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Showbuzz

Web posted on: Monday, September 28, 1998 5:15:25 PM

Today's buzz stories:

Cast members of "Guiding Light"

Still going: 'Guiding Light' hits 13,000

NEW YORK (CNN) -- CBS's soap opera "Guiding Light" broadcasted its 13,000th TV episode on Monday. The show, which airs daily, is already the longest-running program in broadcast history, having premiered on radio as a 15-minute show in 1937. Now an hour-long daytime drama, it is the only radio drama to make the transition to television that remains on the air today. "Guiding Light" is the second-longest running television program, behind "Meet The Press," which premiered on TV before "Guiding Light" switched from radio.

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Kasem

Kasem to host TV's '100%'

HOLLYWOOD (CNN) -- Radio personality Casey Kasem has a new gig -- the small screen. He'll host the rapid-fire quiz show "100%," a syndicated TV show in development for January 1999. In the show, contestants advance through a series of rounds as they try to answer 100 multiple choice questions in 22 minutes. Kasem is known as the host of his self-titled top 40 countdown of modern rock music. "100%" is being syndicated by Pearson Television, which launched a remake of "Match Game" earlier this month and is preparing a revival of "Family Feud" for the fall of 1999.

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"Remember WENN"

AMC says good-bye to 'Remember WENN'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- American Movie Classics has canceled its original series "Remember WENN" after four seasons because of low ratings. Despite critical success, the show failed to take off the way AMC officials had hoped. "While 'Remember WENN' has been a tremendous success on many levels, it has not generated the kind of audience required to make the show viable," the cable network said.

"Remember WENN" will be replaced by a new original series, "The Lot," which is scheduled to premiere in December. Set in 1937, "The Lot" tells the story of Sylver Pictures, a fictional movie studio that hopes to hit it big in Hollywood's approaching golden era.

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'Cachao' Lopez mambos into Latin Jazz Hall

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Mambo king Israel "Cachao" Lopez was inducted into the Latin Jazz Hall of Fame Saturday night during the second annual Los Angeles Latin Jazz Festival. The event was hosted by actor Andy Garcia, and Lopez performed several Latin dance numbers with a 12-piece orchestra. Lopez, 80, began his career at age 12, when he played bass in Cuba's symphony orchestra. He and his brother are credited with creating the mambo in 1939, years before the dance craze swept the world.

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Reuters contributed to this report.

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