Cleveland; High Concept

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>     The first hit on Dow Jones & Lexis/Nexis is the New York Times, April 28,
> 1983, and it mentions tv shows (A-TEAM), but later hits mention "high
> concept" as a one-sentence plot description for Hollywood films.

The earliest citation from Nexis is the following:

1980 _N.Y. Times_ 14 Dec.  "In order for a mini-series to be successful in
today's market," says Jacqueline Babban, ABC's vice president for novels
for television and limited series, "it has to have a high concept and a
high theme.

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