| Show itry - t fool 41k:ifrr!"'6 t' ' 77 tome 8D The Salt Lake Tribune - p 1 t- - " c ZeW 7 1989 August !V1onday iea !P 7M:krly'llr4lAvIl"00— Television Fare Van Gordon Sauter May Be Out at CBS But His Legacy Lives On fashioned excellence hustling ideas to entertain prime-timaudiences is a logical extension of a peculiar journalism career that began in hard-bittenewspaper newsrooms Some also suggest that his personal evolution says much about an inevitable fut ure of tek At the moment it merely strikes him as a bit odd This is an aspect of TV Eve never worked in before Its engaging but my only concern is that I don't necessarily think I'm very good at it" said Sauter sitting in his Hollywood study which carries emblems of a lofty broadcasting past such as photos of him standing beside CBS founder William Paley and fishing with Dan Rather r lies part of Productions (the other two names are those of former Sauter aides at CBS) whose prime aim is to r movies and syndiproduce cated shows One syndicated effort a reality-basemedical show called "Group One Medical" endured briefly "It made us a bit of money but wasn't entertaining enough- - says Sauter The firm has a deal with the much larger Landsburg Co whose successful creations include the TV films "Adam" and The Ryan White Story" and the series "ThaCs Incredible!" Sauter gets office space there and will share profits if any come from deals he might make Now 53 Sauter moved from the Chicago Daily News to a meteoric and mercurial career at CBS He was a top executive at WBBM-Radiand WBBM-Tin Chicago and the networks Los Angeles TV affiliate KCBS: Paris bureau chief for CBS News: the network censor: president of CBS Sports: and twice president of CBS News By James Warren Chicago Tribune LOS ANGELES — On a day that CBS Inc honchos assembled at a hotel here to detail the fall season to TV critics a bearded fellow wandered into nearby offices of CBS and NBC to "pitch" ideas: for a prime-tim"reality special" on drugs a dramatic series on native Americans and a miniseries on the fall of the shah of Iran Several executives were taken with his unmistakable storytelling flair including one who had asked one of the gentleman's colleagues if those Indians could somehow be turned into Hispanics an "in" ethnic group these days in Tinsel Town But notably several executives even at CBS couldn't exactly place the raconteur's name: Van Gordon d e : ::711416'' i 70i 40- - 4CIlt rf - ' - -x tirt Van Gordon Sauter Father of Tabloid TV? He can lay claim to achievements grand modest and dubious including the fortuitous pairing of Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson into what became Chicago's TV anchor duo: hiring newspaperman Brent Musburger as sport2 in scaster at WBBM-ChannChicago: teaming himself and a black female Edwina Moore as anchors for the 5 pm WBBM newscast: crer early evening ating the first newscast in Los Angeles along the way teaming Musburger and Connie Chung and overseeing a big revenue and ratings increase: deciding to lead into an early evening newscast with reruns of The Rockford Files- - an actionadventure series instead of the traditional game- - and courts-shomix: and starting a successful show in Los Angeles "Two on the Town" The Sauter annals also include bringing a more journalistic bent and philosophy (via huge bids for rights) to the sports division: ending arguably profligate spending via traumatic bitterly opposed budget and staff cuts in the news division: directly or indirectly- inspiring --creation of West 57th- and 48 Hours": placing the "CBS Morning News" in the entertainment di ViSOn'S bailiwick and hiring Kurtis Diane Sawyer and Phyllis George as antanchors there (the Kurtis-Sawye- r dem remains the show's highest rated in recent years): and consciously challenging the company's gray image by almost flaunting a style that included trademark beard pipe s and at times no socks This from a political conservative Motivated by a desire to ditch what he discerned as moth-eatevalues and methods he was central to what some tag the blurring of news and entertainment This was seen as a horrid compromise by some but a logical inevitable and astute reaction to dwindling network viewer-ship- s by others The need for a newscast to accent -- moments" to utilize more featurish approaches to stories was urged by Sauter to the dismay of traditionalists Style might share a pedestal with content his life forces one to make a judgment about