TV & VIDEO - Dec. 25, 1987
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Fox Broadcasting, eager to maintain any kind of ratings success, asked Johnny Carson’s production company to continue to churn out episodes of “Mr. President,” but Carson--mindful of the $200,000 he loses on each episode of the George C. Scott-Madeline Kahn series--said no. According to reports published Thursday in Daily Variety, an investment banking firm is taking the series off Carson’s hands.
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