11.   And since advertising pays the bills in television, network executives listen.

12.   And with pilot-pitching season coming up, network executives are asking who might be next.

13.   Another WB network executive actually told the crowd of advertisers and executives of local affiliates to watch WB to find out how to deal with their children.

14.   Another network executive noted that ratings for the cable news networks carrying extensive coverage do not indicate a ground swell of public interest in the debate.

15.   Are they the darling of television critics and network executives but not mass audiences?

16.   Another senior network executive put it more harshly.

17.   As a result, network executives call predictions of the demise of broadcast news premature, even facile.

18.   As for CBS, it has no music-based movie projects on its current development slate, a network executive said.

19.   At least one senior network executive, with long ties to sports negotiations, thinks so.

20.   At least one former network news executive said Wednesday that the embarrassing mistakes made this year on calling Florida were the result of that cost cutting.