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Article: HOW ABOUT A GAME SHOW WHERE THE WINNER MAKES THE AUDIENCE A LOSER?(Television)(Review)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 29, 1999
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This just in, TV fans. Buoyed by the phenomenal ratings success of ``Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,'' ABC has secretly begun production on ``Who Wants to Be a Network Honcho.''
Each night in prime time - and running uninterrupted until ABC/
Disney is swallowed up by Paul Allen or an earthquake - contestants will compete to see if they're dumb enough to run a TV network into the ground while dominating the ratings. Prizes include a corner office in a Los Angeles high-rise, expensive lunches with rising young stars, and satirical broadsides from TV critics.
We talked to an ABC insider - I.B. Klewliss, director of Tuesday programming and credential ...
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