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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                                Section 17(a)
  of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
                        Investment Company Act of 1940

                                                                                                                     
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*   2. Date of Event Requiring    4. Issuer Name and Ticker or     6. If Amendment, Date 
   Keough, Donald R.                          Statement                     Trading Symbol                    of Original
- ----------------------------------------      (Month/Day/Year)              USA Networks, Inc. ("USAi")      (Month/Day/Year)
     (Last)     (First)     (Middle)          9/15/98                       ------------------------------
   711 Fifth Avenue                           ----------------------------  5. Relationship of Reporting  7. Individual or Joint/   
- ----------------------------------------   3. IRS or Social Security          Person to Issuer               Group Filing (Check
             (Street)                         Number of Reporting           (Check all applicable)           Applicable Line)       
                                              Person (Voluntary)         X   Director   ___  10% Owner       __ Form filed by One   
   New York, NY  10022                                                   ___ Officer    ___   Other             Reporting Person
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      (City)      (State)      (Zip)                                                                            than One Reporting  
                                                                               ---------------------------      Person            
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                                                            TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED      
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 1. Title of Security                         2. Amount of Securities         3. Ownership Form:         4. Nature of Indirect     
    (Instr. 4)                                   Beneficially Owned              Direct (D) or              Beneficial    
                                                 (Instr. 4)                      Indirect (I)               Ownership (Instr. 4)
                                                                                 (Instr. 5)                 
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 N/A*
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*If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). 
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)

                                                (Print or Type Responses)                               (Bulletin No. 177, 10-15-97)
*Allen & Co. Incorporated, for which Mr. Keough serves as Chairman, and certain of its affiliates beneficiallly own 1,577,619 shares of USA Networks, Inc. Common Stock. Mr. Keough disclaims personal beneficial ownership of these shares. 2
FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Year) Deri- ative vative Security: Security Direct ------------------------------------------------- (D) or Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I) Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5) able Date of Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Right to Buy** 9/15/1999 9/15/2008 Common Stock 5,000 22 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Right to Buy*** 9/17/1999 9/17/2008 Common Stock 50,000 20 7/8 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: /S/ Donald R. Keough 9/25/98 **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------------ ---------- Violations. **Signature of Reporting Person Date See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. (Bulletin No. 177, 10-15-97)
**This stock option grant vests with respect to 1,667 shares of common stock on each of the first two annniversaries of the grant date, and an additional 1,666 shares of common stock on the third anniversary of the grant date. The grant date was September 15, 1998. ***This stock option grant vests in equal installments over a three-year period.