Guiding Light Wins Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama
The Guiding Light, CBS, named outstanding daytime drama at the 1979 80 Daytime Emmy awards held in NBC telecast. ABC led with 28 awards overall, PBS 19, NBC 11, CBS 8, and syndicates 7. Hollywood Squares and The $20,000 Pyramid tied for top game show, with Donahue as top talk show.
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Veterans Conrad and Lord star in failed pilots in June
UPI reports two network pilots featuring William Conrad and Jack Lord, both out of series work, with Conrad in Turnover Smith and Lord producer of M Station: Hawaii. The pieces critique scripts and focus on underwater spy plotlines, noting technical dialogue slows pace. The piece closes with a demographic note that about 41 million will turn 30 in the 1980s, up from 30 million in the 1970s.
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Beaton’s Reddish House to Be Auctioned in Broad Chalke
Beaton’s home Reddish House in Broad Chalke is being sold with contents at auction after his death at 76. Christie's expects about 700 000 dollars from a two day sale. the property, bought in 1947, features crimson velvet walls and a winter garden.
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Networks spend millions on presidential campaigns
New York United Press International reports that all three networks spent millions following candidates through Iowa to Super Tuesday, with Carter and Reagan emerging victorious and broad voter dissatisfaction. The piece anticipates extensive gavel to gavel coverage of a Detroit Republican convention and a New York Democratic convention, arguing for reforms such as a national primary or multi zone primaries, shorter seasons, and stricter campaign finance rules.
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