Season 3

1984-01-19 · 28m

Ted Turner and Satellite News Network executive Lloyd Werner vie for advertisers, subscribers, and cable-system carriers as they jockey for position in the cable news business.

1984-01-26 · 28m

Telophase Corporation plans to start America's first chain of low-cost crematoria and to market cremation as an alternative to burials.

1984-02-09 · 29m

Will the new $125-million Westin Hotel in Boston be able to compete in a market already filled to capacity with luxury hotels?

1984-02-23 · 28m

Ned Steinberger, owner of a small business that produces an innovative and extremely popular electric bass guitar, must cope with impatient customers and new competition.

1984-03-01 · 28m

Frank Perdue, the man who turned chicken into a brand-name item in the Northeast, plans to market a new product: chicken franks. WARNING: May contain scenes of animal trauma.

1984-03-15 · 29m

Texas real estate developer Trammel Crow attempts to lure Hollywood filmmakers to Dallas by building a state-of-the-art production complex.

1984-04-05 · 28m

The Gloria Stevens chain of health clubs struggles to find a formula for survival in a volatile business climate.

1984-04-26 · 28m

The prize-winning Matanzas Creek Winery in California attempts to escalate production without disrupting the delicate balance of supply, demand, and high quality.

1984-05-17 · 29m

Israeli firm Elscint tries to develop, produce, and deliver a superior medical diagnostic scanner to compete with larger corporations.

1984-06-07 · 29m

Winners -- and losers -- stake their fortunes on cocoa in the futures market.

1984-06-28 · 29m

Lear Fan Ltd. and Beech Aircraft vie for a larger share of the market by developing a light, efficient corporate plane while battling technical problems, skeptical investors, and bureaucracy.

1984-07-12 · 28m

Salespeople demonstrate their personal tricks of the ancient trade, to illustrate the psychology of selling.