Savitch was born in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; a suburb of Philadelphia, the eldest daughter of Jewish–American parents, David Savitch and Florence Goldberger.
Savitch told her bosses that her teleprompter had gone out, but her agent claimed that she was on medication for a head injury.
Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947-October 23, 1983) was an American television news reporter.
Based on a true story this tells of Jessica Savitch whose life as a news anchorwoman on a top American TV network gives the impression that she `has it all`.
Bensons World - Almost Golden - The Jessica Savitch Story (VHS)
It's based loosely on the real-life story of newscaster Jessica Savitch.
A story about a career television journalist who eclipses her mentor, this drama's plot resembles that of A Star Is Born, and it shares the same screenwriters as those who penned the 1976 version of that film, John Gregory Dunne and
Sally Atwater (Michelle Pfieffer) gets a job at a Miami TV station based on a demo tape from her hometown of Reno, Nevada.