COMCAST SPORTSNET SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE

          Comcast SportsNet has added Leslie Gudel, formerly of
     Prime Network, and Neil Hartman, formerly of WKYW-TV in
     Philadelphia, as its new evening sports anchors.  Michael
     Barkann, from Boston's WLVI-WB, has also joined Comcast as a
     field reporter and studio host (THE DAILY).  The lineup for
     the new network was examined by Mike Bruton of the
     PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.  The channel will have a half-hour
     show "most nights" at 11:00pm ET, along with a pre- and post-
     game presence hosted by Barkann.  An evening "SportsCenter-
     style" show, with anchors Hartman and Gudel, as well as Fox
     Sports Net programming, are also planned.  Comcast SportsNet
     may also air magazine shows, more locally driven profile
     programming and a forum focusing on Atlantic Ten and Big East
     personalities.  SportsNet President Jack Williams: "We don't
     want to take things that have been done and just move them
     over here.  There'd be nothing new" (PHILA. INQUIRER, 8/12).