:31:01
Nelson Chaney tells me Beale
may actually go on the air this evening.
:31:06
As far as I know,
Howard's going to do it.
:31:11
- Are you gonna sit still for this?
- Yes.
:31:14
I think Hackett's overstepped himself.
:31:16
There's some kind of
corporate maneuvering going on.
:31:19
Hackett is clearly forcing
a confrontation.
:31:21
That would account for his behavior
at the stockholders' meeting.
:31:23
However, I think he's making a serious
mistake with this Beale business.
:31:28
I suspect CCA will be upset...
:31:31
at Hackett's presumptuousness.
:31:33
Certainly Mr. Jensen will.
:31:35
So I'm going to let Hackett
have his head for a while.
:31:39
He just might lose it
over this Beale business.
:31:45
I'd like you to reconsider
your resignation.
:31:48
I assume Hackett
wouldn't take such steps...
:31:50
without some support
on the CCA board.
:31:53
I'll have to go directly to Mr. Jensen.
:31:56
When that happens, I'm going to need
every friend I've got...
:31:59
and I don't want Hackett's people
in all the divisional positions.
:32:02
So I'd like you to stay on.
:32:09
Of course.
:32:12
Thank you, Max.
:32:14
This has been
the "UBS Evening News"...
:32:17
with Howard Beale.
:32:19
The initial response to the new
"Howard Beale Show"...
:32:22
was not auspicatory.
:32:24
The press was,
without exception, hostile...
:32:26
and industry reaction negative.
:32:28
The ratings for the Thursday
and Friday shows...
:32:30
were both 14,
but Monday's rating dropped a point...
:32:33
clearly suggesting the novelty
was wearing off.
:32:38
Did you know there are
a number of psychics...
:32:40
working as licensed brokers
on Wall Street?
:32:43
Some counsel their clients
by use of tarot cards.
:32:45
They're all pretty successful,
even in a bear market and selling short.
:32:49
I met one of them last week
and thought of doing a show around her.
:32:52
"The Wayward Witch of Wall Street."
Something like that.
:32:55
But if her tips were any good,
she could wreck the market.
:32:58
I called her this morning and asked her
how she was on predicting the future.