the world of media' says John Cahaway of Chicago's PBS 11 who as station WTTW-ChannWBBM-Radinews director in 1968 launched Sauter's CBS career by hiring him as a roving national commentator Fifty years from now apCallaway says in a double-edgepraisal Sauter might be looked upon as a Renaissance man A benficiary of circumstance and 212-hou- - Teletision Stations 0 KSL-T- 581-299- 8 537-111- 0 263-210- Mondav August 1 '2) 5:10 am 515 am 621-303- 0 17' Mister Rogers '13 I Love Lucy Together 114 12) NBC News (11) AM Weather am 5:30 7 (4) Morning Stretch (5) CBS News 11' BYU Forum 6 am (2 News (41 ABC News 12 Bustness 2 5 7 Power of Choice CI Hornetime 9 Pm Pl Prather Doran Winfrey Q ? 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he said Wiesel has been a spokesperson "N VAC! 404 -- world' Utahns Win 15 Awards in Skills Tests Fodor) Avtheritd Service : On awarding him the Peace Prize the Nobel committee described Wiesel as one of the most important spiritual leaders and guides in an age when violence repression and racism continue to characterize the Hank Second in Nation Panasonic SOVARt UttEA(14 m 1011 C 2 i1 Harker The professor of humanities at Boston University has worked on behalf of oppressed people for much of his adult life His firsthand witness Of the Holocaust led him to use his talents as an author journalist and storyteller to defend human rights PROPOSALS 0m Sw4vv011$ 30 Gong Snow 1 cVIt 7isic OFF1CF SPACE PEOU$PEUFNT kdrldrd 135 0 2 ' BYU officials 4 also will award Wiese an honor- Mr Wiesel ary doctor of humanities degree said university spokesman Brent 249001g9" 111 soth Repv! - the During 114th bummer commencement vas Laverne dna 5liirter 11:t5 loody 3! 127 - Mov Q JeoparCIY1 e6 pi es 0701 AN S POS Ix Foe Velerwns Only )235 ant 14 41) 7 d Ute r ranchers wi&i 4 :diter PM Mdgcatfle uation ceremo- rArr"4'4" have earned the US citizen since 1963 the Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement and the Medal of Liberty Award The Romanian Jew and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz when Wiese' was 14 His mother and a sister died there Wiese and his father then were taken to Buchenwald where his father died before the camp was liberated by the Allies in 1945 After the war Wiese' became a journalist and writer in Paris but he remained silent about the Nazi death camps until French writer Francois Mauriac persuaded Atiesel to tell his story He subsequently wrote "Night- an account of his experiences during the Holocaust Since its publication in 1960 "Night- has sold more than 1 million copies and has been translated into 15 languages In describing his experiences Wiesel said: "There is something about this event that eludes rational thought Only those who were there know what it meant The others can at best come close to the gate- - Late Nilit Witt David Lenermein :2M 9 Heritope 11 utan News TOrigilt 12 V: Tucierw I a 7 5 Niontly Bostness Dredm of jedrwiii 14 GiNigcr 5 iskrie 13 2 Arsenio Kali Jeeterions 4 s s c'4 PREFERRED 2 14 News 11 Sesame Street bewitcNed 5 speaker Aug 17 at Brigham Universi- Young ty's summer grad- - UST(M-sorA- Neptline How Fro Horne Veterans Mier VittinKtril Q 4 Wheel oi Furtune kot vovtt (uo)A lo 110 TotiKent 12:05 r 30 Newivwed Gam Ly 13 3 mencement Pm Entertainment AiNcH 3) Dairy Gagne 6 Pm Forum $4:3 in 1987 and frtiffl $41 30 in 1986 the state agnc said Last year LIall mink 14 Untuothotmes Fr Long Ago and 1 PROVO (UPI) — Elie Wiese) a survivor of the Nazi death camps and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize recipient will be the corn- - "This is really an excellent showing for a comparatively small state like Utah which has only 3000 VICA said Mr Andersen the members president of the national VICA board of directors The winners are Bryan Baggaley silver cabinetinakingnullwork arid Joshua Brown silver extemporaneous speaking both Brighton High School Adam Ruth gold computer-assistedrafting and Sean Mahn-kegold eleetronics technology 1)0111 West Jordan High School midnerPit News r Me Children '3 Perry Pat Saw 4 A4 En 5 2 10 Pm inside Edition 2 Reedittg Rairedo 'atom11:05 4 1135 4 7 14 Beverly 4 Let and few Sec - Relion McColl reg:tied South 13 Perry Mason News Q soiltAtSH 2 11 pm 11 News CI hour am Court Neglit Hootied on Aeroutcs 11 2 Tontilit Snow 4 5 Pm 1035 Brewster Puroky 5:3C 0 X Pm 4 13 Holocaust Survivor to Speak At BYU Summer Commencement Aug 17 Nobel-Winnin- g Ranchers Eve More Bucks From Mink United