12A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11,2002
WEATHER
Snaky couldn't believe it. He had lost again
Summer teaches program lessons
The Associated Press
NEW YORK—CBS executive Kelly Kahl feels a little like a football player, all taped up and wearing pads, anxiously waiting in the locker room for the start of a new season.
Before he can charge onto the field, it might be worth a look back at the summer to see what lessons it might offer.
The summer's big story undoubtedly was Fox's "American Idol," which grabbed young viewers first and gradually became a hit. Nearly 28 million people were watching Wednesday when Kelly Clarkson won.
Those who follow the television business closely are more intrigued by two other numbers 53 and 38. Those were the average percentages of television sets tuned in to an ad-supported basic cable channel and one of the seven broadcast networks, respectively. That's right — 38 percent for the old over-the-air broadcasters.
It wasn't too long ago, back in 1996, when they commanded nearly 59 percent of the audience in summer. Except for the years when "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" were
hits, it's been a swift decline that accelerated this year.
In a startling sign of the times, this summer's most popular new scripted series, "Monk," was on cable (USA). ABC agreed to show "Monk" reruns, the first time a network ever made such an arrangement with a cable channel, and it quickly became ABC's most popular entertainment series.
The "Survivor" and "Millionaire" experiences proved viewers crave new programming in the summer, and will leave back porches or beaches for something they like.
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Income before deductions
6 Cabbage salad
10 Party disguise
14 Evangelist McPherson
15 Mongolian desert
16 Terrible Tsar?
17 Logjam
19 Mrs. Roy Rogers
20 Come to fruition
21 Silent yes
22 Callas or Sills
23 Sony rival
24 Falsely termed
26 Wildebeest
29 Young newt
31 Cob or drake
32 Capital of Latvia
34 Enemy
36 Shirley of Hollywood
40 Dickens holiday classic
43 Next to
44 Posed
45 Monster's loch
46 Medieval peon
48 Arrow's path
50 Omega's cousin
51 Captives held for ransom
55 Promissory note
57 Capable of
58 Hallow ender
59 Dorothy's home
63 Bump into
64 Teenager
66 Exam type
67 Roman arsonist?
68 __-frutti
69 Autumn tool
70 Low card
71 One of a flight
DOWN
1 Sharp intake of breath
2 Actress Hayworth
3 Muscat sultanate
4 Madrid mister
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5 Entrice
6 E. Bilko or
Friday, e.g.
7 Cuts of pork
8 Flowering
9 Illegal union
action
10 Intermediary
11 Be of use to
12 Ointment
13 Work, as dough
14 Company NCO
25 Guinness of
"Star Wars"
26 Snatch
27 Pleasant
28 Caveman
grunts
30 Little tyke
33 Alexander the
Great's tutor
35 Letters on
candies?
37 Oval office
honcho
38 Suffer defeat
39 Word in a threat
Solutions to yesterday's puzzle.
Straight talk...for 45 years
41 Thought
42 Drivers' org.
42 Bird dish
49 Moves in neutral
51 Wit
52 "Tosca," e.g.
53 T-bone or chuck
54 Sound asleep?
56 Not mowed
60 Bristle
61 Against
62 Mix
65 "The Thin Man"
actress
Present Two New One-Act Plays by KU Students Directed by Jeremy Auman - Designed by Kaye Miller
18 Seconds
Fatherland
by David Huffman
"What happens when the heart stops working just when you find yourself falling in love?"
by Adam Merker
"What happens to soldiers in battle when they become the enemy they're fighting?"
These plays are official entries in the John Cauble playwriting competition sponsored by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Receive
$ 20
for your opinion
Sophomores and juniors needed for a two hour discussion group on health issues.
You must be:
- a sophomore or junior between 18-25
- available for a two hour on-campus discussion on Tuesday, October 15th from 1-3 p.m. or 4-6 p.m.
Call 864-5433 to see if you qualify.
Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. All participants will receive $20 cash.
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