Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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JOHN PASTORE is chairman of the powerful Senate Communications Subcommittee, and when he has a complaint, the television industry has a sympathetic reaction verging on panic. As early as last may, Michael Dann, CBS senior vice president for programming, warned a national meeting of his network's station managers that the political atmosphere discouraged innovation and that the 1969-70 series would be "the same crap as last...
...drama of Man v. Disease is as old as Hippocrates, but it still works -witness Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, The Nurses. And, this season, witness CBS's Medical Center. One minor problem seems to be that the scriptwriters are running out of diseases. In this week's premiere, for example, O. J. Simpson plays a guest role as an All-America college halfback desperately trying to suppress symptoms of a mystery ailment lest it jeopardize a $500,000 pro offer. (A nice bit of casting, that, although in real life O.J. got an estimated $350,000 from...
Saddest of all the new drama series is Bracken's World (NBC), a sort of Peyton Place set in a movie lot that ABC had the sense to reject in 1963 and CBS gave up on in 1965. Bracken, a Howard Hughes-like studio chief, is never seen, and the day-to-day operation of the studio is handled by his executive secretary (Eleanor Parker). All told, the series includes eleven running parts and more cliches per foot than any other film in memory. Among them: a young contract player who comes on as a kind of poor...
...Governor and J.J. is CBS's instant rerun of Slattery's People, with overtones of My Little Margie. It is heartwarming only for its familiarity: Dan Dailey is not only a struggling public servant, but also a widowed and overweight father who must bridge the chasm between himself and his 23-year-old daughter J.J. (Julie Sommars). The only praiseworthy thing about the show is that CBS, following an enlightened new policy, allowed it-and their other shows -to be seen and reviewed by the press in advance of air time-a practice that NBC and ABC refuse...
...major gamble of the new season is the Jim Nabors Hour (CBS). Nabors, who, as Corner Pyle, USMC, had the second-highest-rated show last season, is venturing into variety. Those who can stand Jim will discover that he has a big baritone voice in addition to the familiar grits-eating grin and the stage-rustic accent. For those who can't, the Jim Nabors Hour will be only as entertaining as its guests...