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Married. David Brinkley, 51, the puckish half of NBC's Huntley-Brinkley team for 14 years and now the network's star commentator; and Susan Benfer Adolph, 32; both for the second time; in Virginia...
...movies, soap operas, and network prime time shows, all of which are of debatable quality and importance. Also when WCVB took over the ABC affiliate in Boston--with Channel Seven, WNAC gaining the CBS shows--the station took on a network that has consistently run behind both CBS and NBC in the all-important ratings. But Gardner promised that the viewer would soon see a lot of "unexpected things," mentioning 30 to 60 second, non-commercial mini-documentaries...
...these incidents were minor and unplanned; the Soviets are simply unaccustomed to dealing with crowds of aggressive newsmen. More significant was the Russian decision not to subject U.S. television film to the usual screening before allowing it to leave the country. When an NBC crew did some interviews at a railroad station, the police gave them a cordial lecture, pointing out that transportation centers are considered military facilities and off limits to photographers. NBC got to keep its film anyway. An ABC team shooting near the Kremlin was also accosted by a cop; he merely wanted to suggest a better...
...marathon was a particular triumph for tennis, which is one of the fastest-growing U.S. sports but has had relatively little exposure on national television. This time, however, a nationwide audience tuned in to the NBC-TV network saw one of the most dramatic and well-played matches in tennis history. Searching for a comparison, one columnist reached back to Don Budge-Baron von Cramm at Wimbledon before World...
...latest attack occurred last week when the Republican National Committee newsletter Monday chastised NBC and United Press International for using North Vietnamese film and still pictures that purported to show civilians suffering from U.S. bombing. Monday interviewed executives of NBC and U.P.I, and paraphrased their responses this way: "When it comes to deciding if their facilities should be used to disseminate Communist propaganda, the question of whether the national interest of the United States is or is not served is not a consideration." Executive Producer Wallace Westfeldt of NBC Nightly News said later that he had been quoted...