Cosell on ABC live show fate and ratings drop
In a frank interview, Howard Cosell discusses his live Saturday telecast on ABC, labeling it a success in audience tuning but noting the era of specials to finish the run. ABC executives credit the effort with lifting prime time ratings while acknowledging ongoing scheduling questions. Fort Worth piece notes free parking and transit incentives to draw shoppers downtown.
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Howard Cosell
Cosell
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Howard
Frederic 5. Pierce
ABC Television
Joe Namath
Labelle
Benji
Texas
TV Tonight Selections From 6 PM Schedule
Channel listings highlight a mix of drama, documentaries, and films. Programs include Invisible Man, Jacques Cousteau nature doc, Rhoda, a trial movie, Phyllis advertising drama, Clambake musical, All in the Family, Maude with a lake scene, Medical Center blood dilemma, Tonight Show with Glenn Campbell, The Young Runaways, Tomorrow media coverage discussion, Only the Best and Across the Pacific films, and Higher and Higher musical.
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Wild Kingdom
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Medical Center
Love
Amer
Love Lucy
Notre Dame
America
Jeannie
TV's booby prize list for fall 1975
Knight Newspapers writer Lee Winfrey reports on the 15 cancelled among 27 new TV series slated by NBC ABC and CBS in fall 1975. He notes midseason plans including six comedies and four cop shows plus two dramas and other formats, with mixed optimism for renewed success.
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Wayne Rogers
Trapper
John McIntyre
Los Angeles
George Kennedy
Bumper Morgan
Joseph Wambaugh
Norman Lear
Lear
First Vanessa Sterling in Love of Life and more TV trivia
Q and A from Detroit Free Press covers Feely McCay as the first Vanessa on Love of Life in 1951, Bonnie Bartlett replacing her, and Audrey Peters since 1959. It notes Fr William Wasson’s Mexican nursing work and Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos address, Carlton’s pilot talk for Rhoda, and Ben Alexander’s Dragnet arc with details on Sgt Friday and Harry Morgan.
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Bill Gannon
Friday
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