ABCs high cost Walters led news team falters in ratings
ABC struggles as Barbara Walters and Harry Reasoner fail to lift ratings in the Nielsen rankings. CBS and NBC maintain leads with 29 and 24 percent respectively while ABC taps 21 percent. Viewers stay loyal to Cronkite and Chancellor Brinkley as Walters faces public indifference.
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TV Tonight Highlights Prime Time Schedule
A busy lineup features BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP Presumed Dead with Kent McCord, HAPPY DAYS Fonzie bonus, PEGGY FLEMING WITH HOLIDAY ON ICE special, LA VERNE AND SHIRLEY, POLICE WOMAN Sara Who, RICH MAN POOR MAN chapter five, MASH Hot Lips mystery, TEN LITTLE INDIANS film, ONE DAY AT A TIME, SAWDUST AND TINSEL Bergman film, POLICE STORY The Other Side of the Badge, FAMILY Such Sweet Sorrow, SWITCH Mack framed, TONIGHT SHOW with Johnny Carson, DEATH CRUISE thriller, KOJAK Before the Devil Knows, Dead Run, Viva Zapata, Cutter, Rocky Mountain, RONA LOOKS AT TV WOMEN, A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL Blind Sunday.
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Game shows named America’s favorite sport of the era
In a New York interview, host Jack Barry argues television game shows topped 1970s popularity, drawing 30 to 40 percent of daytime schedules. He notes low production costs and broad viewer appeal, while conceding some viewers, like himself, avoid watching at home.
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Barry Gray on Break the Bank and quiz history
Barry knows the game show world well and talks about his new syndicated Break the Bank with Dan Enright. He reflects on 21 and the quiz show scandals, insisting today’s version is a comedy and differs from past formats.
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Prize-winning play on NBC Monday Night at the Movies
The Dec. 6 telecast features Cai on a Rot Tin Roo with Laurence Olivier Natalie Wood Robert Wagner and Maureen Stapleton in a Gib showcase. It launches A Tribute to American Theatre, a series of major drama specials from top 20th century American playwrights. Olivier serves as creative and artistic producer. Details remain to be announced.
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