Christmas TV trends raise questions on overuse and taste
A TV critic notes excessive holiday saturation across networks as Christmas shows flood schedules from comedies to Westerns. The piece highlights debates on content control, proposes lighter, better crafted specials, and cites Nielsen data showing Saturday as peak viewing night with relative Friday lags. The analysis references NBC plans for debates and shifts of Mr Wizard to Saturdays, along with College Row and other programs shaping the season.
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Perry Lomo
Mitch Miller
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Births and TV Grads Highlight Holiday Weekend Notices
Heirports Michael Burch announce the birth of Robert Lee on December 18 at San Jacinto Hospital weighing pounds 15 ounces. Grandparents are RR Burch of La Porte and R M Hanle Sr. of Baytown. Great grandparents listed. Dennis Ray Stipe announces daughter Charlotte Anne born December 8 in Bryan weighing pounds 14 ounces. Grandparents I A Yount Baytown and Ray Knute Blomstrom family. Arthur Louis Blomstrom born December 120 in Hermann Hospital Houston weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces. Grandparents K A Blomstrom Sr. of Baytown and T L Spiers of Greens Bayou. Sister names Karen and Susan. Televised holiday programming noted for NBC ABC and Roman Catholic and Protestant services on Christmas morning.
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San Jacinto Hospital
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Stipe
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Brian
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ABC
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Amahl
Arthur Louis
Hermann Hospital
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T. L. Spiers
Roman
Greens Bayou
Arthur Wilson
Cros
Karen
Susan
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