Humphrey Lists 1967’s Ten Worst TV Shows
Hollywood critic HAL Humphrey catalogs the year’s least successful programs in ten categories. He criticizes Mr Terrific, Maya, Rango, Good Morning World, Do Blondes Have More Fun, a Dirksen segment on Hollywood Palace, and a Ban Right Guard ad, noting weak writing, production flaws, and overlong sponsorship plugs.
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Hollywood
Humphrey
CBS
ABC
Rango
Maya
NBC
India
Jay
Dennis the Menace
North
Clairol
al Cap
Everett Dirksen
Hollywood Palace
W. C. Fields
Ban
Television's 10 Worst For 1967
A nostalgic critique lists the year’s worst TV entries across categories. Twenty six titles from ABC CBS NBC and NBC are called out for poor plotting performances and tasteless takes including I'm Getting Married Guns of Will Sonnett The Dick Van Dyke Show Newlywed Game and Fluffy with scathing notes on scores performances and premise quality.
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Madison Avenue
Anne Bancroft
Dick Shawn
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Jule Styne
Will Sonnett
ABC
NBC
Tony Randall
Shirley Jones
TV Tonight Highlights and Featured Programs
The listing notes The Wild Wild West with Leigh Chapman starring Jeannine Riley at 7:30 PM on channel 7 and 9. Star Trek on channel 5 at 8:30 PM features parasites and a spy. Pablo Casals appears at the Marlboro Festival at 10 PM on channel 5 with musical performances and talks. Judd for the Defense airs at 10 PM on channels 2 and 12, blending a divorce story into a murder case.
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Leigh Chapman
Jeannine Riley
Star Trek
Kirk
Pablo Casals
Vermont
Casals
Rudolf Serkin
Alexander Schneider
Judd
Grays
Horizon Puzzle Answers From Todays Crossword
Crossword clues span Shinto temple to Egyptian river and Victorian writers. Vertical and across lists feature terms from anatomy to geography with multiple names and generic descriptors, forming a complete word puzzle grid.
CBS Playhouse Promising Start For Original Dramas
CBS Playhouse began two years ago with Death of a Salesman and built a plan to fund original dramas. The project offers $25,000 per script, full rights to authors, no length limits, careful ad placement, and big stars, drawing back writers like Reginald Rose and Lorin Mandel, with Tad Mosess Gore Vidal and Paddy Chayefsky named for future works. The network has spent its initial $500,000 and moved into a second round of funding.
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CBS
Spair
Reginald Rose
Loring Mandel
Tad Moses
Gore Vidal
Paddy Chayefsky
Ohio Bell introduces the low sign to urge price restraint
The article describes a new "low" sign for Ohio Bell representing keeping rates down since 1959. It notes unchanged local rates and falling long distance rates, with a November drop the seventh since 1959. The sign is suggested for greetings and situations like debates over prices.
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