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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1973
Page
5
A dense period listing shows Eyewitness News and CBS ABC NBC blocks, with programs including Laugh-In, The Rookies, and Funeral in Berlin. Notable guest stars and film plots are noted alongside classic shows like The Tonight Show, Jack Paar Tonight, and Perry Mason style dramas, plus local San Antonio civic discussions and educational segments.
Hollywood reports ABC's heavy movie outlays backfire as Buddy Ebsen's Barnaby Jones premieres at 17th overall while Lawrence of Arabia ties for 22nd. The Bond film spree and NBC'sMystery Movie series also affect ABC's standing, amid a 1972 earnings surge driven by broadcasting gains.
NBC screens a diverse Monday night with Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer in a dramatic feature, a Gunsmoke western, and Funeral in Berlin. The lineup blends romance, melodrama, and espionage as the cast delivers varied performances and the week’s special.
Ratings show gains for Owen Marshall Counselor at Law Kong Fu and The Streets of San Francisco after schedule tweaks, while Julie Andrews variety on Saturdays underperforms. ABC-TV pushes blockbusters with Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments slated for February 18, four and a half hours.
Three more Light readers collect 25 each in the weekly TV Sweep Stakes Contest bringing total winnings to 1 580 as readers match personal numbers printed on Sundays cover and Winning numbers in The Light printed Monday through Saturday. Miss Gladyce Sturm donates her winnings to her watchdog Heidi for an urgent tooth extraction. Samuel E. Bradford plans to use his prize to pay Christmas bills. Mrs Francis LePort joins other 25 winners in the draw.
Answers to News Quiz week of Monday February 5 present garbled text with two parts. It references Poland Hungary and General Suharta with several unreadable items. The readable bits show quiz answer labels and fragmented phrases.
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