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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1969
Page
20
A dense page fragment lists television channels and programs with color vs B W indicators, movie titles, news segments, game shows, and sports. It names KHXTY KAIC KCOP KNGC XHJ KWHY KILA KITTY KCET KMEX KNBC and others, with programs like The Addams Family Gilligan's Island Bonanza Star Trek and UCLA vs. USC.
Radio listings note Friday March 7 1969 broadcasts at 8:00 pm UCLA faces USC on KMPC and KNX carries Celtics at Lakers in NBA action. The schedule highlights two major pro and college games airing that evening on Los Angeles stations.
Dennis Weaver guest stars as a professor amid campus unrest in a 10 PM viewing slot for Judd for the Defense. The episode centers on a moral dilemma as students challenge authority and the professor navigates loyalties.
In a Variety interview Mason Williams, temporary writer for The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, blasts television as limited and unfun, faulting networks for chasing money, stifling ideas, and making shows into fads. He notes writers face locked-in 13 week runs with little room for correction.
A Variety ratings survey ranks Bob Hope as the top prime time special for Sept through early February. His Christmas show leads. another Hope program is second. two more Hope specials are in the top ten, with two more in the top 25. Peanuts cartoons follow in popularity on NBC and CBS, with Elvis, Heidi, Andy Williams and others in the mix. The report also notes Christmas as a strong theme across top programs.
Hollywood International Film Festival withdraws from Liberty Theater Forest Lawn Memorial Park after Forest Lawn rejects three entries for not meeting standards of wholesomeness. Executive director Cy Warner plans to relocate the festival. contested titles include Playing at Soldiers The Bet and Double Stop.
Washington UPI report notes the Senate communications subcommittee summoned top executives from three major networks to testify next Wednesday about public complaints over sex and violence in TV programs. Senator John Pastore urged quick corrections.
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