Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HALLMARK HALL OF FAME (NBC, 7:30-9 p.m.).* "Soldier in Love," an original drama set in 18th century England that recounts the story of Sir Winston Churchill's ancestors John and Sarah Churchill, who married to the dismay of their respective families but to the delight of Queen Anne. Starring Jean Simmons, Claire Bloom, Keith Michell, Basil Rathbone and Roy Poole...
EXPERIMENT IN TELEVISION (NBC, 4-5 p.m.). Author George Plimpton (The Paper Lion) hosts "Movies in the Now Generation," eight short films made by students in England, Poland, Belgium...
...PILL (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Hugh Downs hosts a special edition of the Today show that tries to place the birth control pill in medical and moral perspective through interviews with medical authorities, clergy and users of the contraceptive...
...conclusion of insiders was that the rerun issue was just the excuse that Carson needed in order to break and possibly sweeten the three-year NBC contract that he had signed last April. This winter, he took on Show Business Attorney Arnold Grant, and last month they asked NBC about reopening negotiations. The present contract provides Carson with more than $700,000 for a 39-week year, but that is far less than the $40,000 a week that he can earn playing nightclubs...
...meantime, NBC announced publicly that it "looks forward to welcoming Johnny Carson back to work at the end of the AFTRA strike," but was privately negotiating with Comic Bob Newhart as a desperation replacement. All the while, Carson was describing himself as "a free agent," or, as he put it in a beachside, bathing-suit interview with CBS, "an unemployed prince...