REALITY CHECK AT ABC

摘要

If it's spring, it must be pilot season in Hollywood. And as network executives scramble to find the next ER or, for that matter, Survivor, Susan Lyne is scrambling a little harder than most. That's because she's president of ABC Entertainment, which has the unfortunate distinction of being the least popular network for the past two years―as far as those all-important younger viewers are concerned. Even though its ratings among 18-to-49- year-olds have increased 8% this year, ABC is still just behind CBS.