Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...CBS. planning a preview of its schedule this week, already counts 235 specials. Colbert, Preston and Bernstein are among the names that loom large, along with a promise of more prime-time news shows than before. Even ABC. generally content to ride the wave of the future buoyed up by an oversupply of westerns and private-eye programs, will weigh in with Crosby. Sinatra et al. in some 30 specials. Only apparent problem so far: with one scheduled practically every other night, a "special" may not seem special by season's end. If a new word is needed...
...Columbia Broadcasting System's program advertising ("It depended on simple, authoritative reporting of facts, and it continues to build for CBS a feeling of confidence in its way of saying and doing things...
United States Steel Hour (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).* Seed of Guilt plants Actress Gloria Vanderbilt in a family full of high-style snobbery, lets her harvest the inevitable conflict between a class-conscious grandmother and a candid little granddaughter who does not believe that anybody's blood runs blue...
Conquest (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). After a season full of soaring space shots, Air Force Major David Simons' record-breaking 1957 balloon ascent (20 miles up) may seem minor stuff. But even in a rerun, it is an exciting adventure...
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The 500th hour of Westing-house-sponsored drama. Two Counts of Murder gives Raymond Massey and David Janssen a chance to tangle with politics, nepotism, young love, and just enough mayhem to keep the plot boiling...