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...Would you have printed that spiteful letter about Dick Cavett [Aug. 14] if someone other than Rudy Vallée had sent...
...sincere admirer of Dick Cavett, I resented...
...Rudy Vallée and why is he saying those terrible things about Dick Cavett...
Last week ABC announced its decision: it will do neither. Under a compromise arrangement starting in January, the network will keep the Cavett show on the air for one week each month. In two other weeks of the month, Cavett's time slot will be filled by various programs of drama, mystery, comedy and musical variety. In the remaining week it will be filled by another talk show-this one to be hosted by Late-Night Pioneer Jack Paar...
...plan is a mixed package in more ways than one. For Cavett fans, a quarter of a loaf is probably better than none. The return of the volatile and engaging Paar to regular programming for the first time since 1962 is also a plus. But an enforced rivalry between Cavett and the man who gave him his first job in TV (as a writer on Paar's late-night talk show) could be mutually damaging. Moreover, ABC seems to be violating a basic tenet of TV-that viewers are creatures of habit. The competition from NBC's Johnny...