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...that unexceptionable judgment been made during a panel show on public television, it would have been regarded as old hat. But the commentator was Roger Grimsby, and the program was ABC News Closeup. Last week the documentary series examined the entertainment side of TV-what most viewers watch most of the time. While Closeup did not raise any startling new criticism, it did give its prime time, national audience an informative look at how network executives search out the lowest common denominator to keep ratings fat and sponsors happy...
...networks lately have shown increased willingness to examine TV's flaws in public. Still, documentaries in the expose vein - regardless of the specific subject - have problems on network TV. Says Av Westin, executive producer of the Closeup series: "Sponsorship has been slack. It's not an easy sell." In the New York market last week, Closeup's commercial slots were filled with public service announcements and plugs for upcoming ABC shows. And, though ABC showed spunk in airing the program, it did so on Labor Day. Any subsequent Monday evening would have assured a larger audience...
...busy sampling, probing and testing the seas and the seabed in many areas, using some dazzling gadgets (see color pages). Off the Azores, French and American scientists are diving to depths of almost two miles in three tiny submersibles, including the U.S. Navy's little Alvin, for a closeup look at the jagged, volcanically active mid-Atlantic ridge. Farther south, 38 ships and 13 planes from ten different countries have assembled for a massive United Nations-sponsored study of how the sun-drenched tropical seas and atmosphere affect worldwide weather...
...doubts about the council's effectiveness remain. Last week, for example, it deftly sidestepped a host of complaints registered by the Mobil Oil Corp. against a March 20 ABC television News Closeup special on "Oil: The Policy Crisis." The ABC program indicted Government oil policies, blaming them and the major oil companies for leading the nation into last winter's energy crisis. Offended by ABC's interpretation, Mobil listed 32 "particularly inaccurate or unfair" statements in the broadcast. Astonishingly, the council's decision, written by National Review Publisher William Rusher, concluded that it would...
...News Closeup: A special report on "Women in Prison". Ch. 5, 10 p.m. 1 hour...