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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1970
Page
8
A dense channel grid lists programs from morning through late night including 13-Woman's Post of View, 4-Hackle and Jeckie, Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour, Tom and Jerry items, Scooby Doo, Archie Comedy Hour, The Flintstones, and news blocks. It notes college basketball games Davidson vs George Washington and Purdue vs Illinois with other local sports and variety shows throughout the day.
A dense TV schedule segment lists programs by time and channel, including faith and public affairs shows like Rev. Rex Humbard Cathedral of Tomorrow and Focus on Columbus, plus sports events NBA and NHL, movie slots, morning and afternoon children’s fare, and multiple network stations across Columbus Huntington and Zanesville areas.
Noel Harison son of Rex is cast as guest star in the first three part episode ever filmed for the action series Mission Impossible.
CBS dropped five shows and NBC dropped five as CBS cut Petticoat Junction and Gleason while NBC dropped My World and Welcome to It. The season reveals reflect rising focus on youthful audiences with Skelton moving from CBS to NBC based on demographic stats.
NBC offers Shakespeare spirit on The Name of the Game with Tony Franciosa and Joseph Cotten as a Shakespearean expert protects a rare manuscript. Other features include The Ghost and Mrs Muir and Love American Style, plus Tim Conway Show and Bracken’s World evenings.
CBS announces a new weekly series of two minute informational educational broadcasts for school age children. Five segments will air each Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on CBS TV, totaling 136 segments over 26 weeks.
A slate of films and biographical features airs Friday evening. Notable titles include Captain Heorotic Horn Blower starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo, PT 109 with Cliff Robertson and Ty Moran, and Garrison and Minardos in a suspenseful Grand Prix drama. Additional entries feature Levi e, Frankenstein, Ride a Crooked Trail, Samson and Delilah, Detective Story, and Ha unted Strangler, with airings through the late night hours.
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