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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Freddie, if his past record is any guide, is not likely to cut off many heads, he is certain to make major changes before he has twirled three times in his new swivel chair. "One thing he will do is break up those long, indecisive meetings at NBC," says Producer Grant Tinker (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). "NBC is really one long meeting, and he'll stick firecrackers under the chairs at those endless sessions." NBC'S programmers know that whatever they do this month may be rescinded next month. "Does NBC'S fall schedule mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Waiting for Freddie: Part 1 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...which Silverman helped push to the top, will still bear his stamp. Only three of its shows are being canceled -Fish, Baretta and The Six Million Dollar Man-and all but one of its five new series were well under way before Freddie jumped ship for NBC. For science-fiction fans there will be an hour-long show called Battle Star: Galactica, with John Dykstra, who won an Academy Award for the special effects of Star Wars, working the same magic every Sunday at 8 p.m. Vega$ will follow the adventures of a handsome young private eye "in that sizzling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Waiting for Freddie: Part 1 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...million other people will like it too. But now, through extraordinary circumstances, he will be programming for everyone. CBS, which he left in 1975, still runs many of his shows, including Rhoda, Good Times and M*A*S*H, and ABC will do the same for years to come. NBC will switch to the Silverman channel next month. It is, as the industry cliché goes, a truly awesome, and not altogether settling, thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Waiting for Freddie: Part 1 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

California Girls (NBC). A bikini-clad comedy about two 18-year-old girls who want to be lifeguards. One, sarcastic with a good body; the other, a free spirit, well tanned and not unattractive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: And in the Can... | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

Cheerleaders (NBC). A half-hour "gang comedy" about life through the ever active perspective of the pom-pom girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: And in the Can... | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

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