Red Skelton fires head writers amid ratings surge
Hollywood column notes Red Skelton dismissed head writers Bob Weiskopf and Bob Schiller after the show led Nielsen ratings. The pair recall working previously with Ozzie and Harriet and Desilu, while Skelton considers staff shakeups. Schiller attends a Peace March in San Francisco and Weiskopf plans a Europe trip.
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Bob Weiskopf
Bob Schiller
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San Francisco
Europe
Christmas Memory Wins Peabody Award in 1966 TV
American Broadcasting Company wins a Peabody for Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory framed as one of the finest TV hours of 1966. Harry Reasoner and Edwin Newman receive separate honors for TV essays and radio commentaries, while other specials are spotlighted.
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American Broadcasting Co
Truman Capote
Harry Reasoner
Columbia Broadcasting System
Edwin Newman
National Broadcasting Co
John E. Drewry
University of Georgia
Henry W. Grady School of Journalism
Broadcast Pioneer
Peabody Board
Earnings Dip Cited as TV Sales Drop at O I Owens-Illinois
Owens-Illinois Inc in Toledo told shareholders this week that weaker demand for color television helped push lower earnings. First quarter net income stood at 7.88 million on 213.66 million in sales versus 12.43 million and 209.09 million a year earlier.
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Owens-Illinois, Inc
Television Highlights From The Nightly Lineup
The guide lists programs on channels 2 7 9 12 including The Avengers Tarzan Green Hornet Wild Wild West Tim Tunnel Please Dont Eat the Daisies Man from UNCLE Hogan Heroes Rango The Girl Cant Help It Gay Purr ee Phyllis Diller and The Cat with plot snippets for each.
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Gordon
Justice
Law and Order
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Mars
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Solo
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Paris
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Phyllis
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