New Season Starts With a TV Preview Lineup
AP writer Jay Sharbutt surveys the fall schedule, listing upcoming premieres and returning series across NBC CBS and ABC. Highlights include Beacon Hill and other new shows marked with x, plus established hits like Happy Days Welcome Back Kotter and The Jeffersons as networks reveal dates in September.
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Jay Sharbutt
New York
Beacon Hill
CBS
NBC
Walt Disney
Cher
Kojak
ABC
Medical Center
Joe Forrester
Kotter-x
Marcus Welby
TV Season Openers Promise Double Episodes for Key Police Dramas
TV listings note season debuts feature two hour opens for S W A T Kojak Hawaii Five O M A S H and two hours for each cop show plus an hour for Mobile One Friday Night Movies and Saturday Night Movies. CBS adds Cannon and Barnaby Jones sleuthing a murder case across Sept. 17 and Sept. 19 premieres.
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Ellery Queen
CBS
ABC
San Francisco
NBC
Sanford and Son
M-A-S-H
Barnaby Jones
Emergency
the Jeffersons
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart
Carol Burnett
Howard Cosell
S.W.A.T
Matt Helmx
Cannon
Composers use misnomers in ASCAP roster
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers lists famous names like Stevie Wonder, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Bob Dylan alongside many who use pseudonyms such as Attila Dante Darwin Elijah and Ugly Butch Billy Boma y Sandy Courage Coventry and Pierre Vivant. Other aliases include Diablo Bonfire Mars Frog and the Eloquent Elephant and members Paul Minnesota Sam Trade Wind Buck Trail Two Dollar Bill Joe Cowboy and Cowboy Joe who all try to Be Good. Be Good is also listed as a member.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Stevie Wonder
Irving Berlin
Richard Rodgers
Bob Dylan
Attila
Dante
Darwin
Elijah
ASCAP
Ugly Butch
Billy Bombay
Sandy Courage
Coventry
Pierre Vivant
Diablo
Bonfire Mars
Frog
Elephant
Paul
Two Dollar Bill
Joe Cowboy
Cowboy Joe
Be Good
Television Guide Snips for KMID KERA KOSA Stations
Cable schedule brief lists KMID Midland and KERA Dallas and KOSA Odessa channels for viewing options. No program details provided but channel names indicate local network availability. The note reflects a regional TV guide snippet with call letters and city sites.
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Kmid Midland
Kera Dallas
Kosa Odessa
Evening TV Grid Highlights and Daytime Schedule
A dense listing of 1960s style TV programming across channels KBIM 2 5 7 9 11 shows mixed drama, game shows, cartoons, and news. Notable items include The Waltons, The Tonight Show, CBS Late Movie The Dunwich Horror, and NBC News sign off.
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Lilias
News Center
KBIM
Tonight Show
Newsroom
Wide World
God
ABC Evening News
Balanchine Ballet Premieres At Saratoga Festival
Saratoga Springs AP reports the world premiere of George Balanchine's The Ballerina and the Soldier during the New York City Ballet summer season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Festival. Based on Hans Christian Andersen, the piece portrays a toy soldier and a ballerina doll in a bittersweet romance, with Patricia McBride and Peter Schaufuss performing the lead pas de deux.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
Saratoga
Hans Christian Anderson
Balanchine
Georges Bizet
Melissa Hayden
Roy Tobias
Patricia McBride
Peter Schaufuss
Italian producer Dino de Laurentiis Opens Hollywood Studio
Italian producer Dino de Laurentiis moved from New York to Hollywood to accelerate film production. He plans to release about 10 films in 1976 and now operates from Beverly Hills. He cites high Italian costs and bureaucracy as reasons for moving. More films like Ragtime and The Great Train Robbery are in development with top talents.
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Silvana Mangano
de Laurentiis
New York
Hollywood
Mandigo
Robert Redford
Faye Dunaway
Beverly Hills
Philosphy
Robert Altman
Michael Crichton
Dino de Laurentiis
Italy
Mr Guitar seeks new specialty in instrumental hits
Nashville star Chet Atkins known as Mr. Guitar laments dwindling instrumentals on air and writes fewer songs. He hopes a strong instrumental hit could revive popularity while continuing to produce for RCA and guide talent like Perry Como and Hank Snow. The Night Atlanta Burned marks a recent single inspired by historic Sherman fire. Atkins notes changing public interest and DJ familiarity push him to reinvent attention-grabbing work.
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Matt Yancey
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Chet Atkins
Atkins
Floyd Cramer
Boots Randolph
Nashville
RCA
Perry Como
Hank Snow
Jerry Reed
Atlanta
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