Pogo Special Birth Day Special review and pay TV debate
A reader reviews Pogo's TV debut noting it felt like a direct cartoon transfer with audio that sounded read aloud. The letter discusses pay TV doubts, costs for sports rights, and a quote from NBC official Lindemann about escalating Olympic and sports rights fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Kelly
Kelly
Hollywood Reporter
William Tusher
Tusher
Carl Lindemann Jr
NBC Sports
ABC
Munich
NBC
CBS
Television Schedule Notes and Channel Listings
A dense list of TV channels and program slots including colored and black white shows. It lists WOOT channel 2 KARC CHannel 13 HMRC Chenseld KHJ Channel MWHY channel 22 KYLA Chisnel Channel 26 KMEX Channel 24 and others with programs from Tom Reddin News 9 to The Addams Family and Twilight Zone. It also mentions movies like Snows of Kilimanjaro and Diary of a Madman and a Jerry Lewis Show lineup.
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Sahoy
Woot Chenel
HMRC
Chenseld
KHJ
Tom Reddin
Morgan
KNBC
Frank Reynolds
Earl Holliman
Perry
Gilligan's Island
J. Dunphy
Huntley
Brinkley
Steve Allen
Paul Gilbert
George Lindsey
Peppermint Rainbow
Scoey Mitchell
Snows
Ball
Richard Basehart
Michel Petit
Carrail O'Connor
Walter Cronkite
A. Ludden
Lancer
James Stacy
Andrew Prine
Eve Plumb
Jeanne Cooper
Johnny
Jerry Lewis
Totie Fields
Paul Lynde
Billy Graham
Myet Music Bow
Melbourne
George Beverly Shea
Cliff Barrows
The
Crusade Choir
Mod Squad
World Press
Red Skelton
Jackie Coogan
Sue Raney
Freddie the
Dale Monroe
Shenandoah
Robert Wagner
Ricardo Montalban
Bill
Celtics
Russell
Mundy
Merv Griffin
Jimmy Helms
Jackie Mason
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Jackie
Henry
TV Guide Style Schedule with Apollo 10 Luna Orbit Note
A dense listing shows multiple programs across 7:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. including Billy Graham broadcasts, Generations Apart, Doctor in the House, Flight of Apollo 10 coverage approaching the moon, various soaps and game shows, and a space mission update. Also mentions news anchors and a publicized Universal Studios visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Graham
Kenneth More
Dennishe Menace
David Schoumacher
Charlie Brown
Apollo
Frank Reynolds
America
Dick van Dyke
Roy Rogers
Art Fleming
Sheriff John
Doug Dudley
Doug Edwards
Tomrrow
B. Cullen
Roy Elwell
Lee Leonard
Bob Dornan
Joen Rivers
Bee Beyer
Lawrence Tierney
Betsy Palmer
Benny Venuta
Ted Meyers
Floyd Kalber
Dennis’ James
Highway Patrol
General Hospital
Miss Dove
Jennifer Jones
Robert
Stack
Lo Universal Studios
Cliff Arquette
Velix the Cat
Bracken's World NBC-TV Scene Revisions Through 1968
The piece outlines Bracken's World NBC TV development from delays with Katharine Hepburn to Tracy, Poe scripts, and J.P. Miller. It notes the shift to focusing on young Hollywood figures, and later a Dorothy Kingsley Stanley Rubin adaptation avoiding Bracken’s direct presence. Also mentions NBC Today in West Germany and campus violence coverage.
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Mr. Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
Tracy
Bracken
Poe
NBC
Fox
J.P. Miller
Miller
Hollywood
Dorothy Kingsley
Stanley Rubin
Ward
Nbc-Iv
Wil
West Germany
West Berlin
Today
Axel Springer
Abc-Tv
Color TV Changes How Space Shots Are Described
New York columnist notes color television enhances space missions coverage. Viewers saw explanations, illustrations, and dramatic moments of Apollo 1's crew. Reporters emphasize the real drama lies in the scale of the rocket and the docking maneuver captured in vivid color.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
John Glenn
Earth
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Felix the Cat
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Popeye
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Lucy
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Marineland
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Dick ‘Fracy
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Rocky & His Friends
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