New TV Season Offers Comedy and Conflict Across Networks
UPI reports CBS launches vacation playhouse with Ethel Merman and Calamity Jane with Carol Burnett. Barbara Stanwyck headlines Wagon Train with Carolyn Jones and Fabian. NBC airs Bonanza with Jonathan Harris. CBS plans a funeral customs show with Jessica Mitford. FCC bans option time, affecting prime slots. Margarita Sierra undergoes heart surgery and dies at 25. Dean Rusk interviewed on Issues and Answers.
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Gunsmoke Begins Ninth CBS Season In Hour Format
The CBS Western Gunsmoke returns for its ninth season and second year in an hour long format on Saturday September 28 at 10 p.m. on KLAS-TV. Starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon with Dennis Weaver Milburn Stone Amanda Blake and Burt Reynolds in the cast. The program originates from Arness Production Company with Norman Macdonnell as producer and is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Procter & Gamble Alberto Culver Whitehall Laboratories.
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CBS Bolsters Comedy Shows with Eight New Fall Programs
CBS will add eight weekly night-time programs this fall bolstering its situation comedy and variety lineup. Two one hour variety shows headlined by Judy Garland and Danny Kaye join Jackie Gleason Ed Sullivan Red Skelton and Garry Moore. New half hour comedies include Glynis The New Phil Silvers Show My Favorite Martian and Petticoat Junction. An hour long drama The Great Adventure focuses on American historical subjects. East Side West Side is a one hour fictional series about a New York City social worker.
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NBC adds drama focus to new night programs
NBC outlines twelve new night time shows with four one hour dramas from mysteries to novel adaptations. Harrys Girls follows an American vaudeville team in Europe led by Larry Blyden. The Lieutenant stars Gary Lockwood and Robert Vaughn. Temple Houston features Jeffrey Hunter as frontier lawman Sam Houston's son. Redigo centers on ranch life with Richard Egan. The Richard Boone Show debuts as a rotating stock company with Odets scripts. Hollywood and the Stars hosts Joseph Cotten with in-depth film industry profiling. Espionage TM is a British produced suspense anthology. Kraft Suspense Theater leads to Perry Como specials. Broadway listings show busy fall schedule.
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Billy Graham to Appear on Jack Benny Show
Hollywood UPI Billy Graham will guest star on Jack Benny's TV program on September 24. The evangelist jokes with Benny and delivers a serious message while sharing nerves about appearing on a comedy show. Graham notes Benny's timeless act and jokes about their age difference.
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TV Radio Log Mix of Daytime Listings and Dials
A dense TV radio log lists program start times and titles for CBS ABC NBC and local dial and notes station information. It includes children's shows news talk and serials such as Captain Kangaroo News and daytime dramas with multiple host listings and time blocks.
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Elections Cost Huge Amounts
National level committees backing candidates from all parties reportedly disbursed over $25 billion in the 1960 presidential campaign per the World Almanac. The figure reflects broad fundraising and expenditures across multiple campaigns and organizations.
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