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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1984
Page
4
TV audiences ignore Democratic and Republican convention coverage as networks face wall to wall politics. Non network stations flood with films and sports, drawing large share while Mondale Ferraro ticket news remains prominent and Jesse Jackson energizes delegates.
Jackson emerges as a power broker as networks flood convention coverage while independent stations lose viewership. Metromedia drops On Stage America amid high costs after three flop projects, leaving Fame and Too Close for Comfort as surviving shows and Mondale’s frontrunner prospects. Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo team for a comedy film Good Old Days. Art Fleming tapes a Nova science special. Larry King lands a Washington DC talk stint. CBS News names Tucker and Shane to science medicine beat, and Mr. Clean marks 25 years.
With 142 nations entering the XXII Summer Games in Los Angeles, ABC plans 180 hours of Olympics coverage, the most in network history. The boycott by the Soviet Union and East Germany raises questions about ratings, while the Chinese and Tonga participate for the first time. ABC opens with a two hour preview next Friday at 9 p.m., then offers 16 days of near round the clock action and a one hour retrospective.
The article lists Bob Denver as star of CBS sitcom The Good Guys through January 1970 with Herb Edelman Joyce Van Patten and Alan Hale Jr. in supporting roles. It then shifts to ABCs Olympic coverage with major anchors including Jim McKay Frank Gifford and Kath leen Sullivan. ABC paid 225 million for rights, 250 thousand per 30 second ad, and will deploy 208 cameras and 3 500 staff, plus gadgets like a camera motorcycle and diving frogman.
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