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Created by mortuus on Dec 18, 2009
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The longest work stoppage in Hollywood history at the time -- the WGA (Writer's Guild of America) strike of US film and television writers against producers and networks that lasted 22 weeks
This first Happy Meal toy tie-in is based on Disney's animated cartoon TV-series DuckTales
20th Century Fox owner Rupert Murdoch launches the FOX Broadcasting Company
Turner purchased the film studio MGM/UA Entertainment Co. from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986 for $1.5 billion. Turner only kept MGM/UA's library, and he began to air many of the holdings on his Turner Broadcasting stations.
Capital Cities Communications buys ABC for $3.5 billion
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It is estimated that 105.97 viewers tuned in, making it with the finale becoming the most-watched television episode in U.S. television history
America elects it first movie-star president of the U.S.
ESPN, a total sports network, makes its debut on cable. It becomes the largest and most successful basic cable channel, carried by virtually every cable system, and reaches more than 57 million households.
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http://median.emerson.edu/media/film/3111/
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