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20 THE SUN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994 Facing chum, CBS boss may refine 'Evening News' Mom grateftil that war and draft are in the past I i una in What: "Has Tabloid Journalism Invaded the Mainstream Media?" a panel discussion with Andrew Heyward, vice president of CBS News. Washington Post columnist and critic Jonathan Yardley, and David Zurawik, television critic of The Sun. When: 8 tonight Where: Shaffer Hall, Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus Tickets: $15 Call: (410) 516-7190 ABIGAIL VAN BUREN DEARABBY Hopkins was a senior producer at The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather." He left in 1987 to develop a prime-time newsmagazine for the network to counter The Cosby Show" on NBC. The result "48 Hours," a show CBS could produce for about $300,000 about half a million dollars less than any drama or sitcom the network could put up against the then invincible Cosby. CBS continued to finish behind Cosby in the ratings.

But now, instead of losing money, it made as much as $10 million a year. Since 1993, Heyward has been making the same kind of profits in his role as executive producer of the network's "Eye to Eye With Connie Chung." In fact the current glut of prime-time newsmagazines owes as much to Heyward and his formula of losing the ratings war with newsmagazines, but stUl making money than anyone else in television. Heyward says he's not going to re-invent the CBS nightly news. The program is certainly going to continue in the direction it's been going, which is that it's a hard news program. We're going to continue to provide a capsule summary of the news of the day," Heyward says.

"But we're also going to try and enhance the package, so that we give our viewers the news plus. And plus, I think, is an intelligent perspective some context that helps people understand what's happening and what the lmpllca- By David Zurawik Sun Television Critic Andrew Heyward might be the first network news executive to take over a show and predict that things are going to get worse under hls.tenure. But that's exactly what the new CBS News vice president Is doing during his first week on the Job as the new boss of The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather and Connie Chung." "I think we're heading Into some very tough times given the affiliate switches and clearance problem," Heyward said when asked about ratings for his newscast There are some places where we're going into markets where there are literally no news department and the channel position Is like almost triple digits. Where that's happening, we're obviously going to take a hit One of the cities Heyward is talking about is Detroit, a Top 10 market in which a series of bold moves by Rupert Murdoch's Fox network and Scrlpps Howard Broadcasting left CBS without an affiliate. As a result, earlier this month, the network was forced to align itself with WGPR (Channel 62), a UHF station with a weak signal and no news department that relies on paid religious programming for much of Its revenue.

CBS says it will spend more than a million dollars to help WGPR build a local news operation. But until it's up and running, 'the "CBS Evening News" will have DearAbby: Exactly 25 years ago today, the young man I had been dating was killed in Vietnam. He hadjust turned 19. 1 was devastated. Since we were going steady, we had exchanged rings.

I had no idea how to approach his mother about this, so I wrote to you. In your wisdom, you told me to be patient that his mother was probably still in shock. A few weeks later, she called and invited me to her home. We spent a lovely afternoon looking at all the pictures her son had sent home. She returned the class ring! had given htm, and I gave her his class ring, which he had given me Just before he left Abby, I still read your column every day.

I thank the lord that there Is no more draft and no Vietnam and that my sons (I have two) can be here with me. Thanks for listening. It's been a long time, but like my mom always says, 'Better late than never." Mary Ford, Hillside, NJ. Dear Mary: Thank you for writing. And please greet your mother for me; she is a wise woman.

DearAbby: Our oldest daughter (I'll call her Sue) is 30 years old. She has been going with "Bob" five years. He is 50 and has never been married. Neither has Sue. My husband and I.

and our entire family, feel Bob is not the right person for Sue. She Is quite successful on her own and is attractive, fun-loving and well-liked. Bob is the type you can know for years but still not 'know" him. He is in the financial field. For years, Bob has disappeared over Christmas holidays, offering various excuses none of them very convincing.

Our instincts tell us that Bob Is not what he presents himself to be. Sue is very closemouthed about their relationship. tlons might be rather than Just a passing along of today's developments." Will Rather and Chung continue in the dual-anchor format? Heyward says he's committed to dual anchors, but adds, "I think it's a format that has more potential than you've seen on CBS so far. I think it needs to be better, but I also think it can be." Speaking more specifically about Rather and Chung, he says, "We have two people who are very different but are both very experienced reporters. They are very talented, very smart And, I think that if I can find those strengths and put them on the screen, the audience will come away feeling you actually get more for your money at the 'CBS Evening Andrew Hayward knows tough times are ahead for CBS News.

no local lead-in in Detroit Without that, its ratings are expected to drop precipitously. With CBS facing a similar situation in several other cities, Heyward Is being realistic when he predicts a drop in the ratings of his newscast, which is now second behind ABC's "World News Tonight" Being realistic is a Heyward hallmark. In fact it might be what won him the promotion to executive producer of the evening news at CBS. Heyward who will discuss tabloid Journalism tonight at Johns How can we find out If there Is any future in Sue's relationship 1 wtth Bob? You can't ask a 50-year-old his Intentions are honorable. Or can you? Concerned parents Dear parents: From your descrlp-' tion of Sue, she seems quite capable 1 of looking after herself.

My advice to you: Relax, and dont fret about Sue's future. DearAbby: I used to date a guy who still likes mealot more than I like him. He Is also very nosy. He asks me questions that are none of his business. Lately he has been showing up at all the places he knows I frequent This Is happening too often for It to be coincidental He has been stopping by my house, unannounced and uninvited, and I have a hard time get' ting rid of him.

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