Word: cbs
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This week, big NBC had the look of a dazed Goliath beset by a nimble David. After a back & forth battle that raged for weeks in the secret conference rooms of Manhattan and Hollywood, CBS had successfully made away with the comedy show that has been an NBC mainstay for more than 16 years: Jack Benny...
Gloomy Evening. The bait that lured Benny to the younger network (beginning Jan. 2) was the same bait that, two months ago, detached Amos 'n' Andy from NBC (TIME, Sept. 20). Reports in the trade said that CBS offered a sizable (but undisclosed) salary for Benny's services. CBS would only confirm that it had bought his program for "somewhat more than...
...biggest financial attraction for Benny is a whopping tax reduction: incorporated as a business enterprise, he is subject only to a capital gains tax (25%) on the deal, instead of a much higher (up to 77%) personal income tax. CBS confidently hopes to capture the rest of NBC's Sunday evening lineup: the Phil Harris-Alice Faye show (because Harris is also a feature of Benny's show) and Edgar Bergen (to keep the successful bloc intact...
...syndicated columnist in the Washington Times-Herald, eager Tristram Coffin* wanted to start off with a bang. One day last week, the former CBS correspondent came out with the loudest report he could think of: that Harry Truman might go to Moscow. "A relaxed, feet-on-the-chair session with Joseph Stalin is part of the program," wrote Coffin...
...Second cousin of Poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin. * Not to be confused with CBS Vice President and Correspondent Edward R. Murrow...