Summer ratings show few miniseries deliver punch
Nielsen’s nine week study finds only ABCs Jim Stafford Show and Almost Anything Goes delivering consistent audience share. CBS Dick Cavetts summer shows show moderate early strength, while Keep on Truckin and Texas Wheelers post weak ratings. Joey and Dad starts strong then slides, Manhattan Transfer fails to gain, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Ben Vereen lag, with Almost Anything Goes rising to 35 percent and threatening sports broadcasts.
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TV Schedule Highlights Classic and Recent Loses
Prime time features Lucy Show and Electric Company earlier, with Dragnet and Dick Van Dyke reruns. Evening blocks include Major Dundee and The Dunwich Horror films along with sports and talk shows, wrapping at midnight with Bonanza and late news.
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Morning TV and radio schedule and staff credits
A scanned TV radio schedule lists morning programs from 6:45 A M to 11:30 A M including Captain Noah Sesame Street Mister Rogers Speed Racer The Night of the Hunter and Love Lucy The Romagnolis Table Calendar and shows like Hollywood Squares and The Price Is Right The staff credits for the local paper note roles for Rod Moake Mary Rothband and others and outline subscription rates for Port Lavaca and Victoria Texas deliveries and mail options.
Television schedule fragment with daytime program list
A partial TV guide lists noon to 4 4 30 PM programs including soap operas Days of Our Lives Guiding Light General Hospital and One Life to Live plus game shows Match Game Tattletales and entertainment films. It also includes The Trace McCloud Story and Movie Thunder in the East with several children shows and cartoons.
Nielsen ranks M A S H as top show for third week
New York AP Nielsen Co ratings show M A S H reruns again top the nation’s evening programs for the week ended August 24. Among the 20 most watched are Rhoda Medical Center Hawaii Five O All in the Family Barnaby Jones Good Times Cannon Rockford Files Sanford and Son Police Woman Chico and the Man Mary Tyler Moore Big Eddie Maude The Rookies Kojak Streets of San Francisco Sunday Mystery Movie Almost Anything Goes and more.
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Hints From AH Dear Heloise Dieting Mirror Chopsticks
A reader suggests a humorous dieting tip using chopsticks to slow meals and curb hunger watchfulness. Other letters share quick hemming tricks with a warm iron and resealing threads, plus furniture tips to protect walls, and a vinegar trick to keep jars sparkling during canning.
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Preparations complete for 125000 atoka country music weekend
Atoka Oklahoma readies for 48 hours in Atoka a country music weekend. A sound system for 125000 attendees is set up after clearing 1500 acres for parking camping and listening areas. Ray Clevenger supervises 130 workers with heavy equipment. Water toilets a temporary hospital and helicopter pads are established. Weather wary organizers fear rain as temps near 90. The site lies midway between Dallas and northern Oklahoma along Oklahoma 43.
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