Ratings Drive TV's Bread and Butter Shows
TV critics fault high minded aims but audience ratings decide success. The piece notes shifts in scheduling altered viewership for Bonanza Perry Mason and The New Breed, with The World of Billy Graham and We the People as rivals. It cites ABC viewers as pivotal to lifelines of regular entertainment.
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