Press International Utah s mink ranchers may be trying to make up for a recent decline in pelt prices by breeding more females this year hc stale Agriculture Department sas s Females lired for 1989 pelt production totaled 225000 up 8 percent from last year the department- s Agricultui al Statistics Service said That would gie Utah nearly 19 percent of the nation's captive female mink population In 1988 the a‘ erage price of a mink pelt was IF32 30 down from As for some of the rebukes that have come his way Sauter says he hasn't read any of the recent books on CBS Not even the Boyer book which derisively concludes by outlining programming changes at the network and stating "Sauter was gone but Sauterism had endured In the end Van Sauter had won" "I haven't read any because didnt care to" Sauter says "It's not relevant to my life I haven't thought about CBS since they threw me out I bear them no malice If you're hiking through the mountains of Idaho CBS is not a consequential part of your life" 'Eve worked in newspapers radio TV and now this and have enjoyed going from arena to arenaSauter says "For a brief period I find it engaging I don't have any real ego investment but wouldn't want to spend the next seven years of my life doing it My only concern is that I don't know if I'm bringing anything to the party if I'm any good- - A small-towOhio native the seemingly aimless child of a broken working-clas- s marriage he went on to flourish Bright even cerebral but not a particularly strong student he did terribly as an undergraduate FrAdi Gourrnet 1 1 30 Fun House ti News-hou- McLaughlin Grout 13 Current Affair 14 Young an0 the Restless 11 Today s SPeckil X am Geller AVIS r 10 pm Reading Rainbow 0 11 MIN Time SIAM Q 13 Leave It to beaver 5 Fail Guy MacNeil-Lehre- 11 7 am 13 9 14 Get 5marl 5 CI 2 Wad Nerghtovs Pictionary Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo CI News 5 7 14 7 10 Contact 4 Sauter's reporting stints became more sporadic and he headed to the corporate ranks There he challenged Old assumptions galvanizing and infuriating many at CBS News pm 13 WKRP in Cincinnati 4 11 Here's to Your Health 0 er" - sludge- doubt- powers of persuasion They have raised questions about motives and the results of his efforts But for WTTW's Callaway now doing research for a book on dramatic change in media his onetime colleague is a vivid symbol of everything — good bad or indifferent — that has convulsed institutions This is a time of epochal change -Van ill the niedia' Callaway said all the the string going represents way through it: newspapers radio TV now film Ile clearly has the capacity to rebound from the abject scorn of critics Ile represents either the string that is unraveling or one that has brought everything togeth- great journalist Ile's perfectly candid about being at sea He finds the film industry fascinating "fi aught A ith redundancies- and not something he'd want to be with forever He still collects a paycheck from CBS (a $300000-ayea- r contract reportedly runs until September 1990) shuttles between here and a home in Idaho and increasingly has become a political husband His wife Kathleen (sister of former California Gov Jerry Brown) is a Democratic candidate for state treasurer Currently she's a commissioner of public works in Los Angeles prompting her husband to tag himself the "Denis Thatcher of said more than 80 percent of Utah students participating in the national level are recognized by industry as being in the top 10 percent of their Gccupational areas The Skill Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1989 National Leadership Conference of the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America astute corporate maneuvering pm DuckTaies Win Lose or Draw 2 9 9:X 13 2 11 Mamed to the Mob 7 13 My Little Pony 14 Movie - "Irish Eves Are 144i Dick mjIirrJ Havries Jude Hover MuriN 930 ant 11 0 30 Yogi Bear 430 2 Concentration 7 5 2 Cosbv 11 13 Jam Is National Audubon Society 10 13 Dennis Me Menace Price 9 11 Reading Ratnixesv 13 Alvm and the Chisirrounks 6 5 CI of course nobody has ever ed Sauter's e pipe-smokin- Utah high sthool and postsecondary students earned 15 gold silver and bronze medallions more than all other states and territories except Florida at the 1989 I S Skill Olympics in Tulsa Okla Ralph A Andersen trade arid industrial technical education specialist in I he State Office of Education d 0 11 Smurts Figuring Newhart Here's to Your Heahr pm 3:30 