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...outcome of the election became evident early. All three television net works announced a Nixon victory by 9.30 p.m. with NBC leading the pack with a projection...
Sealed Fate. From its tentative beginning in 1945 as a radio promotion for the old American Mercury magazine, then published and edited by Spivak, Meet the Press moved to NBC television in 1947 and, with its Sunday broadcasts, quickly became a prime supplier of Monday morning headlines. Americans got their first official word of the Russian atomic bomb from an inadvertent remark made by General Walter Bedell Smith on a 1949 program. Thomas E. Dewey used the show in 1950 to eliminate himself from the presidential race and to tout Dwight Eisenhower as the 1952 Republican nominee. John F. Kennedy...
Spivak sold Meet the Press to NBC in 1955, retaining his role as producer and permanent panelist at a salary of more than $75,000 a year. Although it is subject to the Sunday afternoon eccentricities of NBC'S pro football scheduling, the show is carried by more than 200 stations and reaches an audience ranging from 5,000,000 to 10 million, depending on the guest and the season. It consistently beats its CBS and ABC rivals in the ratings. Spivak is obviously determined to keep that lead. Last month's live satellite interview with Philippines President...
TUESDAY: The Election. The three networks pull out all the stops in bringing you the gameshow to end all game shows. ABC, NBC, and CBS will lay out $10 million on election night in an effort to call the winner by computer before the polls close in L.A. Coverage begins on ALL CHANNELS at 7 p.m. Color...
Like Flip Wilson on NBC, Cosby uses his hour as a showcase for black talent, with some of the best singers and dancers on the tube or anywhere else. They shoot out 1,000 watts every time they snap their fingers-and very nearly short-circuit the tube with electrical overload...