New book recounts ABC sports history
A new book by Lee Winfrey for Knight-Ridder examines ABC's sports history as television expands. It notes TV now offers over 1,200 hours of sports annually, ten times 1960 and twice the level of 1970. It also states a one minute World Series ad now costs more than double gate receipts.
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Alabama
Bert Randolph Sugar
Hawthorne Books
Sugar
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Howard Cosell
Jim McKay
Don Meredith
Rooné Arledge
Frank Gifford
Cosell
Brian London
CBS
NBC
Arledge
TV's latest battle regulating ads aimed at kids
UPI reports a regulatory clash over television ads aimed at children. FTC votes to probe banning preschool ads, restricting high sugar products, and counter advertising with health messages. Industry warns of First Amendment fights and fewer kids programs.
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UPI
New York
Action For Children
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Peggy Charren
FTC
Vincent Wasilewski
National Association of Broadcasters
TV Tonight Highlights Marathon of Movies and Shows
A dense listings page runs from 9:00 P.M. through 3:30 P.M. with program notes for Tonight, Lou Grant, M A S H, Meeting of Minds, Story of David, and various films. Cast members named include Joe Don Baker Louis Gossett Jr Desi Arnaz Jr Patrick O Neal Jeff Chandler Basil Sydney David Knight Barbara Shelley Ur sula Andress John Richardson Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Edmond O Brien Lizabeth Scott Terry Moore Tony Curtis Jerry Lewis Thelma Ritter.
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Elton John
Cherie Brown
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Texas
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Killa
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Lou Grant
Tennyson
John Gardner
News
Dick Cavett
America News
Ironside 700 Club
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Bugs Bunny
CBS Morning
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Amoprica
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Magill
Tennessee ” Ce
Stars Club
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Mike Douglas
Barnaby
Phil Donahue
Shaw Fortune Naw Zoo
Sesame Street
Gomer Pyle
Ryan's Hope
Lucy Shaw
Gong Shaw
One Life To Live
Guiding Light
the Doctors
Janothar Ganatal
General Flintstone World Hospital Hospital
Francis
Sesame Straat
Marv Griffin
Dave Lombard
Mary Tyler Bore
News Exchange
Electric Hive
Lucy My Three Sons
Odd Couple
Family Feud SS Company
Joe Don Baker
Louis Gosset Jr
Desi Arnaz Jr
Patrick O'Neal
Hal Lindens Escape Plan From Barney Miller Career
Hal Linden diversifies to escape being pigeonholed as Barney Miller. He will star in When You Come in Back Red Ryder and host the America Junior Miss pageant, then return to Hollywood for a musical TV special and possible nightclub bookings. He hopes to keep Broadway ties while maintaining TV success.
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Captain
Tennille
el Paso
Texas
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Lee Grant
Red Ryder
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Las Vegas
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Henry Winkler
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New York
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Marianne Black
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John
Jordan
Maverick
Seoul
Susan B. Anthony
Emiliano Zapata
Sir Francis Bacon
Saul
Jeff Chandler
Basil Sidney
David Knight
Barbara Shelley
Richard O'Sullivan
Donald Pleasance
Lou
Rich Little
Angie Dickinson
Bert Convy
Cesare Canova
Joseph Campanella
Congo
Rod Taylor
Jim Brown
Yvette Mimieus
Palestine
Ursula Andress
John Richardson
Peter Cushing
Christopher Lee
Magic
William Friese-Green
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Laurence Olivier
Leo Genn
Glynis Johns
Michael Grumley
Edmond O'Brien
Lizabeth Scott
Terry Moore
Alexander Knox
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Jerry Lewis
Dany Laval
Thelma Ritter
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