CBS eyes hourlong Evening News option for affiliates
CBS weighs offering affiliates a one hour version of the Evening News or keeping 30 minutes. Plan presented to Affiliate Board in Hawaii. decision anticipated before sessions end. No NBC-style tie to FCC rule. Potential financial guarantees for hourlong option questioned by industry. Dan Rather, Bill Moyers, and Van Gordon Sauter central to CBS push for stronger ratings.
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CBS Tops Ratings With Hill Street Blues and Sidney
CBS led last week in the Nielsen ratings with 19.4 prime time. Hill Street Blues reached a high 19.1 rating and 34 share, while Love, Sidney scored 17.7 and 27. ABC's World News Tonight to be closed captioned for the hearing impaired starting Monday. Top 10 programs included Dallas, 60 Minutes, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, NFL Monday Night Football, Alice, 10, Three's Company, and Too Close for Comfort. NBC failed to crack the Top 10 in prime time.
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Television program listings mock up schedule chaos
The page lists a chaotic slate of TV programs across hours from 6:00 to 11:30, including Magnum P I, Little House on the Prairie, The Incredible Hulk, Scooby Doo, MASH, The Tonight Show, and local news. It mentions plot hints such as a murder on the beach and diverse fare from sports and variety to movies. Names of shows, characters, and hosts appear amid an overlapping grid of times and channels.
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TODAY S CROSSLNOTE PUZZLE ACROSS TO DOWN CLUES
Crossword puzzle fragment lists Across and Down clues with partial word hints and a solved daily feature. It includes entries like Wax Pharr, various word lengths, and references to UNITED Feature Syndicate with Wednesday's puzzle solved.
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