Macho in Malibu
Battle of the Network Stars. A TV genre took hold, as did a 40-year grudge.
Gabe Kaplan
In late 2018, I went to have lunch with Robert Conrad, a man I once thought might kill me on national TV.
Conrad was a fiery guy, and we d had a few words on-and off-camera on ABC s first
Battle of the Network Stars. Our controversy has been the subject of countless mentions over the last 40 years, but this would be the first time we d ever broken bread. I d always had questions for him. I assume he felt the same way, given his immediate yes when I asked through an intermediary if he would like to finally get together.
they were, ahem, invited to live on. and my people s citizenship was doled out over the course of years from not at all to before you vote, can you please read this? to, you can be president, but just show us your birth certificate. and nowhere in this country is that strange citizenship two-step clearer than in puerto rico, which is a commonwealth. or a territory. or, okay, it s not a state. see, that s the problem. i don t even really know what puerto rico is or how it got to be whatever it is. and do puerto ricans even want it to be what it is? honestly when i was growing up, i didn t even know any puerto rican people. the only puerto rican i had ever heard of was juan epstein from welcome back cotter and he was part jewish. it s my fault i don t know about puerto rico and its people because they certainly made an impact in america. like supreme court justice sonia soto mayor. rosie perez to j-lo to ricky martin.
they were, a hem, invited to live on. and my people silt sen ship was doled out over the course of years from not at all to before you vote, can you please read this? to, you can be president, but just show us your birth certificate. and nowhere in this country is that strange citizenship two-step clearer than in puerto rico, which is a commonwealth. or a territory. or, okay, it s not a state. see, that s the problem. i don t even really know what puerto rico is or how it got to be whatever it is. and do puerto ricans even want it to be what it is? honestly when i was growing up, i didn t even know any puerto rican people. the only puerto rican i had ever heard of was juan epstein from welcome back cotter and he was part jewish. it s my fault i don t know about puerto rico and its people because they certainly made an impact in america. like supreme court justice sonia soto mayor. rosie perez to j-lo to ricky
another sign the recession may be in the rear-view mirror. but here is what matters most to every american household. does this mean american companies are ready to start hiring again in force? abc s david muir is here right now. david? diane, great to see you. that s the central question we set out to answer tonight. we learned today, that new number, encouraging growth. but how much growth is needed before the real hiring begins? tonight, we return to the factories we ve been reporting on for more than a year now. the reality of the american assembly line. it is the fastest rate of economic growth in this country in 18 months. it is the strongest number that we ve seen all year long for 2011. the year ended on a high point. reporter: just tonight we learned, next week, chrysler will announce it s hiring 1,600 workers at an assembly plant. so, why all of the sudden the jump-start? economists say a huge part of this, car parts built in america. parts that usually come f
one small town a lot of sleepless nights. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the next contest in the wild run for the nomination in the gop is in florida. there have been two televised debates there. tonight there is fresh evidence voters are making up their minds. the trend lines are moving away from newt gingrich, who won the last primary, and toward mitt romney. romney is now getting a lot of help from members of the republican party who think newt gingrich as the nominee going up against president obama in the fall is a bad idea. it s getting rough once again in florida tonight. it s where we begin on this friday evening with nbc s peter alexander from the campaign trail. peter, good evening. reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight mitt romney s campaign feels very strongly that they have the momentum back in this race ahead of florida s vote four days from now. this is the biggest prize yet with both front run