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...Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for slighting 14-year-old Billy Shulman, the retarded youngster who had been nominated as Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role for his part on the show. The Academy had dropped the category altogether, instead gave Billy a special plaque. > The Dick Cavett Show, dropped by ABC from its morning listings because of low ratings (see following story), was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Programming Achievement...
...last winter, Dick Cavett, the subject of that stage-door chatter, was caught in the coffeecake crunch of morning television. Up against such formidable foes as Dick Van Dyke, The Beverly Hillbillies and Andy Griffith -all rerunning for their lives-Cavett found himself and his talk program scrambling for ratings. While insisting that they liked the guy a lot, ABC nonetheless canceled the show. But not for long. Cavett is back on the network -in prime time...
...first three weeks, Cavett has deftly handled such disparate talents as Truman Capote, Joe Namath, Candice Bergen, Rex Reed, Gloria Steinem and Mort Sahl. Coming on like an urbane Henry Fonda, he asks a few questions, grins puckishly now and again, then sits back to let guests earn their...
...DICK CAVETT SHOW (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). A new prime-time talk and variety series that will broadcast on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Truman Capote, Liza Minelli, James Coburn and Candice Bergen will drop by to help Dick with the premiere...
...Dick Cavett, a former Tonight writer and more recently a guest host, says that "Ed has mastered a very tricky thing. It's like a man learning to dance well without leading. There is an unslick look to him, which is good. For an announcer, he seems human-and so often announcers don't because they are too well-spoken, too well-groomed and too regular-featured." He can be sharp and funny, even at Carson's expense. Last week, when the boss muffed an imitation of John Wayne, Ed cracked: "You sound like David Brinkley." Because...