72 Tom Clancy
Writer
*Last year: - *Age: 47 *Credits: Debt of Honor took top honors, as did Without Remorse, for which he netted a $5 million movie deal; the film version of Clear and Present Danger has grossed nearly $120 million to date; has an upcoming NBC miniseries, Op Center. *Debits: Griping over film adaptations gives producers big headaches.

73 Tim Dubois
President, Arista/Nashville
*Last year: - *Age: 46 *Credits: Former songwriter built the five-year-old country division into the No. 2 country label, with 47 charting albums and singles (at last count) from young lions like Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, and Pam Tillis. *Debits: Adding Texas and Christian music labels may spread DuBois too thin.

74 Steven Bochco
Writer-Producer
*Last year: 77 *Age: 50 *Credits: NYPD Blue overcame boycotts to become a critical and popular smash (even if it was robbed at the Emmys). *Debits: Bochco's attempt at a wholesome family drama, The Byrds of Paradise, got washed away; ironically, Byrds' Timothy Busfield was charged with sexual harassment (which he denies).

75 David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee
Writers-Producers
*Last year: Rising *Ages: 47/44/44 *Credits: The Cheers trio spun off Frasier; in its debut season, the show that gave us Eddie matched Cheers' five Emmys. *Debits: Time-slot rival Tim Allen — once you're a top comedy dog, there's nowhere to go but down.

76 Al Teller
Chmn., CEO, MCA Music Ent. Group
*Last year: 83 *Age: 50 *Credits: Multiplatinum left-field hits (Meat Loaf's comeback; Rhythm, Country & Blues) and a dominant Nashville division added to $450 million sales record. *Debits: MCA's distributor is still last in U.S. market share among the Big Six; even with the acts on Geffen Records, MCA has an aging roster.

Originally posted Oct 28, 1994 Published in issue #246 Oct 28, 1994 Order article reprints
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