ABC Dominates TV Week with World Series Rating Record
New York AP reports ABC captured a record audience during the World Series deciding game and near‑final game, boosting its weekly prime time rating to 21.2 while CBS and NBC trailed. Six ABC shows ranked in the Top 20, including M A S H and World Series coverage, with heavy baseball viewing driving the numbers.
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Furless Squirrels in Evanston Find Winter Help
Barbara Spier fed the fur less squirrels in her yard for two years and found someone had laced feeder peanuts with poison. A vet confirmed the poison and with winter coming she planned to trap the affected animals and send them to a nature center.
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Dinosaurs Win a New Image
Dinosaurs secure a fresh public image as coverage highlights their appeal in a Sunday Parade feature. The piece discusses shifts in perception and community engagement surrounding the team.
Robert Klein to star in NBC one hour comedy specials
NBC hires Robert Klein for two one hour specials that will also serve as pilots for potential series. Klein currently stars on Broadway in They're Playing Our Song and has eight film appearances including directing Hooper.
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TV film on Conrad Hilton life for CBS
CBS to produce a two hour movie about hotel magnate Conrad Hilton. Michael Klein Productions acquired rights to Hilton life and his autobiography Be My Guest. David Karp writes screenplay.
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Helen Shaver to Lead NBC Comedy United States
Hollywood AP reports Helen Shaver, currently co starring in The Amityville Horror, has been signed as the female lead in the NBC comedy United States. Tony Curtis stars as the powerful head of a cosmetics firm in Kiss of Gold NBC movie.
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Designer Kyle dies at 66 in New York
Steven Kyle, designer of decorative accessories and husband of Broadway lyricist Betty Comden, died Wednesday in New York of acute pancreatitis. He was 66.
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