Desperate Networks)(Book review)
- Article from:
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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On Wednesday night, November 10, 2004, Leslie Moonves and several of his top executives sat in the ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. They were attending a dinner, a fund-raiser for a Jewish charity.
Moonves and his guests had just settled down at the table after the cocktail hour. It was approaching 8 p.m.; in the eastern and central time zones, prime time was just coming to a close.
Les and his colleagues had reason to be confident. Their Wednesday night was on the rise, mainly because of C.S.I.: NY. The show had started strong, beating Law & Order the first weeks of the season, but NBC's old warhorse had come back more recently.
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