1. Forecasters predict most TV industry participants will be making money by 1995
2. Predictions for 1989 include: more production company consolidations; a decrease in "yuppie" sitcoms and cable outlets making a more aggressive move to peel mainstream projects from Hollywood
3. INTV president Preston Padden, in pre-convention interview, notes independent television has uphill climb in terms of competition for advertising
4. New FOX youth-oriented series "Revolution" expected to be greenlit at FOX affiliate meeting in L.A. (the series, expected to launch in the spring as a possible late-night release, apparently didn't get picked up)
5. Expectations from the broadcast industry as the 101st Congress convenes for the first time
6. List of "fifth estate" trade association president salaries
7. Cable operators increasingly considering "mini mini pay services"
8. Cable operator concerns over plans to have part of the 1992 Summer Olympics airing in Barcelona (specifically; NBC's "Triplecast" experiment)
9. Experts not expecting much buying activity at the 1989 INTV convention (among the featured shows available for syndication between the CBS Saturday morning cartoon "Muppet Babies" alongside Disney's "DuckTales" and newcomer "Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers"; Lorimar's "Fun House" and a Claster block combining first-run series "Maxie's World" with reruns of "It's Punky Brewster" and "Beverly Hills Teens")
10. IDB Communications president Jeffrey Sudikoff calls his company's acquisition of Hughes Television Network "the Cinderella fit of the industry"
11. Optimism expressed on advertising "spot" dollars going to independent stations
12. President-elect George H.W. Bush appoints former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole (wife of Bush's strongest challenger for the GOP nomination in 1988; Kansas Senator and Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole) as Labor Secretary
13. Capital Cities/ABC offers to buy Dallas-based Satellite Music Network
14. McCaw Cellular; a part-owner of LIN Broadcasting, seeks to increase their stake from 10% to 15%
15. A chat with British broadcaster David Plowright - head of Grenada Television - on the outlook for a more commercial international market

Other stories of interest include report that NBC - despite Disney Channel halting production of "Good Morning Miss Bliss" - proceeded to continue production of the series, which was eventually retooled into "Saved by the Bell"; the December 27, 1988 death of "I Love Lucy" co-creator Jess Oppenheimer and CBS clearing the "Beauty and the Beast" episode "Sticks and Stones" (that episode - scheduled for that Friday, January 6 - included 9 minutes of silence as part of its focus on a young woman who falls in with a gang of angry young people who happen to be deaf {as a condition; CBS decided to have a percussive soundtrack play during segments where sign language along with subtitles})

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