Week of February 15, 2004

Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger directs the state

attorney general to take immediate action to stop

San Francisco’s parade of same-sex marriages

hours after a second San Francisco Superior Court

judge refused to order a halt to the unions.

John Kerry wins in Wisconsin, with John Edwards

finishing a close second.

Howard Dean gives up his campaign for the

presidency reducing the race for the Democratic

nomination to a two-man contest - Senators John

Kerry and John Edwards.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins his first Daytona 500, the

same track where his father was killed.

Al Hurra (The Free One) - A U.S. government-financed satellite channel aimed

at Arab viewers makes its debut. The station’s first item was a news briefing that

began with a guerrilla attack on an Iraqi police station west of Baghdad in which

about two dozen were killed.

Passing - singer Doris Troy (67) - best known for the hit “Just One Look” in

1963.

Passing - Jan Miner (86) - known for 26 years as

“Madge” in the Palmolive dishwashing soap TV

commercials.

Some best selling books -

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands - Laura

Schlessinger

The Price of Loyalty - Ron Suskind

High Tech - Yahoo drops Google’s search engine in the

United States while Google announces it has added 1

billion Web pages to its searchable catalog. Yahoo used to pay Google for the

right to offer Google’s service to Yahoo customers.

Week of February 15, 2004

Television news - NBC agrees to pay a record $2 million-plus for each episode

of a new boxing-themed show created by reality TV maestro Mark

Burnett. “The Contender” will count on Rocky star Sylvester Stallone to attract

viewers.

HBO’s “Sex and the City” is ending after six seasons. Beginning in June, you’ll be

able to see reruns on TBS and soon, DVD.

Bill Moyers (69) is leaving the PBS magazine series “Now” to write a book. “It

isn’t because I feel old. It’s because I feel compelled to do something else now,

that only I can do - which is that book.”

ABC has upped the ante as Regis Philbin

returns to the new “Super Millionaire” where the

top prize is $10 million. With “Super Millionaire”

shooting 24 hours before air time, viewers who

get the urge to join in will be able to call a toll-

free number and try to qualify before the short

run concludes.

ABC News’ Rick Kaplan is the new president of

MSNBC. He’s expected to bring a new energy

to the channel, which has changed strategies

several times without much success.

Jay Leno’s new announcer is “stuttering John” Melendez from the Howard Stern

radio show. He replaces Edd Hall, who’s leaving after 12 years to concentrate on

doing movies.

Disney purchases Jim Henson’s Muppets for $90 million.

Top television shows in order

CSI

American Idol (Tue)

Friends

American Idol (Wed.)

Survivor - All Stars

CSI - Miami

Wihout A Trace

The Apprentice

Fear Factor

Week of February 15, 2004

Everybody Loves Raymond

Cold Case

Law & Order

60 Minutes

It Must Be Love

Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé

Shrek

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Navy NCIS

Law & Order SVU

Average Joe: Hawaii

Still Standing

That 70’s Show

King of Queens

Las Vegas

King of Queens #1

The West Wing

Yes, Dear

Judging Amy

Sunday Night Television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Cold Case, Movie-It Must Be Love

NBC - Shrek, American Dreams, Law & Order

ABC - America’s Funniest Home Videos, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,

Alias, The Practice

Fox - King of the Hill, Oliver Beene, The Simpsons, Bernie Mac, Malcolm in the

Middle, Arrested Development

WB - Smallville, Charmed, The Surreal Life

UPN - In The Doghouse, Star Trek: Enterprise,

Stargate SG-1

Showtime - Bowling For Columbine

HBO - Iron Jawed Angels

The Simpsons - Bart seeks a new best friend after

Milhouse moves away with his mother.

American Dreams - Meg realizes she cannot lie to

her parents any longer. Nick Lachey performs as Tom Jones.

Charmed - Phoebie frees a genie from her bottle - and Phoebe takes her place.

Week of February 15, 2004

The Practice - Alan defends his best friend from childhood after he’s accused of

murder.

Music news - “ Kidz Bop 5” will arrive

in stores next week. The series, the

most successful children’s audio

series on the Billboard charts,

originally began as a direct mail

offering.

Tina Turner (64), famous for power-

packed musical performances in high

heels and leather miniskirts will play

an Indian goddess in a new Indian

film. Name of the film - “The

Goddess.”

At the movies this week in 2004

Miracle

You Got Served

Along Came Polly

The Butterfly effect

Catch That Kid

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Mystic River

Monster

Cold Mountain

The Perfect Score

Something’s Gotta Give

Cheaper by the Dozen

Lost in Translation

Week of February 15, 2004

Top Hip Hop -

Twista Featuring Kanye West and Jamie Fox

Me, Myself and I - Beyonce

Yeah! - Usher

Sorry 2004 - Ruben Studdard

You Don’t Know My Name - Alicia Keys

Hotel - Cassidy Featuring R. Kelly

Splash Waterfalls - Ludacris

Read Your Mind - Avant

Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins

Top Country -

American Soldier - Toby Keith

Remember When - Alan Jackson

Watch The Wind Blow By - Tim McGraw

I Wanna Do It All - Terri Clark

Little Moments - Brad Paisley

There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney

Hot Mama - Trace Adkins

In My daughter’s Eyes - Martina McBride

Perfect - Sara Evans

I Love You This Much - Jimmy Wayne

Top Albums this week in 2004 -

When The Sun Goes Down - Kenny

Chesney

A Crow Left Of Murder… - Incubus

Twista - Kamikaze

Closer - Josh Croban

Only You - Harry Connick Jr.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast

Falen - Evanescence

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow

Shock ‘n Y’all - Toby Keith

Soulful - Ruben Studdard

Jackpot - Chingy

In The Zone - Britney Spears

2004 Grammy Nominees - Various Artists

The Diary Of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys

New 14 - Various Artists

The Long Road - Nickelback

Week of February 15, 2004

Top Modern Rock -

Megalomaniac - Incubus

Numb - Linkin

I Am The Highway - Audioslave

Figured You Out - Nickelback

I Miss You- Blinc 182

Last Train Home - Lostprophet

(I Hate) Everything About You - Three

Day’s Grace

Top Jazz albums -

Live in Paris - Diana Krall

This Guy’s In Love - Steve Tyrell

Only You - Harry Connick Jr.

Peter Cincotti - Peter Cincotti

A Wonderful World - Tony Bennett &

D.D. Lang

North - Elvis Costello

Glamoured - Cassandra Wilson

Timeagain - David Sanborn

Top DVD’s -

Radio

Alice in Wonderland

Open Range

Once Upon A Time In Mexico

Friends, Sixth Season

House of the dead