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Word: cbs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years on radio and television, Voice of Firestone won just about every merit award but the one that counts with network moneymen: a high rating. Notified by ABC that prime Monday-night time would no longer be available next season, and with no adequate substitute time on CBS or NBC, Voice will almost surely die in June. Even a last-minute offer last week by Los Angeles' KTTV to tape the show and sell it to independent stations was regretfully turned down. Having put on a high-quality musical show for so long, and having the bankroll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Losses | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Armstrong stumbled badly when it embarked on a format of semi-documentary drama, but of late its stride has shown more confidence. This week: February's truck-convoy incident that aggravated the current Berlin crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Playhouse 90 (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). Stiff upper lips in the hospital ward, as displayed by Inger Stevens, Mary Astor, Victor Jory and Mildred Dunnock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). Second part of a two-session look at Winston Churchill, "Man of the Century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A timely item in a drama series that so far has been a sharp disappointment. Current entry: a play with Lee Marvin and E. G. Marshall about the first men in space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

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