Bingo Calls for Activity by Viewers
The article notes a shift from passive sports viewership to active participation with fans in Minneapolis and St Paul moving to golf tennis horseback riding and licensing activities. It titles a viewer participation show Binge at Home as signaling a television led revolution in audience engagement.
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Anybody Can Play Announces Its Behind the Scenes Team
The ABC TV quiz show Anybody Can Play begins July 6 with staff including associate producer Dolph Nelson director John Alexander and writers Mannie Manheim Ed Mills and Marion Pollock. Walter Guedel serves as game supervisor. The program replaces Adventure At Scott Island Sundays at 8 30 p m EDT.
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Time of Show irks Producer of Sing Along
Producer Lee Cooley of CBS TV’s Sing Along laments the shift from an hour late showing to a 30 minute early slot 7:30 pm in New York with earlier Midwest and West airings. He worries the change drains the program’s values and will force more game songs. The show, once NYC anchored and popular, has syndicated to 25 stations with more outlets planned. Allen and Martin Stone launch Bingo to activate TV viewing, using a number entry method to meet FCC rules.
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Maria Schell criticizes Hollywood publicity system
European star Maria Schell denounces Hollywood publicity as decadent and curiously curious. She says publicity distorts perceptions and notes she has rebelled against reporters while filming The Hanging Tree with Gary Cooper.
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Report Card 1958 to Repeat June 16 on ABC TV
ABC TV will repeat the hour long study of pioneering programs in American public schools June 16 following a vacant 8:30 to 9:30 time slot after Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes. The original May 5 telecast drew nationwide ac claim from critics educators and the public.
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Linkletter Adventures at Brussels Fair Told On NBC TV
Art Linkletter's Brussels World's Fair experiences will be woven into his "People Are Funny" stanzas for a filmed NBC TV series to air on Saturday nights.
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Rest for Silvers on Bilko set this summer
Phil Silvers grants Sergeant Bilko's platoon a break from CBS TV filming in July with plans to resume in early fall.
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