Super Night at the Superbowl TV special aims for football magic
Hollywood reports that CBS will air a 90 minute Supernight at the Superbowl in Miami featuring Burt Reynolds Dinah Shore the Pointer Sisters and K C and the Sunshine Band with Namath and Simpson among live performers. Pierre Cossette produces and expects a 14 000 seat venue with a film trophy moment and a football ambience rather than pure action.
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Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman
Marlon Brando
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jackie Gleason
Andy Williams
Super- Wawr
Pierre Cossette
Cossette
USC
Sammy Davis
CBS
Miami Convention Center
Burt Reynolds
Florida
Bob Newhart
Dinah Shore
Pointer Sisters
K.C. and the Sunshine Band
Mary Tyler Moore
Cloris Leachman
Bea Arthur
Jimmy Walker
Ed Asner
Hollywood
Miami
National Football League
ABC
NFL
Superbowl
Janis Ian Leads Grammy Award Nominations List
Nominations in 48 categories announced for the 18th annual Grammy Awards. Janis Ian tops with five nominations including Record and Song of the Year for At Seventeen. The Eagles and Elton John also receive multiple nods, with the ceremony hosted by Andy Williams at the Hollywood Palladium on CBS February 28.
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Los Angeles
UPI
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Academy
CBS
Janis Ian
Captain & Tennile
Paul Simon
Miss Ian
Morris Albert
Neil Sedaka
Howard Greenfield
Larry Weiss
Stephen Sondheim
Amazin Rhythm Aces
Brecker Bros
Natalie Cole
K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Helen Reddy
Olivia Newton-John
Linda Ronstadt
Judy Collins
Elton John
Glen Campbell
Hollywood Palladium
Andy Williams
Lively Arts Inside program brings theater to prison life
Boston officials announce a new program to introduce performing arts to inmates at Massachusetts Correctional Institution Norfolk and Middlesex County facilities. A $5,000 Mobil Foundation grant funds three performances and a workshop series led by groups Mandala and The Proposition, with support from Corrections Commissioner Frank Hall and Sheriff John L Buckley.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Correctional Institution
Middlesex County
John L. Buckley
Lively Arts
Mobil Foundation
Corrections
Frank Hall
MCI Norfolk
Middlesex County House of Corrections
Mandala
The
Proposition
Cambridge
New York City
Norfolk State Prison
Elma Lewis
Wallace
John Dean
Peter Kaiser
Mimi Catlin
Framingham
Helen Dreher
Department of Corrections
Hall
TV Highlights and Prison Arts Debate Spur Reflections
A TV schedule lists 1969 Volcano on ABC at 8 p.m. with Diane Baker, Brian Keith and Maximillian Schell, Sanford and Son on NBC and Sandy Duncan at CBS. NBC at 9 features The Rockford Files while PBS airs Wall Street Week. Separate discussion covers Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and Mandala dancers performing in Boston and Norfolk prisons, debating art’s value in corrections.
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ABC
Island
Krakatoa
Java
Diane Baker
Brian Keith
Maximillian Schell
Sanford and Son
NBC
Fred
CBS
Sandy Duncan
Chico and
the Man
Chico
Flora
PBS
Rockford Files
Rob Reiner
Rockford
Feds
New PBS chief vows to stress public role and quality
New PBS president Lawrence K Grossman pledges to expand the public aspect of broadcasting and boost diverse, exciting programming as an alternative to commercial TV. He notes 70 percent of stations are UHF and harder to tune, urging outreach to all audiences with strong showmanship.
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New York
UPI
PBS
Public Broadcasting System
Lawrence K. Grossman
New Post
Grossman
Public Broadcasting
Howard Cosell
United States
Blood in the Snow and Public TV Debate Echo Rutland Reading
A 1975 Vermont review highlights Blood in the Snow by Marlene Fanta Shyer about a sensitive boy in Rutland area who frees an injured fox with help from friends and a flute. The piece shifts to a broader discussion of public television, PBS roles, funding, and the shift from education to general programming with quotes from Grossman on station power and distribution.
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Dorset
Marlene Fanta Shyer
Rutland
Max
Bernice
Crow Hinta
Crow
Mrs. Shyer
Larchmont
N.Y
Vermont
Maggie Kaufman Smith
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Rutgers
Woody Strode
UCLA
Don Meredith
Jim Brown
Fred Williamson
Frank Gifford
Johnny Unitas
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Joe Namath
Jets
Heritage House
Maine
Northside
Bennington
Orwin
Mary Coonz
REN Pda SF
Salisbury
Tide Family Restaurants
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
United Press International
Strong
Marion Flynn
Dorset Librarian
Gross
le Jardin
Nickelodeon
Spring St
Williamstown, Mass
Fritz the
Ralph Bakshi
Coonskin
Heavy Traffic
Cinema & I
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SUN
Ann-Mararet
Oliver Reed
Roger Daltrey
Chef Walter Hayn
the Grosso Family
of the Springs
Leays
Williamstown
Mass
Rts
Mount Anthony Country Club
Mount Anthony
John Riddle JR
Nancy Lufkin
Iron Kettle
Shaftsbury,vt
SUN Classic Pictures
Mann Od
Dan Haggerty
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