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Blacked-Out Mister Dugan...
...that we've all heard from the Black Congressional Caucus, the N.A.A.C.P., Norman Lear, et al, I think it only fair that you listen to one of the writers and creators of the canceled Mister Dugan [March...
...Stepin Fetchit syndrome" is a total injustice to Cleavon Little, a talented, intelligent and sensitive black actor. What actually was shown was a new Congressman in Washington weighing the advice of his more experienced staff, one of whom was a black woman. Indeed, in the last show we taped, Dugan learns that being a lawmaker does not give him a license to be pompous...
Perhaps Congressman Leland and his black colleagues will use as a role image ex-Congressman Dugan, a man of principle, dedication, humor and a lack of self-righteousness...
...gain ground in the ratings on ABC. Sunday is the network's best night, starting with 60 Minutes and All in the Family, both of which are in Nielsen's top ten, and ending with the still untested Just Friends and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Mister Dugan was given the favored 8:30 spot after All in the Family and was expected to provide a strong bridge to Alice. Lear's cancellation, probably unprecedented at such a late date, confounded CBS'S programmers. They apparently had nothing else new to replace it and filled...