Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...something wasn't quite right. Franken was sitting in his writing office for "NBC's Saturday Night," a new, New York-based television comedy show. And that chair Franken was sitting in--that was the chair he is paid to sit in and make jokes...
...writers often go a bit too far for the network, so an NBC censor reads the script before each show. "They've been pretty reasonable," Franken said. "Sometimes they cut things for really stupid reasons, but sometimes they let things through that I can't believe." He chuckled and added, "Like Wallace wheelchair jokes...
...Saturday Night" fans will be disappointed to hear that NBC has scheduled only 11 live shows for the next six months, with reruns and other NBC features filling the lulls between. In one eight week period, however, seven live shows will go on the air. "That's going to be rough," Franken said. "When we did four in a row, the last show--I think it was with Dick Cavett hosting--came out pretty poor...
...would be funny," said Johnny Carson, "if he turned out to be NBC's only hit." Carson was referring to Ronald Reagan, whose speech last week was a moderate success, as speeches...
Desperate to survive cruel April, when he stands to lose big to Gerald Ford in New York, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Reagan persuaded NBC to sell him a half-hour of prime time after the other two networks had turned him down. To make room, NBC pre-empted one of its turkeys, The Dumplings. Reagan spent twelve hours polishing several drafts and five hours taping the show at a Hollywood commercial studio...