Television: The Rub-Out

The scenario at New York City's Idlewild Airport last week was right out of The Untouchables. This guy gets off the plane from Hollywood and a messenger comes up to him and hands him this sealed envelope. He opens the envelope. The letter says something like this: "Dear Mr. Treyz: As of this date your services as network president will no longer be required by the American Broadcasting Co. SIGNED: Leonard Goldenson."

That's the way some people say it happened, although the principals now deny it. Another version has it that Treyz...

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