Abc Negotiating To Pick Up ‘Politically Incorrect’ Show

ABC is in talks to pick up the Comedy Central hit “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher” for airing late night after “Nightline,” sources said Monday.

ABC, however, would not be able to air “Politically Incorrect” until 1997, as HBO Downtown Productions has just signed a deal to keep the show with Maher on Comedy Central through next year.

“Politically Incorrect” is a daily, half-hour discussion show that tackles issues with a panel of journalists, celebrities, politicians and comedians. The show premiered on Comedy Central in 1993, and was twice nominated for an Emmy; in ‘94, it won a CableACE Award from the National Academy of Cable Programming.

ABC would neither confirm nor deny the talks. The network has been out of the late-night game in the time period after “Nightline,” which airs from 11:30 p.m. to midnight, since the cancellation of “Into the Night” in November 1991.

In court

As a prelude to its coverage of the Serbian War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague, cable’s Court TV will broadcast 15 hours of original courtroom footage from the 1945-46 Nuremberg trials.

Court TV’s coverage featuring live commentary from the channel’s anchors and international law experts - will air the week of Nov. 13. Included will be highlights from the original footage shot by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, major American and British newsreel studios and Soviet cameramen.

The Nuremberg (Germany) trials were presided over by judges from the United States, England, France and the Soviet Union. The international tribunal tried 22 key Nazi Party members, including Hermann Goering, Albert Speer and Rudolf Hess. Nineteen were convicted on charges of crimes against humanity.