7 Fitntstones 7 5 pm 7 American Masters 30 Soiral Zone '11 Todav's Special Designing Women Q couraged" savoir-fairhis carrying it off Graciousness was the calling card for a reporter who became a star without necessarily being a chors) o 830 Pm 5 14 Torn and Jerry am Bradshaw on: The Family WonderWor(s 13 Tender Is the Night 14 Movie - The Deers-layer(1978) Steve POrrest Ned Romero Joan Days of Our Lives 4 Magnum Good Morrang America 5 Murphy Brown 7 Adventure 0 11 Knows Best am 2 Pm 4 Movie - "infidelity" (1987) Kirstie Alley Lee Hors ley Laurie O'Brien ci pm 11 3 11 0 n - "Six Against the Rock" (1987) David Car Charles Raid Dennis farina The Judge CI Win Lose or Draw la Father Top-Sider- 2 Movie 5 :11 Hogan Family Ed Begley Jr Show 8 Peoples Court (: r Eight Is Enough 30 Star Search klernational Pm 2:30 14 Popeve Zooee News-hou- 14 $2 Hollywood Squares (7 De Grassi Junior High Q 11 Food tor Entertainment 4 am 12 BraveStart (4 MacNeil-Lehr- 13 Star Trek '13 Andy Griffith am Ii 7 11 21 Another World AM Weather Toaav National Geoorapnic Ethics in America TX pm 2 L7J Mister Rogers 1 Hooked on Aerobics 2 7 9 Love Movie - "Mark You" (1980) James Whitmore Kevin D0b5Orl 130 pm f13 We Love LUCY 4 630 Kate and Alhe Size Small 1:1 6:15 CI Soapbox With Tom Cottle (11 L This Morning 12 Masters of the Universe 14 This Morning's 5 Club Conned (11 1 0 g upper-middle-cla- big-eve- KIVX Channel I 9721776 MD Channel 7 5817777 KIRI: Channel 11 (Proso) 378-529WV Channel 1 1 KOOG Channel 30 32210317 LTV Channel 2 973-300Channel 5 575-555- 5 9 Channel 9 KUM 532-139KSTU Channel 13 Channel One K self-imag- e money-grubbin- news-magazin- e Today's Viewing ti '''''i-- "Cr Lindy DeKoven vice president for creative affairs at the Landsburg when ayCo has done double-take- s conipanying Sauter into the vi'orld he knew little about "The - guy can Just mesmerize she says "lie starts pitchpeopleing and people are dumbstruck lies a good salesman and doesn't get dis- business student and switched to communications at Ohio University Upon graduation he toiled briefly for a Nev York ad agency tired of that picked up a graduate degree in journalism and began what seemed a promising newspaper career first in New Bedford Mass then with the Detroit Free Press and Chicago Daily News Typical Sauter: He talked the Free Press into sending him to cover the Vietnam War melodramatically returning to the office after one trek in battle fatigues and somehow with especially old hands "Ile embarrassed us- - sniffs Lesley Stahl in Who Killed CBS?" Peter Buyers book about the coming apart of a proud (and rather news organization whose often belied the venality seemingly insatiable corporate politicking and of many of its members: anchors reporters producers executives big and small When TV Guide hits the stands many will be reminded of his penclnnt for the provocative His ''In Defense of Tabloid TV" is a swipe at snooty "media critics and journalists in the Turgid Triangle of Imperial Journalism a spiritual and geographical locus embracing the District of Columbia the West Side -of Manhattan and Cambridge Masslie acknowledges the bad taste and excess of the new genre but contends it also contains worthy and enlightening populism In doing so he derides the "hopelessly corporate complacent and condescending" thrust of modern journalism and the somnolent similarity of so much network and local news ("the identical news in an identical fashion vvith identical anhigh-minde- Stovrtr o I:--- V Sk rob 14174‘ d n ' ''S6 4 two-hou- known — and possibly most significant — executives in broadcasting But perhaps some of them will place the name when they see-- the Aug 5 cover story in TV Guide In Defense of Tabloid TV" a piece by Sauter that may underline part of his weighty if disputed legacy Outrageous and thoughtful its vintage Sauter as it defends a form of television that many critics see him as having inspired or at the very least embraced The magazine story itself as well as Sauter's own entry world of Holinto the fiction-drivelywood — after being forced to resign in 1986 as head of CBS News — may say much about about the evolution of TV especially news Like it or not the vision that many at CBS reviled is coming true Some would say that despite his profound link to CBS News long synonymous with integrity and old 1 4" ' Sauter-PercelayPille- Sauter That's an unusual situation for Sauter not long ago one of the best t ' A'Air e 00100Mt a - AIR SERSK ) in |
