Family Viewing Time sparks debate over censorship
In Los Angeles and across the nation networks push a nightly family viewing hour to curb violence and sex on TV. Critics call it self censorship and a public relations ploy while advocates say it reduces mature content and keeps later hours unchanged.
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Fall TV Shows Due Early Premiere Week Action
New York AP notes the fall season kicks off around September 8 with premieres across gunfire comedy medicine music and drama. Eight new series dash out ahead of the ratings rush as CBS and NBC each roll out four debuts.
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Top Ten Country Records From Cashbox Survey
Cashbox nationwide rankings list ten best selling country records. Iconsider Me by Narvel Felts leads alongside Lizzie and the Rainman by Tanya Tucker and When Will I Be Loved by Linda Ronstadt. Other entries include Little Band of Gold Sonny James Move See more.
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Waterboro Arts and Crafts Fair at St Stephens Church
The third annual Art and Crafts Fair will be held Saturday on the grounds of St Stephens The Martyr Episcopal Church on Route 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local hand crafts will be featured along with pony rides and refreshments. For information contact Mrs Marie Bean.
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Organ Concert Set At Beach
The second theatre organ concert will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Old Orchard Beach High School Gymnasium Auditorium. A varied program of compositions will be presented by Tim Brazeley, a New England Theatre organist.
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Benefit planned for Muscular Dystrophy Assn at South Portland
MD Plans Benefit The Muscular Dystrophy Assn will sponsor a benefit performance of Joe Thomas production of Dames At Sea at 8 30 p m following a buffet dinner at 8 p m Monday at the Yankee Squire Restaurant Route 1 in South Portland early to let viewers sample new wares they might overlook in the 70 show smorgasbord of premiere week The French call this ze clean getaway ABC says it plans no pre presentation of new shows NBC Head Start program involves three new Thursday night shows and one Sunday effort On Sept 4 it will air The Montefuscos an Italian American comedy formerly called Sunday Dinner Fay a show about a new divorcee and a two hour version of Medical Story a new medical anthology series thatll run an hour in regular season play On Sunday Sept 7 NBC pre presents Family Holvak starring Glenn Ford as a country preacher It first was called Holvak but Family apparently was added so viewers wouldnt confuse it with Kojak CBS Head Start programs arrival differs CBS air Doc pilot Aug 16 then regular Sept 13 Beacon Hill the Up stairs Down stairs adaptation holds a two hour advance show Monday Aug 25 It starts its one hour run on Sept 2 Three for the Road a family yarn about a widower and his two teenage sons scheduled to appear Sunday nights starting Sept 14 CBS air the pilot on Thursday Sept 4 Big Eddie a situation comedy starring Sheldon Leonard starts Friday Sept 12 CBS will give viewers three advance peeps on Saturday nights starting Aug 23
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The Great Train Robbery novel review
Crichton’s Victorian era caper blends suspense and social history as Edward Pierce plots a meticulous gold heist aboard a monthly London to Paris train. The parallel portrait of low life in England enriches the tale, though occasional slang weighs it down.
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Theater Guide Weekend Listings in Maine Area
Theater guide roundup shows SACO SACO CINEMA at 7 and 9:10 for Murder on the Orient Express. Kennebunk Drive In screens Return of the Pink Panther, with times 8:15 and later. Portland cinemas offer Funny Lady and Return of the Pink Panther with multiple showings. Glance at other venues for Bambi, The Exorcist, Jaws, French Connection II, and The Birds and the Beads among listed titles.
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TV Listings Chronicle From Evening to Late Night
A dense schedule of 1970s era TV programming spans 6:00 PM to late night, listing segments from The Electric Company to The Tonight Show. It covers news programs, comedies, dramas, specials, and movies with numerous titles and guest names across networks CBS ABC NBC and local listings. It includes shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show Hogan's Heroes Love, American Style Sanford and Son and The Rockford Files along with movie titles such as Home From the Hill and Juke Girl. Names such as Lloyd Bridges Glen Campbell and Steve Allen appear amid a range of broadcaster identifiers and program blocks.
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