Capt Kangaroo Honored as Man of the Year for TV Work
Captain Kangaroo star Bob Keeshan is named Man of the Year by the National Association of Television Program Executives for outstanding children’s programming. The CBS series began Oct 3 1955 and has earned multiple top honors including a Peabody Award. Rod Steiger is described chewing gum while playing a bullying police chief in In the Heat of the Night.
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CBS Television
National Association of Television Program Executives, Inc
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CBS
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UPI
Rod Steiger
Mirisch Corporation
United Artists
Sidney Poitier
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Television Schedule Snapshot From 1960s Lineup
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TV Schedule Summary for Classical Channel Night
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TV Battle Over Film Interruptions Continues
Los Angeles AP A judge rules broadcasters may air commercials but may not alter a film’s dramatic quality. George Stevens plans appeal seeking higher damages after NBC and Paramount cut 18 minutes of A Place in the Sun. Stevens fined $1 token for 10.5 seconds cut.
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George Stevens
Stevens
National Broadcasting Co
Paramount Pictures Corp
NBC
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Elizabeth Taylor
Montgomery Clift
Directors Guild of America
Lieve
Koenig
Liberty Films
Paramount
Theodore Dreiser
Motherless TV Shows Skew Ratings Says Hartman
Hollywood AP reports writer producer Edmund Hartman notes Nielsen finds motherless TV series more dramatic and funnier. He cites My Three Sons entering its eighth year and Family Affair surviving 1966 67 season while critics often disparage them.
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Hollywood
Nielsen
Edmund Hartman
Hartman
Fred MacMurray
Brian Keith
Jason Robards to star in NBC Danny Thomas Hour special
Van Heflin also leads in Fear Is the Chain an original video drama to be aired on NBC next season as part of the Danny Thomas Hour. The TV project marks Robards as the lead in the forthcoming anthology.
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Danny Thomas
NBC
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