Networks fall as cable shifts TV viewing and shows thrive
Cable and independent stations pull audiences from CBS ABC and NBC as ratings sag this summer. Shows like Fame Too Close for Comfort The Paper Chase and SCTV Network pivot to pay channels Metromedia Cinemax Showtime while CBS faces ad revenue shortfalls and cost cuts after Pope John Paul II coverage falls flat.
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CBS
ABC
NBC
Fame
Showtime
SCTV
Cinemax
Ted Knight
Lydia Cornell
Metromedia
John Houseman
Houseman & Co
CBS News
John Paul II
Poland
Gene Jankowski
Jankowski & Co
News Department
Tiffany
televised movie and program listings collage
A dense TV guide style listing presents films and shows with times and briefly named cast. Highlights include Our Family Business (1981) with Ted Danson, Friday the 13th Part II (1982), Green Ice (1981) with Ryan O Neal, Death Valley (1982) with Paul LeMat, and The Betsy (1978) with Olivier and Duvall.
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Ted Danson
Sam Wanamaker
Sylvester Stallone
Carl Weathers
Rocky
Showtime
Dana Kimmel
Monster
Cinemax
Ryan O'Neal
Knight Rider
Knight
Glenn Ford
Lee Remick
FBI
Grand Central Station
Death Valley
Paul LeMat
Peter Billingsley
Nyc
Arizona
Laurence Olivier
Robert Duvall
Detroit Auto Tycoon
Michael Tecklenberg
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WUAB
Tergia
Wclq
Cleveland
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Poapie
Entec Fort Fanment
Joker
Theo
ABE
the Dukes Sams
Sitaig
Matthew
Masterpiece Theatre
Exparment
In Terror
Wasa
Racing
Puchi
Tene
Wimbledon
Mary Hartman
PBS
Adle
Latenight Family
al Gi Carson Fegan
Tecksant
Wries
Atla
Dream
Basabea
Cincinnat
Espn Sports Able
Ol, God
SWAT
HBO
CINE
Siam
Braves
Pears
Lawrence Welk
Welk
Hee Haw
America
Peacock
Toon
TV News
Shannon Jewell
Fort Bravo
William Holder
Ceaner Rarker
Union Fort
Charles Bronson
Jill Ireland
Dele Freearth
al Jolson
Frank Morvan Vaerant
Patrick O'Moore
Africa
Euaray
Ae Acking
Elyria
RCA
Lorain
East Bridge
Lorain Aluminum Manufacturing
Kim McAleese
State Fair Board
Peggy Vincent
LaPorte
Jim Hunt
TVVCT
Myr
Ishland
Ohio
Gussie
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